By Chiekezie Emmanuel

Agbani – The Department of Quantity Surveying, ESUT, will host its first international Conference this year. The head of Department, Dr. Henry Ajael, while speaking with ESUT Monitor, revealed this.

He emphasized that department will be hosting the conference so as to leverage on their digital Postgraduate Smart Classroom for efficiency.

“We have digitalized our Postgraduate classroom and we are planning to make effective use of it during the conference. Our foreign resource persons can deliver their presentations online using the Smart class, students and staff will also join online and learn more about the Department.

“We are still at initial stage of committee selection for planning of the event to make it a memorable one. The plan is to have an International Conference that will make everybody understand the importance of Quantity Surveying as a profession. I want everybody to know its importance in construction environment,” he said

Dr Ajaelo noted that since the commissioning of the Smart Class by the Vice Chancellor, it has remained functional and lauded members of the staff in the department for their support.

“The Smart Class is functioning very well, students do their project using the Smart class and Lecturers teach using auto card and system for students to follow it up. The Smart Class, though equipped by the Postgraduates of the department, is meant for everybody in the department. After the commissioning of our Smart Class we have conducted many project defenses.”

The HOD recalled that during the 2025 Matriculation, he took the parents/guardians of the students in the department round their facilities, to get them acquainted with what the department is doing to protect and project their child’s future.

No date has been fixed for the international conference.