danchuzzy:




absolute spot off.
as an engineer u
1) design for worse case scenerios.
2) dont predict worse case scenerios in dis case possible water/rainwater characteristics while constructing
3) dont implement a design (actual road construction) when u r still gatherin facts.

u shuld hav planned for all dese in d preliminary stages of d project via research and what have u. dis is best done during d rainy season & in ur office/company/firm. Once d rains r over (during d dry season), u shuld b ready t commence work at d project site.

okay y people dey stop work wen rain wan fall?

thank u!

2cato: I have heard of such but why do rain disturb the chinko people CCEC durring the construction of badagry high way?

Oklander:
If you are referring to road expansion and contraction during hot and cold whether, those are factors taken care of during the design irrespective of the season.

Water control is very crucial in road constructions, it is one of the most important factors considered. If the road is constructed during dry season and by chance the movement and possible effects of water is not properly "predicted" and taken care of, the road will be as good as "finish", The end(destruction) starts the following season(rainy). So its best during the rainy season as during this time you would be able to see and eliminate possible future effects of water that may probably leads to destruction.

danchuzzy:




absolute spot off.
as an engineer u
1) design for worse case scenerios.
2) dont predict worse case scenerios in dis case possible water/rainwater characteristics while constructing
3) dont implement a design (actual road construction) when u r still gatherin facts.

u shuld hav planned for all dese in d preliminary stages of d project via research and what have u. dis is best done during d rainy season & in ur office/company/firm. Once d rains r over (during d dry season), u shuld b ready t commence work at d project site.

okay y people dey stop work wen rain wan fall?

thank u!

Mushood: dat is unprofessional of u, where is ur weather forecast?

HopeAtHand:

Kel4soft, your topic don make front page. I know how you dey feel now for your mind.

Ive been told by a staff of a construction company that they occassionally require the services of Rainmakers when they are behind schedule due to incessant rainfall.

einsteino:


I strongly disagree! You have failed to compare the gains with the losses. Do you know how much money is lost when heavy rain erodes your sub base? Also when you just finish compaction, heavy rain comes to make a mess of it?

It is expected that the design has taken into cognaisance whatever will transpire during the design lifetime of the road. Except of course, it is one of those political construction where anything goes.

kel4soft:

I read Civil Engr also but has never practice since I left the Institution. I am currently into multimedia but always fascinated with highway construction. I only agreed with him cos I was looking at it base on the weather condition. I know, Surveyors will struggle to have consistent readings during the raining season at the site and both sub basing and asphalting of the pavement is absolutely wrong. That said, do you believe that voodoo is involve in stopping precipitations

cyborg1: It's about time we become less diabolic and embrace science.
Silver iodide compound was used during beijin olympic to seed cloud and stop stoppable rains.

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud_seeding

sandijey: This things are so real. They do not only happen in local places. This thing happened in mushin. Has anybody been to mushin lately. In fact, any road construction done in lagos state or any part of Nigeria is not as easy as people see it. Before they could expand that road in mushin the contractors went through hell. Most times the appeasement is done at night. This is confirmed not based on hear say.


All this is largely because of poverty. Poverty is so much in the land that people are still greatly influenced by all this things. We in africa are still living in dark ages. The white folks went through this phase long long time ago but somehow they were able to grow above it. I mean why would a water goddess get angry because they want to build a bridge across. The same thing happened for 3 Rd mainland bridge. The story for that bridge is long but also very true. When I was in lag. If u go to the lagoon front. U see some of this ilaje people who own boats. Sometimes they take u for a ride. I don't no if it is still allowed now. U need to hear the stories they say......



I just laugh at people who say there is no God or try to use logical explanation to describe a spiritual phenomenon. People that believe in God but do not believe in the spiritual are even the most stupid of them all.

Oklander: Even if its possible, I sea no reason why they would do that as Road construction is best during rainy season...

imag5: When I was in sch in Edo state,I have heard story of a man if you refuse to settle him or u did not tell him you wanna plan an occasions he we uses rain to scatter your ocassion, When the guy died it rain cat and dog on his burial to the extent the rain wash away his grave. Smh

chikichaka: Voodoo engineering!. Might be the next selling course who knows

Oklander: Even if its possible, I see no reason why they would do that as Road construction is best during rainy season...
Edit
Don't mean constructing when its raining. Best and durable roads are achieved during rainy season, due to possible repetitive filling and compaction, although it will in cure more cost, but if its safer to achieve that best result, then safety comes first.

Oklander: Even if its possible, I see no reason why they would do that as Road construction is best during rainy season...
Edit
Don't mean constructing when its raining. Best and durable roads are achieved during rainy season, due to possible repetitive filling and compaction, although it will in cure more cost, but if its safer to achieve that best result, then safety comes first.

Oklander:
If you are referring to road expansion and contraction during hot and cold whether, those are factors taken care of during the design irrespective of the season.

Water control is very crucial in road constructions, it is one of the most important factors considered. If the road is constructed during dry season and by chance the movement and possible effects of water is not properly "predicted" and taken care of, the road will be as good as "finish", The end(destruction) starts the following season(rainy). So its best during the rainy season as during this time you would be able to see and eliminate possible future effects of water that may probably leads to destruction.

kel4soft:

Is it very expensive? Are you sure you wont alter nature which may come back to hurt us.

kel4soft:

Is it very expensive? Are you sure you wont alter nature which may come back to hurt us.

vislabraye: Wonders !!! Been hearing about it. I know Prophet Elijah was the first rainmaker

Reference:

Better roads during the rainy season due to repetitive filling and compaction??.... I sincerely hope you are not a highway engineer. Even those who mould eba and pound yam know the limits of water in their puddings.

Nihilist:

This is the 1st time you have told the truth in your entire life.
I always knew you were a bricklayer....

Nihilist:

This is the 1st time you have told the truth in your entire life.
I always knew you were a bricklayer....

Castroii: u are right, infact julius berger has an xpatriate in jujuism especially on projects dt has 2 do with water bodies........no mata hw strong d marine spirit dey, berger go put am 4 bottle, den continue dia wrk