Protective coating: a strategy for prevention of corrosion of buildings in universities in Anambra state

Ezenwata Chidozie Jovita¹, Ekwelem Okechukwu² and Aduze Onowono Clement³

¹Department of Building Technology, Federal Polytechnic, Oko

²University of Nigeria, Nsukka

³Department of Building, Faculty of Environmental Science, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka

Abstract

The study examined protective coating as a strategy for the prevention of corrosion of buildings in universities in Anambra state. The study adopted a descriptive survey research design One research question and one hypothesis guided the study. The population for the study was 66 respondents; comprising 45 building lecturers and 21 instructors from the building department of two universities in Anambra State. The study was census as the entire population was studied. The instrument for data collection was a structured questionnaire which was subjected to face and content validity by three experts from the Department of Building, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra State. The internal consistency of the instrument was determined by using Cronbach’s Alpha reliability coefficient method and the instrument had an internal consistency of .74.  Copies of the questionnaire were administered to the respondents. The data gathered for the study was analyzed using mean and standard deviation to answer the research question and determine the closeness responses respectively, and t-test in testing the hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The findings of the study reviewed that the respondents agreed that protective coating is an effective strategy for the prevention of corrosion of buildings in universities in Anambra State. The study therefore recommended that protective coating methods should be adopted by contractors when building or renovating buildings in universities in Anambra State.

Keywords

corrosion; building; protective coating; university; strategy.

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