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 Properties › Re: Structural Design And Consultancy Services by Aventures(op): 3:45pm On Nov 06, 2011 |
Aventures:Get the Best service at an affordable cost. |
| Properties › Re: 3 Bedroom Bungalow fenced with gates For Sale! with Pics by Aventures(op): 3:35pm On Nov 06, 2011 |
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| Properties › Re: 3 Bedroom Bungalow fenced with gates For Sale! with Pics by Aventures(op): 8:45pm On Nov 05, 2011 |
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| Properties › Re: 3 Bedroom Bungalow fenced with gates For Sale! with Pics by Aventures(op): 7:58pm On Nov 03, 2011 |
still available |
| Properties › Re: 3 Bedroom Bungalow fenced with gates For Sale! with Pics by Aventures(op): 7:09am On Nov 02, 2011 |
:d |
| Properties › Re: 3 Bedroom Bungalow fenced with gates For Sale! with Pics by Aventures(op): 6:38am On Oct 31, 2011 |
Still on |
| Properties › 3 Bedroom Bungalow fenced with gates For Sale! with Pics by Aventures(op): 2:35pm On Oct 30, 2011 |
House for Sale: Description: 3 bedroom bungalow( 0ne master b/rm, 2 rooms, dinning, sitting room, ante room & spacious kitchen with store. All rooms with floor tiles) placed at the back of a full plot with enough space infront for future development. Facilities: Fenced, gated, Borehole and water tank, 2 shops at the frontage. Location: Ikorodu, off Gberigbe rd, 3 mins drive frm major tar road. The area is serene and the house is located within occupied buildings. Title: survey and family receipt , deed of assignment. Staus: 95 % completion Asking Price: 7m (negotiable; direct negotiation with the owner) contact: 08023142108, abidoyventures@gmail.com |
| Properties › Re: 6 Storey Building Collapses At Maryland Area Of Lagos State by Aventures(m): 7:08pm On Oct 28, 2011 |
This is quite unfortunate! From the story and the picture ,whenever a building is about to collapse and it gives signs such as it happened in this case then under reinforcement; poor concrete; poor structural design are likely to be the cause. Thank God it wasn't a problem of over reinforced then the collapse would have been sudden., |
| Properties › Re: Process Of Building A Home **From Buying A Land To Housewarming And Moving In** by Aventures(m): 9:11pm On Oct 27, 2011 |
A piece of Advice, since this tread is meant to educate us on hw to start a bldg project from start to finishing i wish to advice that b4 you purchase any land try to know hw does the area looks like during raining season no matter hw dry, hard and strong the place may be at the time of inspection ask questions or better still wait till raining season. I am talking frm experience. Myself and my client's representative bought a Land for my client at Arepo early this year the land was super dry and hard infact the surveyor had to use digger b4 fixing the beacons. But lo & behold we went back around August this year to commence work only to found water flowing on the surface of the land like a river even up till now. I did my estimate based on what i saw previously but i had to review my process and this cost extra 400k. The client release the money reluctantly thinking it is one of the contractor's gimmicks to reap people off but i nevr mind i insited on getting the money and do the right thing. "If the foundation is destoyed what can a righteous do" By the grace of God the project is up to first floor decking now. i wish i have time to teach us on the advatanges of frame structure and the process and also give out the exaxt quaNTITIES of materials used, labour charge and all vital info. God will help us. |
| Properties › Re: Process Of Building A Home **From Buying A Land To Housewarming And Moving In** by Aventures(m): 8:03pm On Oct 26, 2011 |
spyder880:Pls never allow, any pipe buried in your columns because taking 30% of the concrete in your column has rendered that column useless. Unless otherwise specify by your structural engineer. For instance in designing if you intend to bury pipe in your structural members such as beams and columns this would have been considered in ur design, this will result in increase in the dimension of the structure i:e where your colums section should be 225 x 225 ur design may end up giving you 300 x 300 so as to make up for the portion of the concrete occupied by the pipe. As for me i dont at any time in my structural design recommend pipes in structral members resisting compresive load. |
| Properties › Re: Building A Luxury Block Of Flats: Day-to-day Updates (with pictures) by Aventures(m): 9:38pm On Oct 16, 2011 |
