brabus:


Nice one bro!

HsLBroker:
PLEASE TELL HIM IS HOLDING SOME PEOPLE DOWN REGARDS TO THE PROJECT INCLUDING HIMSELF AND THE OWNER OF PROJECT.

HsLBroker:
if you don't show case what you do how can it be scrutinize for betterment and more job, continue hidding yourself under the pillow, GOD WILL SEE YOU THROUGH.

HsLBroker:
if you don't show case what you do how can it be scrutinize for betterment and more job, continue hidding yourself under the pillow, GOD WILL SEE YOU THROUGH.

HsLBroker:
THANKS

semitunde:


Well showcasing is one thing, have something interesting to share and having the time to share it and be online to answer questions quickly is another thing.

Maybe it would have helped me advertise myself but I'm quite intense at doing what I do. Constantly looking for ways of making a process better. If I exposed myself early here too early, before i was sure of what i know and do ( this came from established consulting and construction coys) who knows, I may have made mistakes...and I detest failures.

The projects I wanted to post here but didn't have the energy for included the construction of a 40 unit estate in lekki. But I wanted to focus more on the external works that really tasked me. Had a central, packaged sewage treatment plant and we had to deliver within a seriously fast tracked schedule. Or other projects where the construction of staircases can become a nut to crack cos of space constraints. To share the knowledge of the problem factors and not the whole construction process; but I wasn't sure ppl would understand my intent, besides it wasn't my real interest which was current affairs.

EgunMogaji:


What's his motivation to come to Ondo when the project owner has said the police are waiting to arrest him?

Just curious.

The owner needs to retract all the threats and welcome him back to finish the job if that is what is needed.

allen0000:


HsLBroker: This is your work.

HsLBroker:
i will talk with Dr but Egbosa too need to apologize to him

brabus:


True words!

It's good to showcase your projects but I've discovered that advertising is a tax you have to pay if you have a bad product. So if you have a truly great product, people will talk about it and awareness builds without any advertising.
Get social (Facebook, twitter, nairaland, Instagram etc), focus on delivering quality projects and your satisfied clients and the power of word-of-mouth will do the rest for you. No project is small.

Just share it.

semitunde:


Lol. Thanks.


Its not that I've handled small or unadvertiseable projects o. Funny I haven't. My first job was a road construction project in Benue state. Grossly underpaid, but I made sure I used to opportunity to learn all I needed to know. I was poached into my next coy that mainly dealt with Lagos state govt building projects. This was 2008.

We handled fashola's pioneer housing estate in ikorodu, did some schools buildings in surulere, ikeja and ipaja where I was a contractor on some and a consultant at others. More than two of these projects had companies like ARUP and MORENO as consultant and contractors respectively. Up til 2011.

Its not the small size of the project that is my concern as much as a weakness of not drawing attention to myself if and when I decide to post pictures. Especially as I have other things running in my mind and may not have the required attention span to answer all questions with explanation as I would want, for projects I post.

ThankGod. I have not had any projects with technical issues. I have had with money though, but I was the victim there and it was due to my naivety.

segcymoor:
Regarding the beam that over hang without pillar ...that one na moin moin
purely structural work! In fact. It had beauty to house (as u can see from this project recently done)


Hmmmm.but I am afraid if this eghosajohnny treat the beam proper before casting. .

fippycbk:
We have structural drawings but most of us don't even look at them. Most don't even know how to interpret these structural drawings. We just use the Architectural drawings to do everything and then reinforce our beams and cantilevers with our discretion

There's a reason we have all 4 drawings (Architectural, Structural, Mechanical and Electrical Drawings). 1 can't go without the other.

twinskenny:
you nailed it sir


I.have been to some project site and ask for an electrical during and they said they dont have any. Imagine

fippycbk:
We have structural drawings but most of us don't even look at them. Most don't even know how to interpret these structural drawings. We just use the Architectural drawings to do everything and then reinforce our beams and cantilevers with our discretion

There's a reason we have all 4 drawings (Architectural, Structural, Mechanical and Electrical Drawings). 1 can't go without the other.

