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Properties › Re: Webuild Engineering Services Ongoing Construction Work by abdulwastecx(op): 11:40pm On Jul 10, 2022*

Raft foundation transfer loads to the soil below through the help of the slab. Hence the slabs are designed as an inverted floor slab ( that is, instead of the load acting downward, the soil pressure will exert an upward force on the raft-slab

This particular raft-slab is 200mm thick, reinforced with the span reinforcement on top @ 200mm centre to centre with 12mm and the support reinforcement placed at the bottom, in areas where the beams are located, reinforced with 12mm @ 250mm centre to centre

Properties › Re: Webuild Engineering Services Ongoing Construction Work by abdulwastecx(op): 11:34pm On Jul 10, 2022

These are the questions that lots of people do ask about the Raft foundation.
What is a raft foundation?
How does the raft foundation transfer the building loads to the soil below?
What are the components of a raft foundation?
How do we size these raft foundation components?
Why do we even use raft for foundation work instead of the strip, reinforced strip, pad and even pile footings?

These and more will be answered as practical as possible as you follow us on the journey to deliver this beautiful building.

Properties › Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by abdulwastecx(m): 9:16pm On Jul 03, 2022

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Politics › Re: Fashola's Attempt To "School" Peter Obi Gone Wrong by abdulwastecx(m): 5:08pm On Jul 03, 2022

Kingbeewillsee:
To build a paved one km of road in Nigeria is 87million naira and calculate if you know want to build 100 km of paved road will cost 8.7 billion naira the price will increase due to bribery and the company awarded the contract does the Government have the money to build more than 100 km of paved road all around the country..
You Fashola people you make it seems improving infrastructure is easy while it's hard and that's why Nigeria is in a debt trap with China currently Nigeria is still in debt instead of Nigeria should focus on improving local production and productivity and of course education and tourism sector to be able to pay off our debt to china and the world bank and tinubu wants to us to be a credit economy where everyone can take a loan from bank anyhow and Nigeria will end up like USA in the 2008 financial bubble crash cause many banks were giving people to many loans to buy houses which in return people couldn't afford to pay back the loan

A kilometer of the road of two-lane each of 3.75m with a shoulder of 2.5m costs an average of 200m/km($0.4m/km), excluding bridges. When you compare this to the USA's average of $1.87m/km, you will accept that is far cheaper to build roads in this climes.

Note: there are so many variables responsible for the cost of roads; things as topography, soil condition, the hydrological condition of the area, and location such is rural and urban etc.

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Politics › Re: Fashola's Attempt To "School" Peter Obi Gone Wrong by abdulwastecx(m): 7:40am On Jul 03, 2022

Badgers14:
Sir, we are talking about a bridge spanning 1.6km. Less than 2 miles of bridge.

And Nigeria is not a poor country. Corruption made it poor.

The same oil in UAE , Saudi , Qatar etc.. is the same Oil in Nigeria.

Plus other natural resources we have those countries don't have.

Nigeria currently produces 1.6m barrels/day of crude for a population of 200m people; this will amount to 0.008barrel/capita per day
compared to UAE which produces 3.5m barrels/day for a population of 9.5m people; this will amount to 0.368barrel/capita per day
compared to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia which produces 12.5m barrels/day for a population of 36m people; this will amount to 0.346barrel/capita per day
In summary, the UAE is 46times richer per capita than us and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is 43times richer than us. It will be unwise to compare these two countries to Nigeria.

Also, Oil is Nigeria's export accounting for over 90% of our foreign exchange earnings while UAE and KSA export substantial gas, tourism and other products.

Politics › Re: I'm Concerned That Our Yoruba Friends Are The Only Ones Not Keying In To Obi by abdulwastecx(m): 7:28am On Jul 03, 2022

PresidObi:
Baba, Tinubu cannot hit the ground running, he's still recuperating from the election campaign movements.

Tinubu cannot claim the successes in Lagos, if Borno was the capital of Nigeria for 20 years, Borno may be looking like Dubai now.

Abuja has been the capital of Nigeria for 31 years, Is Abuja looking like Dubai today?