@Brabus, if you can take pains to look thru this tread you will find one of my post in which i warned you about renovation at a point int ime when you wanted to take up one dillapidated building with basement i told you that there's nothing that rubbish one's profession in construction like renovation as a matter of fact it is 100 times easier to start and complete a new two storey buildingt than to renovate 3-bedroom bungalow. I am professional and a registered engineer with all my experience i dont take all that comes to me, there is one thing i do i study clients psychology before i take Jobs cos some will give 2 items to do but at the end demand for 20. Well by and large i think if the professionals in The house can come together and constitute an arbitration panel to help brabus an his client out of this mess rather than going to court will do us a lot better becs this mess is robbingg on all of us. Since this incident i av tucked in my head, ive stopped my post on NL. May God help Us. |
| Properties › Re: Sending Building Materials Fom The Usa - Advice Needed by Aventures(m): 12:07pm On Oct 01, 2011 |
Ask your engineer to send you the list and the specification of the fittings and accessories they would need, as if they are buying it here in Nigeria . Then use the specification to look for these items over there if yyou can get them no wahala. i am sure it will work. Good luck |
| Properties › Re: Building And Engineering Services At Its Best by Aventures(op): 8:30am On Sep 28, 2011 |
good morning |
| Properties › Re: Urgent Request: A Plot Of Land Needed. by Aventures(op): 8:29am On Sep 28, 2011 |
searching still on |
| Properties › Re: Urgent Request: A Plot Of Land Needed. by Aventures(op): 6:47am On Sep 27, 2011 |
WHYKY:I have been trying to reach you pls keep your phone on, we would like to inspect the land today. Thanks |
| Properties › Re: Urgent Request: A Plot Of Land Needed. by Aventures(op): 11:03am On Sep 26, 2011 |
still on |
| Properties › Urgent Request: A Plot Of Land Needed. by Aventures(op): 8:37pm On Sep 25, 2011 |
a full plot of land in a good enviroment within Ebute metta, Palmgrove, Ogba is urgently needed. Burget N 10 Million. contact 08023142108, or abidoyventures@gmail.com |
| Properties › Re: Building And Engineering Services At Its Best by Aventures(op): 7:56pm On Sep 23, 2011 |
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| Properties › Re: Building And Engineering Services At Its Best by Aventures(op): 10:43am On Sep 15, 2011 |
Check us at today for the best engineering services. We have past and present good record to prove our competence, efficency and capability. |
| Properties › Re: Building A Luxury Block Of Flats: Day-to-day Updates (with pictures) by Aventures(m): 7:51pm On Aug 30, 2011 |
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| Properties › Re: Profile Of An Architects/builder With Sound Xperience by Aventures(m): 1:18pm On Aug 28, 2011 |
Fence estimate: let;s go tha way of QS style and see rough estimate idea; 1. Block work: The perimeter lent is abt 90.14m say 91m. Then average height of the fence should be 2.4m max. Then the total block arrea in sqm is 218.4 let say 220 sqm to allow for wastage. 2. Concrete for raft: raft inverted T beam Dimension for the raft stem (0.15 x 0.675) the I beam (0.23 x 0.6) Note the total height asumed here is 750mm i:e 0.75 m it could be more or less than this in some cases depending on the diff. btw your site level and the road. Now the area in sqm is (0.101) + (0.138) = 0.239 now the Volume of the concrte is 0.239 * 91 = 21.79 precipitate say 23 precipitate to allow for shrinkage and wastage. column: 0.23 x 023 x2.4 x 32 = 4.1 precipitate Total 27cum 3. Formwork: Raft beam 91 x0.6x 2= 109 say 110 sqm. Columns 32 x 1 x 2.4 = 76.8 Total formwrk =190 sqm 4. Reinforcment: Raft Inverted beam-- 10-12mm = 13kg/m run :. 91 x 13 = 1183 kg of iron. Th columns- 18.87kg/column (total no columns 91/3 + 1= say 32) so: 18.87 x 32= 603.84 say 605kg 0f iron Total iron =1788Kg S/N Description qty unit Rate Amt 1 Block wrk 220 sqm 2600 572,000 2 concrete 27 precipitate 25000 675,000 3. formwork 190 sqm 2 400 456,000 4. reinforcement 1788 kg 250 447,000 total 2,150,000 This is just a rough estimate which exclude Gate columns and the gate, coping, rendering and unforseen contigency. The estimate of this kind takes care of the materia;l labour and contractor's profit |
| Properties › Re: Profile Of An Architects/builder With Sound Xperience by Aventures(m): 9:57pm On Aug 27, 2011 |
