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Good idea!

n3xt:
It’s indeed a very sorry case. That’s why I’m more focused on construction hires these days.

Terrible people everywhere!

I think something can be done to stop all these issues if we really want to.

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We have the people right here. We just need to build a system that works - even if it’s for a fee.
We can build apps for construction estimation. We can build proper site for project management. We can setup sites for supplier/tradespeople/artisans/contractors/builders verification.

We keep talking about these issues but I can’t really see any concrete action to stop it.

Good observation

One4me:
Well done Bro, you are flying already.

I will suggest:
1) you have to use an "Angle Ruler" to ensure that the angles between the location l marked as "B" in the picture, are exactly 90-degrees and the short irons are perpendicular to the rectangular shape they are welded to, to get a true 90-degrees.
2) the short pipes are either the same size/width as the ones used to get those rectangular shapes. to really bring out the beauty for the design.

Just my 2cents, but you are really 'the man'.

OK sir.

demanuel:
Please let us not turn the conversation to another thing and derail this thread.

One4me:
No be only you Bro, perhaps my sense of beauty will come back, when l start hawking Black Tiles aggressively.

That bolded part got me thinking

demanuel:
Since the fact has been established that things will only get worse, we only have 2 options;
1. Find a way to adapt and survive.
2. Migrate to saner climes by every legal means possible.

Oh well, you have to inculcate the harshness of the Nigerian reality on your children. The basic thing you can do to better equip them is, to let them school over there.

PS- And sir, since you've convinced your wife to remain here, ensure you succeed here if not

Good morning sir, you can contact me for your electric fence-wire or razor wire to prevent burglar/pilfere/intruder into your house.
More fund to your project sir

zuraking:
Pop expert in the house the picture below, are we going to lay the 3d pvc after doing pop or the 3d pvc will be layed on the wood without pop while the pop will be done separatly.

I just want to try something different in my small house and not the common thing we do in Nigeria

I see darkness all through!
Perhaps I didn't have sense of beauty too

ThatHistoryGuy:
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Perhaps you lack good sense of beauty

May God help and open our mind. It painful and sadden hearing elders comparing 70's with 2020 without any changes but worst! I have never think of going out of Nigeria not until 4/5 years ago, now the only thing in my mind is to leave this country and come back to make things work in my own way(since I am still young), I don't want to tell NAD story to my unborn children! .

Someone here left Nigeria 30years+ ago and come back to make things work, that is the kind of story I want to tell my children.
Good morning sir, baba Egunmogaji

Focusmind:
Honestly, I am worried about Nigeria's situation to the marrow. EgunMogaji said it all. " find a way to survive amidst the chaos".

Can our children be able to survive the Nigerian environment and chaotic situation in the future? Our generation have adapted to the situation and evolving an incredible means of survival. What about our children? Not less than 19 of my closed family and friends have all relocated to Canada. But living abroad again is not my thing.

My wife sometimes see me as being insane for not considering that idea even when we have opportunity. Today, I have four relatives in my place all looking for jobs. Graduate and youth unemployment in Nigeria is the highest in the world.

The economy is not productive enough to support job creation and the much needed foreign direct investment is not forth coming. All the federal executive council does in Abuja after their meeting is to share and allocate money for one road construction or the other.

My brother, I am deeply worried about Nigerias situation. The weak are the most hit and their is no solution insight. Do our children have the same fighting and adaptable spirit we have? Sorry to say this, I haven't seen it yet in mine as the Nigerian chaos may be too strong for them to adapt based on their current upbringing.

I have been thinking of finding an ingenious way of inculcating the harshness of Nigerian reality on them to be better prepared for any eventuality.

To the bolded part; I think we have same thought. I can't sleep on it

One4me:
And where the father is forced to leave and handover to the Child, he continues the same thing the Father was doing: LOOTING.!
Like Father, Like Son.
Even Daughters sef don follow join.

Up till about three years ago, l never wanted to hear anything about Nigeria breaking up, bad prediction or people saying "Eyin Oyinbo, ewa funmi ni Fissa".
I was a very strong supporter of a big, strong, United Nigeria and let me confess, l was one of those 'honest' fools who believe-in and voted for Buhari, l was really expecting that he would use his military experience, take charge and get things done quickly to move Nigeria forward.
I campaigned for him , using his PROMISES. (Power, Anti Corruption, Industrialisation, Roads, Agriculture, Exchange rate, Employment, Housing, etc). But look around you and tell me if corruption has reduced or if insecurity has reduced?
In n this Govt, they used #2Billion to PRAY for the defeat of Boko Haram, that is after five years o!