EgunMogaji:


Bungalows don't require structural do they?

Thanks.

EgunMogaji:

I agree but then some people are comfortable with being local champion.

fippycbk:
We have structural drawings but most of us don't even look at them. Most don't even know how to interpret these structural drawings. We just use the Architectural drawings to do everything and then reinforce our beams and cantilevers with our discretion

There's a reason we have all 4 drawings (Architectural, Structural, Mechanical and Electrical Drawings). 1 can't go without the other.

oyewole123:

NLers

BEWARE OF THIS RUN-AWAY FRAUDSTER!!!!!
Mr Iguma Johnny, report to the police station to clear your name of fraud

KolaShangOne:
I had to read this thread word to word..

I think the parapet can be reconstructed if HSL hasn't done the nogging. It's a slow painstaking process tho.

Its not easy to pick Builders or Engineers off the internet. But I advise people to do business with companies not an individual. That way, U can formally sue for breach of contract.

Also, certain things need to be done but they cost money so we Nigerians find a way around it. Structural detailing of this house would av cost 100k or less but it wasn't done. If it was, those places absent columns would av been noticed. Also, we never do material testing in Nigeria especially for storey buildings..

If COREN were to do its job and they take concrete samples from buildings, most of these building would have been marked for demolition.

Lastly, people shld stop calling themselves what they're not. I've seen an accountant with Archicad knowledge calling himself an Architect. And we had problems with the project which I titled "3 units of 2 brledroom flats". For the records, until I get my masters IB Building construction, I'm just a project Engineer but lots of COREN certified Engrs work with me.

EgunMogaji
post=36755490:


True and is most unfortunate.

My respect is dwindling fast for artisans on here.

The back door resolution has actually done more hard than good. How do I know that even the best in the house is not a fraudster that has had issue resolved off of the forum?

Sad really.

Beulah09:


This is becoming defamation of character. Someone is considered innocent until pronounced guilty by a court of competent jurisdiction (not even police).

Police can declare him wanted. Police can charge him to court. You are not in a position to call him a FRAUDSTER until the court pronounced him so. You need to RESPECT his RIGHT to FAIR hearing.

wytecat:
Is this your first time of hearing anyone being called "fraudster" on nairaland? Or did those people go to court before calling them such? Just shush it already. The client is well within his right to call him that if he feels he's been defrauded. While I share the blame between the two, no one has gone to court before labelling anyone on nairaland, so don't shakara him joor, or do you think because he's a doctor, he can't get down and dirty? Sit down there! Eghosajonny is at fault for walking away from the job he received money for, and you should focus on how to resolve that, he probably doesn't have money now but he can apologize and offer to put in some work if possible. Any court of law will find him liable should the client head to court.

wytecat:
Is this your first time of hearing anyone being called "fraudster" on nairaland? Or did those people go to court before calling them such? Just shush it already. The client is well within his right to call him that if he feels he's been defrauded. While I share the blame between the two, no one has gone to court before labelling anyone on nairaland, so don't shakara him joor, or do you think because he's a doctor, he can't get down and dirty? Sit down there! Eghosajonny is at fault for walking away from the job he received money for, and you should focus on how to resolve that, he probably doesn't have money now but he can apologize and offer to put in some work if possible. Any court of law will find him liable should the client head to court.

wytecat:
Is this your first time of hearing anyone being called "fraudster" on nairaland? Or did those people go to court before calling them such? Just shush it already. The client is well within his right to call him that if he feels he's been defrauded. While I share the blame between the two, no one has gone to court before labelling anyone on nairaland, so don't shakara him joor, or do you think because he's a doctor, he can't get down and dirty? Sit down there! Eghosajonny is at fault for walking away from the job he received money for,

and you should focus on how to resolve that, he probably doesn't have money now but he can apologize and offer to put in some work if possible. Any court of law will find him liable should the client head to court.

Totally agreed with you

Beulah09:


How do you construct a storey building without a structural drawing? If that is the case, the building should be pulled down!