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day 3:
laying of foundation block:
expected number of block for the foundation = 1600blocks
size of foundation block = 9"
mix ratio of mortar = 1 : 6 ( one bag to twelve head pan of sand)

about ten good bricklayer were employed for this task, each with responsibility to lay 100 blocks daily. this approach was used to allow for proper supervision of the block wall.

observation:
one bag of cement was able to lay between 45-50 blocks
the mason were mandated to use top and side line in other to have a straight and uniform level throughout the foundation.

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day 2: mounting and casting of the foundation column and strip footing to retain the foundation block wall: there are twenty-six foundation column of 1.2m x 1.2m each

materials:
gravel = 30tonnes of gravel
sand = 2 trip of sharp sand
cement = 95 bags of cement

resumption of work after two weeks delay due to some technical issues.
day 1:
job description : 50mm blinding to column/pad/isolated footing
the mix ratio of the blinding = 1:3:6
thickness of blinding = 50mm (2"
calculate number of bags to be used = 10bags
actual bags used due to increase in the size of footing =12bags

daviejay:
The Site Engineer says the foundation level is ok for an upland.

without a proper soil test no land or foundation can said to be ok for foundation of a building the reason been that soil exhibit lot of complex properties.

soil text may not be recommended for small building project like yours but sufficient depth of atleast 600mm is recommended for a bungalow built with load bearing partition wall.

soil within abuja and its environs has high clay contents, during the raining season, the soil closer to the ground exhibit wetness because the clay doesn't allow the water to sink down into the ground ( creating a fadama kind of ground). During the dry season the soil quickly dries up to give an impression of solid soil or ground for foundation.

daviejay:
SETTING OUT & EXCAVATION PICS (NOT ALL, SINCE I AM AT WORK...IT'S MY WIFE THAT TOOK SOME SHOTS FOR ME )

The stress of using block to do setting out is very high and the error involve is great....block setting is wrong and people assumed its cost effective but using peg and profile to do setting out is the best bet

adamskutty:
Abeg. U are beauty and not a beast, spend the money ooo, so much money oo. I am very upset that it cost just 10million naira, it is too small for her, walahi! . Atleast a watch of 100million naira would have been better. Oooh! My goodness, her skin glows like the flames from an acetylene torch unlike the other one with rough skin like aba dirty roads.


SPEND THE MONEEEY O.

Saaaai buhari till 2023!

i am a staunch buhari supporter but comment like this shows how irrational, insensitive and stupid some people can be.

A wife of a president that 175m Nigerians believe in, 175m whose majority live in extreme poverty, live on less than a dollar per day voted to change their life.....we need more from such a figure

mufutau55:
Wow! Good work. I am following keenly.
Some of this Clients are lucky to have you as their Builder.. You are a good teacher too..

Hajji M.

thank you sir...

complete block wall of the soak away

mid way beam to improve the strength

More block work

laying of block

completion of the soakaway foundation

the making of the raft beam foundation for the soakaway foundation:
8bags of cement was used for the casting @ N2,100/nr = N 16,000
four plank of wood @ N1,000/nr = N4,000
total = N20,000

workmanship:
2 nr of iron bender @ N4,000/nr = N8,000
3 labour @ N2,000/nr = N6,000

Iron work for the raft beam :
12nr of Y12 was use @ N1,200/nr = N14,400
4nr of Y10 was use as links @ N1,000/nr = N4,000

Iron work For the six supporting column
the height of the column is 3m
8Y12 was used as main reinforcement = N9,600
4Y10 was used as the link = N4,000
binding wire = N3,500
Total on material = N35,500

procedure
1. the pit digging was done manually by 3 men for a period of three days at a cost of N35,000. we encountered some problem due to rainfall and the poor strength of the soil.
2. Due to anticipated poor bearing capacity of the soil, a raft beam was used as the foundation of the soak away, this cost was not allowed for during the planning process for the job

the soakaway/septic tank system
Due to land constrain the septic tank has a dimension of 7ft x 15ft x 10ft, the dimension of pit dug to accommodate this structure was 10ft x 186ft x 12ft. the extral dimension was to allow for ease of work and movement into the system.