Fence estimate: let;s go tha way of QS style and see rough estimate idea; 1. Block work: The perimeter lent is abt 90.14m say 91m. Then average height of the fence should be 2.4m max. Then the total block arrea in sqm is 218.4 let say 220 sqm to allow for wastage. 2. Concrete for raft: raft inverted T beam Dimension for the raft stem (0.15 x 0.675) the I beam (0.23 x 0.6) Note the total height asumed here is 750mm i:e 0.75 m it could be more or less than this in some cases depending on the diff. btw your site level and the road. Now the area in sqm is (0.101) + (0.138) = 0.239 now the Volume of the concrte is 0.239 * 91 = 21.79 precipitate say 23 precipitate to allow for shrinkage and wastage. column: 0.23 x 023 x2.4 x 32 = 4.1 precipitate Total 27cum 3. Formwork: Raft beam 91 x0.6x 2= 109 say 110 sqm. Columns 32 x 1 x 2.4 = 76.8 Total formwrk =190 sqm 4. Reinforcment: Raft Inverted beam-- 10-12mm = 13kg/m run :. 91 x 13 = 1183 kg of iron. Th columns- 18.87kg/column (total no columns 91/3 + 1= say 32) so: 18.87 x 32= 603.84 say 605kg 0f iron Total iron =1788Kg S/N Description qty unit Rate Amt 1 Block wrk 220 sqm 2600 572,000 2 concrete 27 precipitate 25000 675,000 3. formwork 190 sqm 2 400 456,000 4. reinforcement 1788 kg 250 447,000 total 2,150,000 This is just a rough estimate which exclude Gate columns and the gate, coping, rendering and unforseen contigency. The estimate of this kind takes care of the materia;l labour and contractor's profit |
| Properties › Re: Profile Of An Architects/builder With Sound Xperience by Aventures(m): 7:23pm On Aug 27, 2011 |
Fence estimate: let;s go tha way of QS style and see rough estimate idea; 1. Block work: The perimeter lent is abt 90.14m say 91m. Then average height of the fence should be 2.4m max. Then the total block arrea in sqm is 218.4 let say 220 sqm to allow for wastage. 2. Concrete for raft: raft inverted T beam Dimension for the raft stem (0.15 x 0.675) the I beam (0.23 x 0.6) Note the total height asumed here is 750mm i:e 0.75 m it could be more or less than this in some cases depending on the diff. btw your site level and the road. Now the area in sqm is (0.101) + (0.138) = 0.239 now the Volume of the concrte is 0.239 * 91 = 21.79 precipitate say 23 precipitate to allow for shrinkage and wastage. column: 0.23 x 023 x2.4 x 32 = 4.1 precipitate Total 27cum 3. Formwork: Raft beam 91 x0.6x 2= 109 say 110 sqm. Columns 32 x 1 x 2.4 = 76.8 Total formwrk =190 sqm 4. Reinforcment: Raft Inverted beam-- 10-12mm = 13kg/m run :. 91 x 13 = 1183 kg of iron. Th columns- 18.87kg/column (total no columns 91/3 + 1= say 32) so: 18.87 x 32= 603.84 say 605kg 0f iron Total iron =1788Kg S/N Description qty unit Rate Amt 1 Block wrk 220 sqm 2600 572,000 2 concrete 27 precipitate 25000 675,000 3. formwork 190 sqm 2 400 456,000 4. reinforcement 1788 kg 250 447,000 total 2,150,000 This is just a rough estimate which exclude Gate columns and the gate, coping, rendering and unforseen contigency. The estimate of this kind takes care of the materia;l labour and contractor's profit |
| Properties › Re: Profile Of An Architects/builder With Sound Xperience by Aventures(m): 12:24pm On Aug 27, 2011 |
Fence estimate: let;s go tha way of QS style and see rough estimate idea; 1. Block work: The perimeter lent is abt 90.14m say 91m. Then average height of the fence should be 2.4m max. Then the total block arrea in sqm is 218.4 let say 220 sqm to allow for wastage. 2. Concrete for raft: raft inverted T beam Dimension for the raft stem (0.15 x 0.675) the I beam (0.23 x 0.6) Note the total height asumed here is 750mm i:e 0.75 m it could be more or less than this in some cases depending on the diff. btw ur site level and the road. Now the area in sqm is (0.101) + (0.138) = 0.239 now the Volume of the concrte is 0.239 * 91 = 21.79 cum say 23 cum to allow for shrinkage and wastage. column: 0.23 x 023 x2.4 x 32 = 4.1 cum Total 27cum 3. Formwork: Raft beam 91 x0.6x 2= 109 say 110 sqm. Columns 32 x 1 x 2.4 = 76.8 Total formwrk =190 sqm 4. Reinforcment: Raft Inverted beam-- 10-12mm = 13kg/m run :. 91 x 13 = 1183 kg of iron. Th columns- 18.87kg/column (total no columns 91/3 + 1= say 32) so: 18.87 x 32= 603.84 say 605kg 0f iron Total iron =1788Kg S/N Description qty unit Rate Amt 1 Block wrk 220 sqm 2600 572,000 2 concrete 27 cum 25000 675,000 3. formwork 190 sqm 2 400 456,000 4. reinforcement 1788 kg 250 447,000 total 2,150,000 This is just a rough estimate which exclude Gate columns and the gate, coping, rendering and unforseen contigency. The estimate of this kind takes care of the materia;l labour and contractor's profit. |
| Properties › Re: Buildng A Block Of 4 Flat As A Framed Structure. Pix, cost and challenges. by Aventures(op): 11:11am On Aug 25, 2011 |
Laterite filling on going pix later. |
| Properties › Re: Buildng A Block Of 4 Flat As A Framed Structure. Pix, cost and challenges. by Aventures(op): 8:47pm On Aug 24, 2011 |
Fhemmmy:Ok i will adjust. |
