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Preparing First Floor Rebar

First floor rebar preparations continue and work underway getting the form in place for pouring first floor slab by Thursday.

Work is getting along quickly on Unit 2 which should be ready for pouring by Saturday.

Just this morning

Unit 2 Reinforcement commences today.

All first floor rebar for UNIT 1 should be ready by this afternoon and tubing for electrical cables and water pipes commences immediately.


Watch this space for more updates.

Brabus pls what is the thickness of your slab/decking?

mmbello2: Brabus pls what is the thickness of your slab/decking?

It is 150mm or 6" sir

@Brabus. I thought 150mm is for DPC and 230mm is for decking? Pls correct me if i am wrong with a little explanation. You have been very helpful. Thanks.

mmbello2: @Brabus. I thought 150mm is for DPC and 230mm is for decking? Pls correct me if i am wrong with a little explanation. You have been very helpful. Thanks.

The depth/thickness of a slab, spacing and diameter of the reinforcements is calculated by a structural engineer, and differs on every project due to various factors. Concrete slabs is an important part of the building project which cannot be calculated based on assumption.

Our slab will be a full 15 " thick on the load bearing walls and will reduce down to 6" over the area not under the solid masonry.

Sir,

I have a question to ask you, if one wants to engage a builder like yourself how can you we work in such a way that I provide critical material such as cement and iron rods.

The reason why I say that is because, lets say the standard rod for a particulat section is 16mm, I want to use 18mm and pay the extra, but I dont want a situation whereby the builder will charge me for 18mm, but they have used 16mm. I'm not saying you are not a trustworthy person, but this is just for my own comfort.

Also, how long will it take to fence a 1000sqm of swampy land in Lekki ?

Thanks.

baba_eko: Sir,

I have a question to ask you, if one wants to engage a builder like yourself how can you we work in such a way that I provide critical material such as cement and iron rods.

The reason why I say that is because, lets say the standard rod for a particulat section is 16mm, I want to use 18mm and pay the extra, but I dont want a situation whereby the builder will charge me for 18mm, but they have used 16mm. I'm not saying you are not a trustworthy person, but this is just for my own comfort.

Also, how long will it take to fence a 1000sqm of swampy land in Lekki ?

Thanks.

The terms of engagement in the current project we're handling is for us to provide Labour and Supervision only but along the line things changed and we had to provide all materials.

I can flow with any build route as it suit each client but one thing that is critical here is timely delivery of materials. Late delivery of materials can lead to project delay and cost overrun in some other cases and such is not treated as an excusable delay in our contract.

We can deliver fencing of a 1000sqm land in a swampy area in 30 days subject to timely delivery of materials and obtaining client approval at critical stages.
There are lot of things happening in the background that we can't share on this thread and my clients have made it easier for us by promptly attending to requests.

A similar fence project done in August 2012 at Graceland Estate, Iyana Ishashi, Lagos/Badagry expressway, Lagos

Client: Nairaland Friend
Project Duration: 45 days
Terms of Engagement: Labour and Supervision only

Terrain: WATERLOGGED.

Graceland Fence Project contd.

Tubing of the electrical and water pipes completed. We're pouring the first floor slab tomorrow.

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brabus:

The depth/thickness of a slab, spacing and diameter of the reinforcements is calculated by a structural engineer, and differs on every project due to various factors. Concrete slabs is an important part of the building project which cannot be calculated based on assumption.

Our slab will be a full 15 " thick on the load bearing walls and will reduce down to 6" over the area not under the solid masonry.

Thıs ıs true, ıt dıffers from from house to house, we only read and follow the detaıled specıfıcatıons of the structural engıneer and make sure the detaıls are carrıed out.

Casting of Unit 1 in progress.

Happening Now

Progress picture

This house is 30 days old today.

Welldone Brabus, your work is very neat. Keep it up

Meanwhile, Unit 2 rebar and reinforcement is ongoing. Tubing of the water pipes and electrical pipes will happen tomorrow and pouring of the concrete later on Saturday.

We're pouring over 26m3 of concrete. The slab is 65% complete.

Schedule of Activities in the final stage UNIT 1 ONLY


8th - 10th Dec - Block Setting to lintel level
10 - 11th Dec - Carpentary and Reinforcement works on lintel; Tubing of the electrical and water pipes
12th Dec - Casting of the lintels
13th Dec - Topping of the lintels to roof level
14th Dec - Carpentary and Reinforcement work for Tank Slab
15th Dec - Casting of tank slab

Follow us as we finish up the shell.

Nice job bro.how many tons of granite are using for d first floor slab?.


Well done Mate.

good job, wonderful pace.

Aventures: good job, wonderful pace.

Thanks for the telephone call. Your points and observations are well noted. Looking forward to a wonderful partnership with you guys.

Spyder880, Segcy.moor, Aventures... you're so great!

Can I also confirm, Oga Brabus are you a Builder / Engineer / Project manager ?
I will be very interested in the cost once you are ready to reveal it.
Also, please state the season where one should be targeting building i.e during the dry season when its really sunny. Also, as per my earlier question, would you be able to provide labour and I provide all materials.

Thanks.

euromilion: Nice job bro.how many tons of granite are using for d first floor slab?.


Well done Mate.

We bought 2 loads of 30 ton but ended up using 1 and half.

Thanks for your time on this thread.

baba_eko: Can I also confirm, Oga Brabus are you a Builder / Engineer / Project manager ?
I will be very interested in the cost once you are ready to reveal it.
Also, please state the season where one should be targeting building i.e during the dry season when its really sunny. Also, as per my earlier question, would you be able to provide labour and I provide all materials.

Thanks.

Dry season is better but building materials are more expensive.