Tinubu can lay claim to being the brain behind the establishment of the Lekki Free Trade Zone, a zone that currently housed the largest refinery, fertilizers, deep seaport and so many other factories in Africa. Tinubu can be said to be the brain behind the Eko Atlantic city real estate masterpiece. Tinubu was paramount to the improvement of the internally generated revenue in Lagos that allows the state to be able to modernise and finance other laudable projects. He can also be said to be responsible for developing a template called the master plan of Lagos, a political structure that provides a platform for technocrats to do their thing in making Lagos on of the most developed metropolis in Africa.

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Politics › Re: Fashola's Attempt To "School" Peter Obi Gone Wrong by abdulwastecx(m): 7:20am On Jul 03, 2022

Badgers14:
If I might respond to the bolded.

I will say you got your assertion wrong.

For the most part people in SE feels differently about the 2nd Niger bridge because of the slow process of the project.

The Hongkong - Macau bridge spanning more than 50km was built within 8 years and 2 months .

The second Niger bridge is less than 2 kilometers and how long have they been building it??

SE feels FG are slow on the project because it is located in the SE, FG don't care about them that's what the resentment is all about.

But Mr.Abdulwastecx, As a respected Building Engineer, you know that Second Niger bridge have been under construction wayyyyyy longer than it should..

Nigeria is a relatively poor country. It has a huge population but very small revenue and budget to meet up with the responsibility of providing infrastructure at record time to its people. You will agree with me that Hongkong and Macau are one of the richest and most developed parts of China, as such I'll never compare the ability of these two semi-autonomous regions of China to build infrastructure with ours.

You can't argue that the Nigerian government has not taken the job seriously because there are no comparable projects in the other parts of Nigeria. No project of that magnitude has been undertaken by the ministry of works and housing in the other 5 regions of Nigeria.

Politics › Re: I'm Concerned That Our Yoruba Friends Are The Only Ones Not Keying In To Obi by abdulwastecx(m): 7:11am On Jul 03, 2022

PresidObi:
Wrong

Yoruba friends I have are mostly Obidient

But let's not discuss tribe and regions, all of us Nigerians are suffering the effects of bad government in every part of Nigeria.

In all seriousness, I love the zeal and the tenacity of our Igbo brothers. This is how you play politics. You congregate around an individual push him and possibly forced him down people's throats using propaganda and other lawful means possible. The truth still remains that Peter Obi is not the best person to lead the country in the year 2023.

judging by track records and achievement alone, Tinubu is a better fit. Tinubu understands the economy better, he has instituted more reforms than every political office holder in Nigeria. He'll hit the ground runnings, he has eyes for performers and technocrats alike. These are the qualities needed to lead a country.

All you need is a man with the political will, the understanding of the private sector, a man open to reforms and taking difficult decisions, a man open to institutional reforms and who can assemble the right team to initiate such reforms. It's a no-brainer that Tinubu was able to transfer Lagos and also laid down a framework and political structure that actualize this. Tinubu is the right person to lead this country at this time.

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Politics › Re: Fashola's Attempt To "School" Peter Obi Gone Wrong by abdulwastecx(m): 6:59am On Jul 03, 2022

bishopkay:
No! We are not saying roads should not be done. After all, Peter Obi as governor, linked all the rural towns in Anambra by road to the center.

We are saying develop your people and some of these things government waste money on, they will handle it efficiently and not waste or spoil them. Education is one of such ways to do that.

Building skyscrapers that enlarge the gap between the rich and poor in society is only a recipe for doom!

Let us agree to disagree. So, please tell me the ways you develop your people?
I would hear things like compulsory primary and secondary school education. Which is largely the primary responsibility of the state and local government
I would hear the provision of social infrastructure like pipe born water supply to homes which is the responsibility of the state and local government
I would hear the provision of enabling environment for investment and industries which is the responsibility of the federal government but the discussion here relates to the construction of an important bridge which is the purview of the Ministry of Work and Housing. Don't you think bringing this up here amount to a diversion since what you said has nothing to do with Fashola's point of view?