| Properties › Re: Buildng A Block Of 4 Flat As A Framed Structure. Pix, cost and challenges. by Aventures(op): 9:19pm On Aug 23, 2011 |
@ Rastaman the foundation height at the higest point is about 1250mm (1.25m) and at somepoint it 's an average of 900mm (0.9m). We used about 1700 blocks for this foundation ; the building dimension is about 25m long and 13m wide. @sayso the final cost and material breakdown with labour will be uploaded later when i am done with the fdn, presently we were doing the infilling. i am holding on becos there are lot of variations which we encountered as a result of the preventive measure we putting now which we never envisaged.
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| Properties › Re: Buildng A Block Of 4 Flat As A Framed Structure. Pix, cost and challenges. by Aventures(op): 11:17am On Aug 23, 2011 |
Anothe solution profer to the challenge was to have our foundation depth to be very shallow since the entire area where the site is located has been excavated before. We did this so as not to get into more troubles of water if we should get to water aquifer. Thereby we made our foundation block to be very high in other to allow for filling of the compund and we will be free absolutely from this challeng. The pix below shows our block settin to fdn.
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| Properties › Re: Buildng A Block Of 4 Flat As A Framed Structure. Pix, cost and challenges. by Aventures(op): 8:41pm On Aug 22, 2011 |
@ Rastaman, We did not do the soil test. Just like i contributed to this type of discussion on brabus tread; The test is always very important if we have done the full site investigation we would have discover that the terrain has been cut almost to water table level. But i tried to do a physical investigation when i got to the site even b4 purchase. I saw the point at which the cutting of the laterite stopped it was almost abt 4m above the new natural ground level so this gave me the opporunity to run thru the soil profile and i found out that apart from the top soil which was abt 150mm the rest was firm red soil which from experience as structural engineer the soil bearing capacity of such profile is quite high and adequate to surport Pad and strip footing foundation. Just like i said earlier that the only challenge is that we are too close to water table level; though that does not really affect the bearing capacity, infact it was quite tough to excavate we excavated all thru with digger. We have just only Dampness as the consequence of being too close to the water table level but that we have taken care of. |
| Properties › Re: Buildng A Block Of 4 Flat As A Framed Structure. Pix, cost and challenges. by Aventures(op): 7:05pm On Aug 22, 2011 |
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| Properties › Re: Buildng A Block Of 4 Flat As A Framed Structure. Pix, cost and challenges. by Aventures(op): 5:22pm On Aug 21, 2011 |
Like i said i want to be discreet a little bit about this project, anyway the project is in one of the lovely estate along lagos ibadan express way. The land is not bad, not swamp and is not water logged, but just that the filling that was cut out of the area was too much and the level was almost taken to water table level. The solution we profer: After excavation, I dewatered the trench, and during the foundation concrete i applied DAMP PROOF ADMIXTURE and DPM Nylon. Also since the entire area has been excavated during cutting of the filling so i do not need to dig to far for my foundation, then we increased our foundation level as we are still going to fill the compund up to abt 300mm.
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| Properties › Re: Buildng A Block Of 4 Flat As A Framed Structure. Pix, cost and challenges. by Aventures(op): 10:44pm On Aug 20, 2011 |
The coast seems clear so let 's go The project commenced about 2 weeks ago with site clearing, setting out, material aqcuisition, but we came across a challenge. The site was aqcuired during a dry season and the site was very dry and firm unknowingly that laterite filling sand had been cut and sold and in the process the land was cut almost to water table level, therefore when we got there to commence work we found out that water was flowing on the land in some area. This is due to the fact that the land got saturated when it rained and it could no longer absorb the water again. What problem does this pose? Let me hear ur view before i will tell u what i did? we are learning no one is an island of knowledge. I will be uploading pix intermittently as the tread progress but the actual cost will come when i am done with stage of foundation i will upload it.
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