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n3xt:
Responding to the bolded.

Have you seen the firm’s proprietary Bcore stainless steel slab? I am sure it wasn’t used solely for aesthetics.

The modular units were built on the Bcore slabs.

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I tried looking up the company doing this amazing job, they’ve been round for a while now and have dozens of verifiable developments that have not fail or fall.
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My apologies for the precast/prefab mix up.
Few pages back, I shared that precast is the future before the Chinese story came up.
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Pic - Bcore Stainless Steel Slab by the Broad Group

somehow:


People pay thousands of dollars just to go watch these engineering miracles.

7 out of the 10 longest bridges in the world are in China.

https:// www.worldatlas. com/articles/20-longest-bridges-in-the-world.html#

n3xt:
Ok. I’ll suggest you read Precast Concrete Structures by Kim S. Elliott (2nd Edition) to get more info on precast structures built to Eurocode EC2.

I recommend the 2nd edition because it came with lots of updated researches.

You’ll also find in the book design exercise for 10 storey precast skeletal frame.

Im not so close to home, I’d have shared few pages from the book.


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Don’t take me too serious though. I’m just advanced baba lat with lots of materials and books on modern architecture.

gordonbarrett:
You are right. However, nobody has sort explanation on how the building would react to such loads, based on their simulation of such scenarios, cause I know they do, even for a 200year weather event. You just concluded based on a video.

gordonbarrett:
People that factor natural disasters such as earthquakes into their designs. I wonder why we think they have not thought about wind.

bobkezel:
Don't mind them, they think they are wiser than the Chinese engineers. They must have put all those into consideration and must have subjected them to a very harsh condition as a test before they are erected. And that is not the only prefabricated building in China, there are tons of it, yet we hear more of a building collapse in this our nature friendly country than China that has more natural disasters.

diordaves:
Spot on. That will not fly here in the UK. You will not get planning permission, no mortgage, no insurance. Like you, I will not live in such a home. Very communist-era concrete prefab. Yes: It is a shitty building.

BiigTee:
Can you all see the amount of concrete that was cast to level the decking the a professional claimed to have supervised! No, look at it and tell me why I should feel happy! 10" of thick concrete! Even thicker than decking which is usually 6"

n3xt:
I shared this earlier - prefab construction is the future.

Our current construction methodologies are dated. That’s why I always attend Affordable Housing Project conference organized by Marcus Evans.

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We started a slab yesterday. We’ve moved to another slab as at this afternoon.
Before the week runs out, I’d be taking 2 more slabs.

This is not as a result of having more capable hands but because we’ve mechanized all our operations.

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I once met at a conference in Lagos, a LASU prof who specializes in prefab constructions. I was so much intrigued by the prefab staircases that he produces.

michlins:
produce cheaper when a liter of diesel fuel is 260

n3xt:
Yeah! It’s sheer waste of fund.

Another thing that drives up cost on most projects is Concrete Mixer.

I’ve been casting back-to-back on my site for almost 21 days using NextHome Mixer. We didn’t allow manual mix in any part of the project.

Imagine how much I’d have spent if I have to hire a concrete mixer at 25,000 per day.

Instead of spending so much on concrete mixers, most homeowners/contractors always resort to doing manual mix when casting lintels/columns/blinding etc.
Most people felt the only thing requires a concrete mixer is the slab.

This is wrong.

michlins:
While we're discussing whether or not to use steel shutters, Chinese company built a 10 storey in record time

mrvitalis:
Who is Farooq trying to play ...I have always known he was doing Taqiya with his anti Buhari writings

Who doesn't know that fulani planted people in every tribe in the north ...well almost every tribe ...a big example is the deputy speaker they claimed is middle belt ...but is fulani

He is from the land jos people gave fulani ..yes ruga like settlements so that peace could reign ... instead they converted it to LGA n are demanding more

Research most of buhari appointments most have Fulani blood

JohnSin97:
Farooq is being half smart....the intercultural and intribal relationships and marriages have made core northern tribes into one single identity known as hausa/fulani. An ijebu man will tell you proudly that he is ijebu, but most people can't tell the difference between him and an Ibadan man.

JohnSin97:
Farooq is being half smart....the intercultural and intribal relationships and marriages have made core northern tribes into one single identity known as hausa/fulani. An ijebu man will tell you proudly that he is ijebu, but most people can't tell the difference between him and an Ibadan man.

n3xt:
My boss, my boss. I hail o!


So you too agree we need to #EndNORM #EndOverRelianceOnConcrete

Maybe coming from someone like you will help some of us make a rethink.

I’m sha buying my solid timbers from hslbroker2 sha for timber structures. Charity begins at home.

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Reading the bolded part above, I remembered there was a sleepy organization in Nigeria called “SON”

Well, you can’t give what you don’t have though.