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Politics › Re: Fashola's Attempt To "School" Peter Obi Gone Wrong by abdulwastecx(m): 6:41am On Jul 03, 2022

Great2017:
You cannot use it interchangeably. His portfolio is a subset of infrastructure

Okay. Noted and thanks

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Politics › Re: Fashola's Attempt To "School" Peter Obi Gone Wrong by abdulwastecx(m): 6:37am On Jul 03, 2022

Great2017:
Fashola is not the Minister of Infrastructure

Monster of work and housing! I know and I used it interchangeably with infrastructure. The point still stood.

Politics › Re: Fashola's Attempt To "School" Peter Obi Gone Wrong by abdulwastecx(m): 6:35am On Jul 03, 2022

PresidObi:
The best way to improve the economy is to create enabling environment for the masses to take over productive ventures and make profit, then pay tax.

Enabling environment like easy loans, stable interest rates, strong security, etc

You are right!
But Fashola's job is limited to the provision of infrastructure, in particular, road infrastructure. He is not saddled with the responsibility of providing security and the management of the fiscal policies of the country. Hence, the provision of easy loans, stable interest rates, and strong security should be directed at the appropriate people responsible for them.

Furthermore, road infrastructure is an important ingredient of production. It enables the movement of goods, services, and raw materials from rural areas to the center of production.

Finally, The second Niger bridge is a crucial infrastructure, an asset that the southeast has been craving for decades. The question is why is it been greeted with a lot of cynicism by people from the region? Is it because it is been built by the wrong party and the Afonja they hate so much?

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Politics › Re: Fashola's Attempt To "School" Peter Obi Gone Wrong by abdulwastecx(m): 6:23am On Jul 03, 2022

Valkrie:
What does a lawyer who have never own or successfully run any business apart from stealing government money know about economy...?

Them and their Agbado godfather would just keep disgracing themselves and keep twitting on WhatsApp all the time....!!

Fashola has proven to be a better administrator than Peter Obi. Leadership is not about throwing numbers around, especially when those numbers have no bearing on the subject matter.

I've taken my time to look at Peter Obi's achievement as the governor of Anambra. Watched and read some of his interviews. I've not noticed anything impressive about the man. He throws around numbers when not needed. He gave examples from other climes when he had 8 years to lead a state. If he was so impressive, he would have used Anambra as the template of growth he wants to institute in Nigeria. He would have told us how he transforms Anambra in his time as the governor of the state.

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Politics › Re: Fashola's Attempt To "School" Peter Obi Gone Wrong by abdulwastecx(m): 6:13am On Jul 03, 2022

logicalhumour:
I just watched a short video where Fashola attempted to "school" Peter Obi on Infrastructure vs Production.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9HUruemlAI
(https://www.nairaland.com/7208125/fashola-schools-peter-obi-infrastructure)

I might know nothing to challenge someone like Fashola, but him making a statement such as "building infrastructures is the way to legitimately distribute wealth in an economy."...like seriously? Do Nigerians throw away common sense when it comes to politics?

Like, for example, how many people did the second Niger bridge employ, and where are they today? As opposed to refining diesel, or a steel plant producing steel and constantly employing common Nigerians for decades and decades?

He talked about how infrastructure automatically increases the demand for the materials used in building them. He forgot to mention how short-lived this demand is. Worse of all, we all know that we import steel and our diesel!

I think watching this video of Fashola today has made me a die hard OBIdient tbfh. Obi is like a million steps ahead of these guys in thinking productively.

I mean, how about you work on producing your steel and diesel before thinking about Infrastructure? He spoke about millions of litres of diesel, tons and tons of steel used for that Niger bridge, etc.
Any smart person who sees the bigger picture will easily see how 'building infrastructure' in our current setting easily translates to consumption (since we'll be importing the lot of skills and materials!)

Isn't it obvious that production can easily translate to building infrastructure if prioritised in a country like Nigeria?

Prioritising production is like killing a thousand birds with one stone.

My f#*g opinion though.

It's not the obligation of the government to " work on producing your steel". Gov't is responsible for formulating business-friendly policies, building infrastructure, providing incentives to private entities, and providing education to the teeming population to get them ready for the job market.