Material for the soak away/septic tank includes the following
1. 3/8 sharp sand as both the coarse and fine aggregates in the concrete
2. dangote portland cement
3. High yield bar of 12mm as main reinforcement and 10mm bar as links
4. soft plank as formwork

project location : chokocho, Port Harcourt, Rivers state.
project description : construction of a sewage disposal system soak away/ septic tank, completion of ongoing 6 flat on self contain
job duration : one month.

spenpe:
omo I fear those guys for mobil, tunga and chanchaga ehn, they can fight for stupid reasons ehn

those areas have the largest uneducated nigerlite population in minna...they love trouble die. I was shocked to see them burn down my favourite roundabout in minna

spenpe:
Lol at the estate the guy no try for that one house wey dem never begin use come spoil fa. but wind sef too much for minna o. u self go just dy pray make he no carry you

i was in fut minna when those houses were constructed... wind blew those houses because they were poorly built and lack wind breaker trees...overall talba tried small within minna metropolis with all the roads and round about but outside minna that man deserve a jail term

spenpe:
come to Kwara and see u will prefer Niger state o. at least you have CHANGE naw we still dy as we dy just False change and Godfatherism thrives here

i have to kwara several time bacuse my wife is from ilorin... kwara is still better than minna, though i hate the emir and saraki

goodgate:
Abdul kadir kure is my dad's close pal, did he not perform?

he was as bad as talba and very sentimental at best....david umar could have been the best but he was not allowed because of religion

spenpe:
omo talba like roundabout to the extent him come put tv there make them they watch lol

i love those roundabout with tv especially the one at mobil....i blame those stupid that burned it down during subsidy period.

Aliyu didn't do much n term of infrastructure development but je made minna and Niger state relatively peaceful because he was detribalised and believe all nigerlite including settlers can live together in peace and harmony.

Unlike tribal bigot abdulkadir kure ( the nupe from lapai) who was busing sharing money among his nupe brothers and busy forcing religions inclined reform on people of a very religiously diverse state.

in summary, talba was much better than kure only the singular reason that kure was an ethnic bigot

spenpe:
pls do you leave in the state no if not just keep quiet cos this people are ingrates compared to Kwara state, the Guy tried o

i am from suleja.... this man is a big criminal, in his eight years no single road was built outside the state capital Minna

MeAboki:
Cowards die many times before their deaths, GMB is certainly not one, as a devout Muslim he knows his time will come not one second sooner or a second late - despite any force or forces working for or against him.

must you bring religion into every issue?. Buhari is the president of 170million Nigerians, some of which are Muslim, christian, atheist etc.

Eat has much as you can the people's general

adanny01:
There is something about Nigeria that you wont understand. By the time you come to construction, 1:2:4 intentionally or unintentionally becomes 1:3:6. Dont forget, there is little to absolutely no quality control of concrete at site. You will need, quality control on cement, water and all aggregates to achieve that mix design grade without this control you cant get it right. You will also need slump test for water quantity control, moisture content test on aggregate, etc. At the end, the margin of error in grade as built becomes great and you cant go back. So you end up with 1:3:6.

Less i forget, in Nigeria where things can be done illegally, building design could be changed mid way into construction without considering substructure. There are cases were more floors are illegally added. This has proved to be disastrous in the past so designers prefer a safer concrete grade, hence, 1:2:4.

There are also case of outright cheating when labourers steal cement, that will automatically mean they will make lower grade of concrete.

i love that sir.

alpontif:
Hello, you are doing a great Job here, but LISTEN to correction when you are corrected, Nobody Knows it all. When you are told the professional standards and best practices, dont argue away that it cannot be achieved. Nice work you are doing here..Welldone!!!

bross, i love critics and criticism only when it is positive.
I don't know it all, we all learn everyday. thanks for your complement

pinkbee:
Sorry Sir,
I worked under a surveyor for almost 6 years while I was still in uni. I also passed engineering survey. Classroom n work r way too different. Ur quotation shows a classroom work. That's y most jobs require working experience.

Ur quotation never specified if it was a levelling job.

Never mind!
But dis is what surveyors r fighting. Just like we r fighting about our jobs given 2 bricklayers.
Goodluck dear! Have a lovely day

i am not really spoiling market for them ma...i just believe they work better on bigger building projects, large civil engineering structures like dams, tunnels, bridges, rail line, dredging work and road work...but for small building projects for average Nigeria, N30,000 should be enough to four level point on a site