Hello Greatest Nairalanders,

Please I am begging...in fact on my knees...I need a real hands-on and dirty practical Building Construction experience.

I'm 27, Graduated 2010 October with a 2.2 B(Eng) Civil Engineering but haven't had experience managing a Civil Project from scratch to finish. I can interpret Structural designs without much stress but implementing is the challenge.

Right now it's so painful for me because I've been blowing up some VERY SOLID Contracting opportunities to prove myself in the field. For example I was invited for an emergency Interview in a Real Estate firm @ Ikoyi. My God...This company is into multi storey luxury apartments development all over Lagos Island and Abuja, and all I had to do was to fully EXPLICATE and give sufficient credence to ANY hard core, practical Civil role I've managed...

Accomodation + Official Vehicle + Handsome pay....but I flopped and couldn't confidently point to even a single project that av managed on my own

Please could any God sent nairalander come to my aid and allow me to board on his or her site for some time, even if it's for 14 working days - Sunday to Sunday...I really need this to build my confidence and fast

cc: @lalasticlala, @davide470

cc: Lawyer

Kindly recommend from your section, if possible

Thanks, @davide

@nl crew, almost three score views and counting, haba...lets contribute na

@Nwathebabe dnt beat urself too hard, u r nt the only one going thru this,i had similar issue. What am abt to tell u takes some patience, look for some1 who is into building esp some1 who never learnt it in school, tell him u r a graduate bt want him to train u on practicals,tell him u dnt have any money to pay since u hav bn unemployed, bt will be happy to work with him as a helper, He will want to knw how long u wish to stay,cos most of them want ppl dat will serve them for a long period, jst say for as long as u can stay while hunting for a civil eng job in a firm. He will understand u won't b there forever. Trust me bn a grad, u will learn alot in a short while, u will also meet a lot of ppl dat will be helpful to u in the future. As I said earlier, it takes a lot of patience, humility and discipline, cos most of this masons are nt very learned as you r nd cn be difficult in dealing with. Most importantly pray for God's leading to a nice person who would nt treat u badly. Am an Electrical Eng, nd this was how I started, walked into a site, met an electrician nd told him i will like to serve him in exchange for practical experience, nd now I have projects I manage on my own. You contact me for more info.

@Uspek av mailed you, i really appreciate ur detailed and encouraging post. Hmmm, thing is that most of the companies handling projects r situated in ikoyi or v/i, lekki ,ajah axis, but i stay on mainland. Mobility is a huge factor here wen opting to work/assist with little or no pay, but i'll keep trying. Bless...

Errrm, could we pls do fp tins with this? Thanks
cc: @davide470, @uboma, @lalasticlala