Also, Fashola is talking in his capacity as the minister of Infrastructure and Housing. His primary mandate is to deliver infrastructure to Nigerians, infrastructure that will make life more meaningful to Nigerians, and make the country a competitive destination for industries and investment. He is not the minister of steel and mining.

Finally, many of you throw logic out of the room whenever anyone criticizes Pete Obi. No one is stopping you from supporting the man but never assume that he will not be criticized, even if his suggestions are novel.

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Properties › Re: Webuild Engineering Services Ongoing Construction Work by abdulwastecx(op): 1:43am On Apr 07, 2022

mufutau55:
Glad to see a new project construction from you again. Good work always.

Hajji M.

Thank you sir and thanks for all the good recommendation sir.

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Properties › Re: Webuild Engineering Services Ongoing Construction Work by abdulwastecx(op): 1:29am On Apr 07, 2022

Before I forget, the filling and compaction took us almost three weeks. Simply because we have to compact in layers of 150mm to achieve adequate compaction.

The question is why is compaction so important for this type of foundation ( raft slab built on fill)?
It's important because the fill will receive and carry the weight of the whole structure. Though, the beam will help to prevent shearing at column points.

I think, this is the common mistake or misconception with this type of foundation. It's wrongly believe that as long as the raft beam is well done and reinforced, that the slab can be reinforced with wire mesh or lightly.
This is wrong. Slab in a raft construction are design like that of solid or flat slab and the reinforcement is opposite to that of the suspended slab (i.e, span reinforcement ontop and support reinforcement at the bottom)

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Properties › Re: Webuild Engineering Services Ongoing Construction Work by abdulwastecx(op): 1:21am On Apr 07, 2022

The building is on a site of a demolished building.

We have to excavate to 500mm, blind for 100mm before setting up a beam of 1200mm.

Why do we need to excavate?
Excavation is required to prevent the building from overturning due to wind uplift. Since the building needs to be anchored into the ground .
For this project, we'll be using 3Y16 top and bottom and 4Y12 both side of the beam.

The 4y12 is provided on both side to prevent cracking in other to meet up with the rules of detailing in accordance to BS codes.

Properties › Re: Construction Of A 5 Bedroom Duplex At Gwarinpa FCT. Abuja by abdulwastecx(op): 10:27pm On Apr 06, 2022

Simbrixton:
amazing work

Thanks boss

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Properties › Re: Webuild Engineering Services Ongoing Construction Work by abdulwastecx(op): 12:47pm On Mar 14, 2022*

after a detailed soil analysis was carried out, the geotechnical engineer recommended a raft foundation for the building.

The raft was 1.2m deep with a raft slab of 250mm deep.

Properties › Re: Webuild Engineering Services Ongoing Construction Work by abdulwastecx(op): 12:45pm On Mar 14, 2022

Project #1.
four units of one-bedrooms, two-bedrooms and two units of three-bedroom flats on a single two suspended floors building.
client:
contractors/consultant: weBuild (abdulwastecx)
Location: surulere
type of foundation: raft

Properties › Webuild Engineering Services Ongoing Construction Work by abdulwastecx(op): 12:42pm On Mar 14, 2022

here are some of our ongoing construction work at different locations within Nigeria

Properties › Re: Casa Ava: The Finishing by abdulwastecx(m): 7:01pm On Feb 01, 2022

EgunMogaji2:
Looking for recommendations for a Finish Carpenter. For doors, cabinets, etc

Baba, you have done an excellent job here. I love the attention to details, empowering of the local artisans with acquisition of tools that will make their job better and the general eco-friendly nature od the build. I salute!

For doors, I love the idea of a composite between wood and MDF board. You can get a nice timber (like Omo, Afara or Malaina) to do a 5" wide frame and then embed the MDF board that blend with the wood colour in between.
Here you get structural integrity with the wood frame and then get aesthetics with the MDF.

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Properties › Re: Casa Ava: The Finishing by abdulwastecx(m): 6:32pm On Feb 01, 2022

EgunMogaji2:
Thank you Sir.

