Framing with wood, then cast with good mix of concrete............

Work goes on............

Starting with foundation walls.........

We are laying block walls, and adding beams inside the foundation, note the size of the columns we planned for.

God bless the work of your hand! Am are you ever in Kaduna?

MrsDan:
God bless the work of your hand! Am are you ever in Kaduna?

Not at the moment my sister, we are very tied up at the moment.

We continue with works inside this foundation...........

Most of my men are here in this site, more to join soon.

spyder880:
Ladies and gentlemen, we are starting yet another beautiful building project for a Nairalander this morning, the details of the project are as follows;

Project: Construction of a new 6 bedroom duplex
Client: A Nairalander
Contractor: Tigerkenn Homes Ltd
Project duration: 120 days
Budget: To be revealed later

Stay with us as we bring you all the daily construction details from this site

Hey spyda880 can i send you drawing for a foundation quote? Yusufftunde1973 at gmail.com

spyder880:
From the design of this building, these are some of the arrangement of the house

ON THE GROUND FLOOR

1 main lounge (voided at the top)
1 dining room
1 entrance porch
1 ante room
1 visitors w/c
1 gym
1 study room
1 bar
1 garage
1 kitchen with pantry, kitchen store
1 laundry room
2 en suit bedrooms

ON THE UPPER FLOOR

1 en suit master bedroom with big open air balcony
1 walk in closet for the master bedroom
3 en suit bedrooms
1 family lounge
1 balcony
1 gallery

Fully loaded house

Hey spyda880 can i send you drawing for a foundation quote? Yusufftunde1973 at gmail.com

Hey spyda880 can i send you drawing for a foundation quote? Yusufftunde1973 at gmail.com

Teddyblk1:



Hey spyda880 can i send you drawing for a foundation quote? Yusufftunde1973 at gmail.com

The truth, is that I am so busy now. There are pending jobs I have not quoted for in the past two weeks. It will take some time for me to clear out my table. Please bear with us.

spyder880:
Most of my men are here in this site, more to join soon.

Boss, I have some questions for you if you don't mind.

I noticed the ground beam on the foundation, and the middle beam, and I don't know if there will be another to cap it.
You also mentioned earlier that the soil is notoriously weak.

1. So is this some kind of a raft foundation?

2. and will there be a German floor on this foundation? it looks very high already.

3.also, will this foundation be suitable for a dry but sandy Lekki land (Ibeju Lekki) to be precise)?

I attached a picture of the land.

Thanks for all your educative posts Big Boss, and that fence work is immaculate, also the foundation looks so neat and highly professional.

TobAddy:


Boss, I have some questions for you if you don't mind.

I noticed the ground beam on the foundation, and the middle beam, and I don't know if there will be another to cap it.
You also mentioned earlier that the soil is notoriously weak.

1. So is this some kind of a raft foundation?

2. and will there be a German floor on this foundation? it looks very high already.

3.also, will this foundation be suitable for a dry but sandy Lekki land (Ibeju Lekki) to be precise)?

I attached a picture of the land.

Thanks for all your educative posts Big Boss, and that fence work is immaculate, also the foundation looks so neat and highly professional.

Welcome my friend, the land we met here is a combination of soft clay and unsteady loamy soil, not very suitable for bearing the kind of load designed in this house. True there is a presence of some strong stones and some of the ground is firm enough, we still could not rule out the incidence of differential settlement through the seasons, which will crack up the foundation if we do the normal strip and pad foundation as generally done in this state.

What we have done is not a type of raft foundation, but a pad foundation design aimed at reducing the probability of differential settlement. First we expanded the pads from what the structural drawings recommended. We made sure to use pads of 1.2 meters at least in all the points, then we increased the depth of the pads from 225mm to 450mm. This was done to provide a wider, thicker pad and we even introduced more pads where needed.

Then we introduced rectangular columns with 6 Y16 rods in selected points of substantial load. We topped this with ground beams, then a middle beam and will still ring the top of the foundation with another beam.

The land itself is sloped to the back, and to the left. So we are trying to balance the floor level by raising the back left hand side of the building. There will be a German floor on the foundation.