But now, l realised that I WAS SCAMMED!

Today, l am gradually replacing this Nigeria that l love so much, with another country, in my heart.
My offsprings cannot grow-up in this forsaken environment, unless something is done urgently, starting with breaking up the country into four regions (North, East , West, Middle Belt and South) so that each region can grow at its own pace, practice its own religion, impose its own values and fight its own battles, whatever that may be.

With what l have seen in the last five years, l can bet anybody that Nigeria will slip into Civil war, within the next five years, if things continue to go at the current trajectory. This is my first time of predicting such bad news, not because l want it but because that will be the result of the actions being taken by those in power today.
I hope they will have a rethink so that this bad prediction will not happen, that is my prayer.

Country appears doomed and will be worse that Somalia + Yemen, when Sh!t hits the fan.
Nigerian Leaders, from all regions, the Elites but especially the current ones in Govt, have ruined this country beyond imagination and they have mortgaged its future, for the next 60yrs.
I really weep for this country, so blessed with everything you can imagine, yet so ruined by Evil Politicians and their Elite friends, l hope they all rot in hell, in the hereafter.
May God help us, because even 'Protesting' is not helping us.

Bought it #800 around March this year

write2obi:
Yeah, bought 750 last year.

Oh my God!
70's till date no changes? seems there is no hope for the youth working...? legitly

EgunMogaji2:
I’ve been here now full time for 22 months.

I say the following with no joy and I expect to catch clack for it.

Here goes:

Nigeria can never be good. All what we can do is find a way to exist within the chaos. Anyone that is expecting vast changes will just die in vain.

Addition:

When I was a toddler, the same issues that I grew up hearing my father complain about is still here. Olopa wahala, armed robbers, government, bribery, oppression, etc. Here we are in 2020 and we’re still on the matter.

The average citizen is a corrupt and ungovernable mfer.

To bring this back on topic. My father lost a plot of land to some Alhadji in Iwo Road in the early 70’s. Fast forward to 2020, people are still loosing land.

Armed robbers are writing letters to community to gather donations. Insurgents are being settled by farmers so they don’t cause havoc.

My micro estate is designed around the Lagos/Ibadan railroad. Guess what, most of the hardware that holds the actual rail line has been stolen already.

Fela died for nothing, his mother died for nothing. No change. Buhari jailed Fela in the 80’s as head of state, Buhari is president today.

Only God knows!

One4me:
Cheesux! I bough them at #680 in 2018.
Where are we going in Nigeria?

Armed robber is now disturbing in some area within Lagos! Prevent burglar...

Work done:
Date: 11/11/2020
Location: Ibezim Obiajulu, off masha, surulere, Lagos.
Materials used: razor wire and barb wire.
Installation duration: 1 day
Client name: chairman of the street

Don't wait to experience burglar/pilferer,armed robber before you take action!

I can't even think of it, but everyone with their choice

EgunMogaji2:
I’m going through this is my BQ. I’ll never in my life use black tiles again.

If you must use black tiles, don't use it totally, it will make everywhere dark

yinkaoke:
Great people. I am here again and as usual l need some advice.
I want to tile my building and l am considering using black tiles with few white stripes but am afraid d sitting room might be dark as l want to paint it light ash colour with fainted cream/gold.

Any best advice as to combination of colours for the sitting with appropriate tile colour would be nice if you send sample pictures?

Many thanks l you respond

Sir, I don't think this is the normal PVC o! The PVC I know sag with time.
We just change the one in my family house of recent(less than two years we install it).

n3xt:
The marked area is 100% PVC.

You are welcome ma

yinkaoke:
[@ Abolarin. Thanks alot, l really appreciate your response God bless. They want to cheat me
quote author=Abolarin91 post=95860224]You are to provide scaffolding and they get materials(nails), since you pay per sqm

You are to provide scaffolding and they get materials(nails), since you pay per sqm

yinkaoke:
Hello great people,
Please is it true they use mail for Pop work?
I paid per square metres and they are still asking me for money for nails and scaffolding

Beware of supervisor that don't like to follow structural drawings/details! Follow the structural drawings ma

jennann:
Goodmorning everyone. I am a newbie in this section and would want to seek clarification on this issue.

My family is building a story building of four flats of 3 bedrooms each. We are at the decking stage now. However, the supervisor handling it is advising us to use 10mm steel rods for this decking as this steel rod is stronger than 12mm rod and can carry the weight comfortably. This is different from what I know with my little building knowledge.
So I decided to come here to seek expert opinion on this.