I give thanks to folks like Spyder880, Aventures, RichYoungRuler, AbdulWastecx, etc that shared their projects and showed those of us "know it alls" how things are in Nigeria.

Thank you sir

Properties › Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by abdulwastecx(m): 6:26pm On Jan 13, 2022

DUNKA:
Yes him and dennis3d are on my shortlist

Thanks boss

Properties › Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by abdulwastecx(m): 6:25pm On Jan 13, 2022

EgunMogaji2:
I hope to have an AbdulWastecx built home one day.

We'll make it happen sir

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Properties › Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by abdulwastecx(m): 6:22pm On Jan 13, 2022

EgunMogaji2:
I’m looking for referrals for a finish carpenter that can do doors, cabinets, etc for me in Elebu, Ibadan.

This is a low cost budget project where exacting standards are expected.

If you’re open to hanging out in Elebu for about two weeks and your work shows pride of workmanship please let’s chat.

Thanks.

Baba Egun, for the door, I'll advice you to get a draft man, pay him to get you a detail design of the wooden door you need. I mean working drawings. Take these drawings to a good carpenters around Ibadan, let him promise to interpret the design properly. Buy the materials and let him fabricate the door for you.

You can do thesame for both your kitchen cabinets and others.

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Properties › Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by abdulwastecx(m): 1:37pm On Jan 13, 2022

KolaShangOne:
I don't blame the people/ clients.

Beautiful Internet pictures easily sway people. We all are moved by what we see.. especially for the first time home owners..

Bro, there is no way we can blame the clients because no one is forcing people to under quotes work just to end up messing up.

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Properties › Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by abdulwastecx(m): 9:06am On Jan 13, 2022

seankim:
Wetin be thank God? We still have a long way to go in this country. A graduate of computer science with no formal training in civil engineering was able to secure a job to erect 9 duplexes at a go before he was booted Him say the QS no know construction reach am
The werey was even throwing shades at engineer abduwastec at a time . A whole engineer

You Engineers and architects have to come together and put some sanities into your fields. At least, for fraudulents people like enginiia bosun n3xt.

It's easy to paint unrealistic pictures and defraud people of their hard earn money.

Building construction is not magic and no amount of thinking out of the box can make you execute a 40m project for 30m (a tleast at carcass level). What you get is a guy without the most rudiments idea of how structural engineering works under valuing jobs that he knows will not work but still went ahead to do because he has the intention to defraud and run away with peoples money at the end of the day.

Contractor do have issues with client but such issues should not be as a result of incompetence or fraud and must be resulted mutually without being taking to the public. Because anyone using the social media space to solicit for work should never allow bad publicity that will sow seed of doubt in their mind.

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Properties › Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by abdulwastecx(m): 9:05am On Jan 13, 2022

seankim:
Wetin be thank God? We still have a long way to go in this country. A graduate of computer science with no formal training in civil engineering was able to secure a job to erect 9 duplexes at a go before he was booted Him say the QS no know construction reach am
The werey was even throwing shades at engineer abduwastec at a time . A whole engineer

You Engineers and architects have to come together and put some sanities into your fields. At least, for fraudulents people like enginiia bosun n3xt.

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Properties › Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by abdulwastecx(m): 11:45pm On Jan 04, 2022

LegendHero:
Nice

Hello bro

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Properties › Re: How Do You Select A Good Builder? by abdulwastecx(m): 3:50pm On Dec 07, 2021

somehow:
I didn't say any lintel collapsed sir, I only said he did 2 bad lintels we had to remove. They were not resting on the blocks on at least one side.

It was the owner of the Estate that brought it to my notice, I didn't see them during my visits.

Okay. Thanks

Properties › Re: How Do You Select A Good Builder? by abdulwastecx(m): 3:50pm On Dec 07, 2021

somehow:
I didn't say any lintel collapsed sir, I only said he did 2 bad lintels we had to remove. They were not resting on the blocks on at least one side.

It was the owner of the Estate that brought it to my notice, I didn't see them during my visits.

Okay. Thqnks

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