FastShipping:


How is your family? Sorry I haven't contacted you in a while for granite. The guy who was giving you problem last time won't let me give you another granite supply. He just supplied some granite and stone dust. I promise you next time, he won't supply anything to me because he messed up already.

EgunMogaji:


I have no clue but both the builder and owner ought to be shot at dawn.

EgunMogaji:


I have no clue but both the builder and owner ought to be shot at dawn.

EgunMogaji:
Na small small snake take climb tree...

Melee going on currently onsite.

EgunMogaji:


On this project my responsibility is materials. My builder is responsible for labour and equipment.

I'm not concerned about not using mixers and stuff, what I was concerned about was child labour. The two "kids" that worked on my site will not return but they'll go home with extra pocket full of cash for their families.

EgunMogaji:
I present my German floor. Brabus and Spyder should be jealous

KolaShangOne:


Oga @EgunMogaji I hope I'm seeing very well ooo..
Please what are they mixing manually? Blinding? Seriously? After the serious bashing you and @Ericko2k2 gave artisans in Nigeria about equipments, you're allowing your builder mix manually? Oga Spyder said One week in Nigeria and you will change your mind

Please share other details like width of your foundation, depth, pad footings etc. And the grasses left in the middle should have been removed.. Decomposing vegetable matter is an issue on a standard job.

KolaShangOne:


Noooo.. You are the General Contractor of this job oo.. Not just material supplier. So you mean your Builder will do stuff and you just lay back and watch?? That wasn't the plan.

brabus:


I'm not jealous. Na today we don dey see "dangerous builds"

See the 'wonder beam' in the pic below for yourself! You should be jealous by now.

brabus:

I'm not jealous. Na today we don dey see "dangerous builds"
See the 'wonder beam' in the pic below for yourself! You should be jealous by now.

EgunMogaji:
Some quick lessons learned today.

I grossly underestimated the amount of water needed. My builder quickly liasoned with another sub contractor, in these case one of my block suppliers, who came to the rescue. This will be a non issue in the US as there would be city services already onsite or fire hydrants in less than 400 feet away.

Solution? I'm buying the biggest plastic container tomorrow for the site which is now secure (a major milestone of this trip). I hate those plastic suckers though. If someone can make rectangular ones in clear plastic then I'll die a happy man.

Another gotcha is that a lot of men (and two kids ) eat a lot of food. But these are hard working men doing grueling work. If you think you have enough then add another 50%.

But all in all it was a fun day and I learned a lot on Nigerias building system.

KolaShangOne:


Oga @EgunMogaji I hope I'm seeing very well ooo..
Please what are they mixing manually? Blinding? Seriously? After the serious bashing you and @Ericko2k2 gave artisans in Nigeria about equipments, you're allowing your builder mix manually? Oga Spyder said One week in Nigeria and you will change your mind

Please share other details like width of your foundation, depth, pad footings etc. And the grasses left in the middle should have been removed.. Decomposing vegetable matter is an issue on a standard job.

erico2k2:

I thought you sank a borehole b4 today as we spoke in subsequent page or is the depth of water really that far?that was the first thing I did on my site save you loads of hassle trust me.

erico2k2:

Oga, EgunMogaji has logistic challenge, the low loader carrying all those equipment sank 5 miles from site,so until the road to the site is fit for purpose nah jeje

EgunMogaji:


I was primed to do the borehole but then omo onile wahala started so I shifted funds to the fence.

It's back on my radar though. It was saddening yesterday, we're truly still behind as a nation.

EgunMogaji:


I didn't want to elaborate with my friend KolaShangone.

This is my first house in Nigeria and is the staging zone for future endeavors. If I imported concert mixers where would I store it? The builder felt he could be more efficient doing it manually based on where we were at, access and availability to labour. Since that is all on his side of the project then I had to yield to him. I don't believe that my project is suffering because they hand mixed the blinding. My job is to use knowledge learned on Nairaland to make sure that I'm seeing what I see on Spyder, Brabus, Aventures, etc high dollar projects and quickly ask questions.

Now on another note, Smiley001 has been onsite and can relate the deplorable road condition that I'm dealing with. We had to dump 19 tons of granite down the street and hand carry it to site because the roads were slippery.

I'm proud of the crew yesterday

EgunMogaji:


I was primed to do the borehole but then omo onile wahala started so I shifted funds to the fence.

It's back on my radar though. It was saddening yesterday, we're truly still behind as a nation.

erico2k2:

Oga, EgunMogaji has logistic challenge, the low loader carrying all those equipment sank 5 miles from site,so until the road to the site is fit for purpose nah jeje

EgunMogaji:


I didn't want to elaborate with my friend KolaShangone.

This is my first house in Nigeria and is the staging zone for future endeavors. If I imported concert mixers where would I store it? The builder felt he could be more efficient doing it manually based on where we were at, access and availability to labour. Since that is all on his side of the project then I had to yield to him. I don't believe that my project is suffering because they hand mixed the blinding. My job is to use knowledge learned on Nairaland to make sure that I'm seeing what I see on Spyder, Brabus, Aventures, etc high dollar projects and quickly ask questions.

Now on another note, Smiley001 has been onsite and can relate the deplorable road condition that I'm dealing with. We had to dump 19 tons of granite down the street and hand carry it to site because the roads were slippery.


I taught as much... i was hoping to see those machine so that we can learn from superior american project management.

I'm proud of the crew yesterday

EgunMogaji:


I didn't want to elaborate with my friend KolaShangone.

This is my first house in Nigeria and is the staging zone for future endeavors. If I imported concert mixers where would I store it? The builder felt he could be more efficient doing it manually based on where we were at, access and availability to labour. Since that is all on his side of the project then I had to yield to him. I don't believe that my project is suffering because they hand mixed the blinding. My job is to use knowledge learned on Nairaland to make sure that I'm seeing what I see on Spyder, Brabus, Aventures, etc high dollar projects and quickly ask questions.

Now on another note, Smiley001 has been onsite and can relate the deplorable road condition that I'm dealing with. We had to dump 19 tons of granite down the street and hand carry it to site because the roads were slippery.

abdulwastecx:

I taught as much... i was hoping to see those machine so that we can learn from superior american project management.

I'm proud of the crew yesterday

KolaShangOne:

You mean none of those obodo oyibo equipments you two were always posting cannot overcome small swamp? Excuses now?
Don't mind me. Now you will appreciate the Nigerian builder more and his abilities to get things done no matter the challenges.

EgunMogaji:


I didn't want to elaborate with my friend KolaShangone.

This is my first house in Nigeria and is the staging zone for future endeavors. If I imported concert mixers where would I store it? The builder felt he could be more efficient doing it manually based on where we were at, access and availability to labour. Since that is all on his side of the project then I had to yield to him. I don't believe that my project is suffering because they hand mixed the blinding. My job is to use knowledge learned on Nairaland to make sure that I'm seeing what I see on Spyder, Brabus, Aventures, etc high dollar projects and quickly ask questions.

Now on another note, Smiley001 has been onsite and can relate the deplorable road condition that I'm dealing with. We had to dump 19 tons of granite down the street and hand carry it to site because the roads were slippery.

I'm proud of the crew yesterday

EgunMogaji:

Now on another note, Smiley001 has been onsite and can relate the deplorable road condition that I'm dealing with. We had to dump 19 tons of granite down the street and hand carry it to site because the roads were slippery.

I'm proud of the crew yesterday