PAINT FACTORY MAKURDI

1.6     SCOPE OF WORK

 The factory will undertake on mass production basis, the manufacture of paints and other paint products. It will also consist of four major paints of an industrial building;

§   Research

 §    Manufacturing

 §   Administration and

 §    Welfare.

The research includes laboratory and library to investigate and recommend possible way of producing better products and raw materials.

 The manufacturing section, according to the manufacturing process, include: dispersion, mixing, sieving and canning.

 The administration comprises of offices, personnel and sales while

 The welfare section includes the factory cline and staff canteen.

 Other components include the maintenance block, staffproducts,anddeliveryvisito bays and yards etc.

  1.7 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

  To really collect important information towards the realization of this project and to make an important contribution to Architecture, some research activities had been carried out and data collected through;

§   Visits to existing paint factories site of the projects to determine their production processes, organizational chart and determine the requirement and conditions to be fulfilled in the setting up of such factory.

§   Use of libraries, research institute, books, journals and unpublished manuscript of thesis reports.

§   Visits to relevant Government establishment like the ministry of commerce and industry, for collection of data, byelaws, history and other important information.

§   Personal interview of some people.

§    Internet.

  1.8     LIMITATION OF RESEARCH

Due to the limitation of standard paint factories in Nigeria, one is limited to researching with only the small scale private paint factories.

  In researching with the private factories it was discovered that the factories were over protective of their setting. They feared that their competitors might get hold of information given out for the research and have a hold over them. Some of them that co-operated discourage photographs.

 Also the fact that the country is not in peace due to the Boko Haram and other threats, the factories are conscious and at the same time trying to protect their life and properties.

 Materials on paint factories are not much available in libraries, research institutes, records and documents on paint factories in Nigeria.

 1.9 IMPORTANCE OF THE PROJECT

 The importance or the breaks through this project hope to achieve are:

  ·         To provide a comprehensive setting for paint industry in Nigeria in order to help improve the economy attains technology and industrial independence.

·         To create job opportunities for the increasing labour forces.

·         It will help in saving foreign exchange by providing goods which would have been purchased abroad.

1.10     HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF FACTORY

The factory began with the shop-connected residence as in Ancient Egypt, then the open air workshops and the home the home industry as in Greece. Then, some specialized craft and trades like metal smiting, carpentry, pottery, shoe making were home industry; therefore, operation were in dwelling houses.