As for Lekki lands, there might be a need for a full site inspection, possibly a soil test before a foundation type will be recommended.

Thank you.

spyder880:


Welcome my friend, the land we met here is a combination of soft clay and unsteady loamy soil, not very suitable for bearing the kind of load designed in this house. True there is a presence of some strong stones and some of the ground is firm enough, we still could not rule out the incidence of differential settlement through the seasons, which will crack up the foundation if we do the normal strip and pad foundation as generally done in this state.

What we have done is not a type of raft foundation, but a pad foundation design aimed at reducing the probability of differential settlement. First we expanded the pads from what the structural drawings recommended. We made sure to use pads of 1.2 meters at least in all the points, then we increased the depth of the pads from 225mm to 450mm. This was done to provide a wider, thicker pad and we even introduced more pads where needed.

Then we introduced rectangular columns with 6 Y16 rods in selected points of substantial load. We topped this with ground beams, then a middle beam and will still ring the top of the foundation with another beam.

The land itself is sloped to the back, and to the left. So we are trying to balance the floor level by raising the back left hand side of the building. There will be a German floor on the foundation.

As for Lekki lands, there might be a need for a full site inspection, possibly a soil test before a foundation type will be recommended.

Thank you.

Thanks a lot Boss for taking your time to give this in-depth explanation. It is much appreciated. we'll follow your lead. Thanks again.

The beams on the foundation..........

And work progressing smoothly as we start filling the foundation with sand.

More from this foundation......

More of the foundation as we try to fill with sand.

Sand filling of this deep foundation is ongoing...........

And the foundation...........

Ready to be treated for compression after filling.

Very Nice work Spyder. Seems the owner of the house na politician. The way you dey build am eh, hirroshima and nagasaki bombs no go fit fall am.

Just dey prepare to come build my own. I dey follow all your threads.

This is exactly the type of house I want to build at my hometown this year IJN.

@spyder880, when are you coming to Lagos? You have done enough in this eastern region. My house is waiting for you to come and deliver in Lekki ooo. When are you entering the Eko arena?

Fraba:
@spyder880, when are you coming to Lagos? You have done enough in this eastern region. My house is waiting for you to come and deliver in Lekki ooo. When are you entering the Eko arena?

At the beginning of this year, I planned to work all across the country, especially Lagos. I chose two of my engineers who knows a lot about Lagos and Abuja, understands the job and can travel with ease, I started sending them to distant sites with the intention to pull in good jobs so we can achieve a lot more in the end of the year.

Right now, we have work ongoing at Benin, Abuja and another new site planned for Warri this month. But, I must say that the responses I get from some of the fields are not very favorable, maybe because I am not there myself. The quality of the different jobs are superb, budget strictly followed without deviation, but working relationship between my men and the people on the ground is not as smooth as I would have loved it to be.

I have gotten tired of chasing workers around, and am now thinking of sticking to what I know, stay around and work on the jobs in nearby states. I will move into Lagos when I can get a good foothold to finally live there and work, not move in between states. Thank you Sir.

This is the raft foundation we are doing in Abuja, my men are still here working.

And from Benin city........

spyder880:
Ladies and gentlemen, we are starting yet another beautiful building project for a Nairalander this morning, the details of the project are as follows;

Project: Construction of a new 6 bedroom duplex
Client: A Nairalander
Contractor: Tigerkenn Homes Ltd
Project duration: 120 days
Budget: To be revealed later

Stay with us as we bring you all the daily construction details from this site

Great work!

Looking at the ground floor plan, there seem not to be a connecting door between the kitchen and the dinning. Was this on purpose? Cos I think going from the kitchen to the dinning through the lobby, ante room and main lounge isn't ideal.

tranxo:

Great work!

Looking at the ground floor plan, there seem not to be a connecting door between the kitchen and the dinning. Was this on purpose? Cos I think going from the kitchen to the dinning through the lobby, ante room and main lounge isn't ideal.

There is a door, only that my architect failed to create it in this second sketch. I will attatch the correct version of the drawings later.

spyder880:


There is a door, only that my architect failed to create it in this second sketch. I will attatch the correct version of the drawings later.

I for say oo.

Lets use water to soak this foundation, to compress the loose soil............