Thankyou for expected comments as I know I d definitely get the best advice here.

You are a good man

EgunMogaji2:
Yah all are correct and I learnt something new.

So I encourage some of the young trades I work with to partner with each other and carry each other along. I know the architect gave them a price to quote based on numbers of rooms and how many floors (should really be per square foot). What I’ll tell them is to let each individual trade negotiate with the client.

Exactly!

One4me:
You are right Sir, [b]but in that case, he should not be the one doing the bargaining for Archy works, the Architect in his pool of Professionals should handle it, [/b]all he needs to do is refer the job to them.
I remember that Gate of yours on offer, looks very solid.

Nice building. More fund to pocket

Muyi002:
This is my kobo kobo project o. Thanks to all who have given me advice to have reach this point.

Plastering on going but on a bit by bit bases subject to availability of funds.

Your work is on a trusted and reliable hand with Bolbaz home tech.
Diaspora can count on us

Alrt sir

QSFemi:
You're welcome sir.

I'm a Quantity Surveyor and always at your service.

Sure, no one will even risk employing an architect or builder for the role of an engineer.

true2home:
The fact that our builds are elementary allows for multitasking of our professionals. I bet you that in a complex build, no architect will want to be responsible for a Builder contractor's role.

May be 40 years ago

EgunMogaji2:
Okay, got you.

Me sef I be expert on SketchUp.

He is not referring an architect here sir, he stand to take the job.
Software has made it easy for so many people to take architectural work

EgunMogaji2:
What if he was part of a collective of professionals that include referring architects?

Welcome with your pen and notebook to the university of construction , you will be glad you join...

Gigaset:
This is a very nice job and this is my first post here on NL ( what a wonderful platform happy Sunday to you all)

The major problem. I gave up when I heard an electrical engineer bargaining with homeowner that he will provide him architectural drawings

Aforxzy:
The issues here is that [b]everyone has become a jack of all trades but this shouldn't be. [/b]We all have our clear and distinct roles to play on a project , which makes us experts in what we do. Every party is vital to the successful completion of a project but we overlook them because of their fee.

However the construction of any structure should be about quality, cost and time but most times we tend to value cost saving over quality control .

Thank you for the tutelage sir, I tap more knowledge from your ananlysis

QSFemi:
Good morning sir.

As a professional quantity surveyor, I feel the need to attend to some of the issues raised here.

First of all, "Contingency" included in Bill of Quantities is not part of the contractor's money. It's SOLELY THE CLIENTS' MONEY. As such it cannot be expended without the express approval of the clients.

A Contingency sum is the money set aside to cover unforeseen circumstances during the course of construction. The amount set aside depends on the likely risks to be encountered during the construction process. The NIGERIA INSTITUTE OF QUANTITY SURVEYORS have an exhaustive list of these risks. However, some Quantity Surveyors prefer to use percentage due to ease of calculations.

Then there's a "Provisional Sum" included in Bill of Quantities. Provisional sums are monies set aside for foreseeable works but whose scope cannot be entirely ascertained as of the time the Bill of Quantities is prepared.

The instance you gave in your post about the QS setting aside "40k" is that of a provisional sum and not that of contingency.

That said, I want to interest you that Quantity Surveyors prepare Bill of Quantities from "mere specifications" alone even without drawings in some instances. Of course, drawings are also necessary in a lot of cases.

Lastly, like I said before, quantity surveyors ensure value-for-money for clients and contractors.

Happy Sunday

Good morning my mentor and lecturer in this thread . I must confess, you guys are doing a great job Here! More wisdom and knowlege.

Meanwhile, for your security wire(electric fence-wire and barb wire), panel mesh and the likes...don't hesitate to click on my thread for details and more info, thanks in anyicipation

https://www.nairaland.com/5873961/prevent-burglar-thief-pilferer-entering

Q's, architect, builder and engineer are all guilty! Professionals nowadays poke nose to other professional work aside from their own specialization. An engineer will tell you to bring your survey plans to design an architectural drawings for you! It annoying seeing all those thongs! Well, that is what happened in an environment(country) where there is no regulation/limit.

QSFemi:
I like that bolded assertion in your comment.

Architects have gone beyond their traditional role of building designs and subsequent "supervision of their designs on site" to become builders or engineers by undertaking supervision of the building production process. It's very wrong for an Architect to parade himself or herself as an expert in the construction of buildings rather than his core competence - design of buildings and supervision of his designs on site.

I'm glad we've people like you that knows where each professional belongs.