EgunMogaji2:
When you’re less busy I would like you to peruse my building plan and see what you can do for me on it.

How’s your partner Sir? Podosci?

EgunMogaji2:
When you’re less busy I would like you to peruse my building plan and see what you can do for me on it.

How’s your partner Sir? Podosci?

rmx:
Can you share the designs, looking for inspiration for a personal build

EgunMogaji2:
It’s been a while, please make some time to post Sir. Some of us appreciate your thesis.

BrabusNG:
With the way price of building materials are going, it’s high time to start considering alternatives.

With N3.5 to N4m, I can achieve a 150sqm timber decking with solid wood finish.
I’d need more than N6m to achieve same using concrete when you consider the cost of tiles and the concrete slab.

Thinking mode activated for future projects.

Coronabirus:
With Kwara, Kogi, Nasarawa, Niger, Plateau and Benue u expect me not to believe in one North?
Check those states well and know why I mentioned them, ponder well about them and their affiliation to one North.
We can still live in diversity!

KolaShangOne:
What do you think?

My Ogas @spyder880 @abdulwastecx @segzy14 @n3xt @mufutau55 @Egunmogaji2 and everyone else..

What do you think about using stamped concrete floor indoors? It is definitely cheaper than using tiles.

qwertyboss:
I need someone to connect me with an engineer in Kano for internship to gain more experience and someone here suggested that you might be of help...

qwertyboss:
this guy doesn't help at all!
he doesn't even reply me...
this is very bad...
atleast a decent reply will do

Sultty:
I need expert opinion on shipping container house. I'm seriously contemplating on this and what are d possible costs when getting a 5 bedroom, 1 kitchen, sitting room with guest toilet and a small waiting area. Is it truly less costly than brick houses

megacontrol:
Yay or Nay? rotech77, spyder880, timtol, abdulwastecx, KolaShangOne, saydfact (long time no hear) and others... what do you generally do?

I know most will say its the client's call but i believe there's a point where the benefits (if any) becomes insignificant and therefore the additional cost isn't justified. that's the decision point I'm looking for.

Pls feel free to chime in. any suggestions are without any liabilities so caveats are fine.

michlins:
knowledge is priceless and believe me what you guys are teaching me daily is what people spent years to learn in the university and paid top dollar for. I look forward to learning more.


Thanks, guys both people asking questions and those with suggestions. I don't know it all and I am getting schooled

michlins:
the most important part of tank stand is the foundation. It varies from place to place and that's why it's recommended to do the job on site so you can see the soil you're working with and find out the kind of foundation it requires. What works in Nnewi will NEVER work in Lagos.

The weight of water and load is the same everywhere and as such same material that works at point A can work at B provided the weight, height remains the same. It's a hollow structure and so wind can freely pass without compromising the structure.

Another factor is the ability of the welder to weld well. I don't know how to explain this part.

If the three factors are adhered to, you will get a structure that will outlive the building

EgunMogaji2:
I co recommend AbdulWastecx. Without any reservation.

One4me:
For a Bungalow, a structural design is not a requirement but it is good if you have one.
Now, a Bungalow does not require Pilling, even if it is in a Swamp.
The weight of a Bungalow cannot sink the building, in the worst Swamp, if you do a proper Foundation.
Sinking is caused when the weight of a Building exceeds the bearing capacity (Upthrust) of the soil.
The above can be tackled in three ways:
1) Increase the weight bearing capacity of the Soil, using a Pile Foundation (so that it sits on a layer of soil with better capacity, deep down in the ground)
2) Reduce the downward weight of the building (especially a Bungalow, which is already close to the threshold upward thrust capacity of the soil) by using lighter materials to build
3) More importantly, design the foundation is a manner that increases the foundation base of the building, to increase surface area and thus reduce its weight/downward pressure on the weak soil.

#3 is achieved by designing an INVERTED T- Raft Foundation.
Upthrust = Force/Area
Since the downward Force of the building is considered static/unchanging (total Weight of Bungalow), by increasing the area covered by the raft Foundation, you are reducing the Upthrust of the Floor, on the building and thus its carrying capacity, without a Pile Foundation.

If a Pile will cost you, #6M - #8M, if you get a good Engineer to do your Build, the Foundation l described above will save you a minimum of #3Million.
Contact an Engineer on this site, @Abdulwatecx, give him your build to do for you.
He is honest, reliable and good at his job. Yes, l can vouch for him but l dont know if he is free right now..
I am trying to think of who else l can recommend but my memory is empty right now.
Dont try to do it yourself, you dont have the knowledge, dont use just a Bricklayer and you will be wasting money doing a Pile foundation for a Bungalow, its an over-kill.

BTW: I am not just saying this, l have put it into practice on a One Storey building, in the worst Swamp you can think of and the building is standing for over five years now. It has settled to its final state.

If you need a reliable bricklayer, let me know.