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BITSWORKS Nigeria is a multi-discipline construction company comprising of architects, builders, civil engineers and interior designers.

We have just been engaged to supervise and manage (project management) a poorly executed construction of a hotel development. Despite the fact that the bricklayers contracted to do the work are well paid, the interpretation and execution of the building is poor and I will highlight some of this in later post. Advise for client is to always use qualified professionals for your construction management/supervision and you can still do direct labour construction.

The Site is a virgin land, the size is 108m(354.33ft) x 36m(120.00ft). We will share the site plan/location, floor plan,elevations and 3D views once permission has been given by the client.

Size of land - 3888.00 sqm (approximately 6 plots of land or 1 acre)

Estimated budget for construction - N150million
Project Delivery timeline - 12 months

The project has progressed well but if not properly managed at this stage, it will turn out differently from what the client is anticipating. We are presently on the 2nd floor blockwork and columns/lintel, and we will be concluding that in the next two weeks.

ricki:
Thankx, so dey come in packs or ??

How many in a park?

Yes, they come in a pack of 4pcs that makes 1.44sq.m

ricki:
how much are these tiles??

The tiles are vitrified porcelain tiles and cost between N2800 to N3000 depending on quantity to be purchased and your negotiation skils.

Ongoing floor tiling for the kitchen area. Have been on site for a week and 4 days and should be back in Lagos tomorrow to return back in 4 days time.

Sliding window and flynet fixing ongoing.

Tile fixing work in progressn we started with the wall tiles, the size is 20cm x 40cm and its a made in Nigeria tiles by Royal ceramics (WACL). Buy Naija to grow Naija!

mufutau55:
Oga mi. What is the brand? And probably info how to get it when needed by your boy here.

Hajji M.

Oga Hajj, long time no see. I will send the seller contact details to your whatsapp. Best regards.

Door fixing in progress also, we are installing a combo of steel doors for the entrances and PVC doors for the toilets.

Ongoing ceiling fixing using PVC ceiling slats. The size is 0.2m x 5.99m and you have 10pcs in a bundle which makes 12sq.m.

This type is the made in Nigeria brand which doesn't break when squeezed between the fingers, the importer China type are more fragile and don't last long.

Back to Ogbomosho on the 23rd of May 2016, finishing works for the supporting structures for the marquee about to commence. We will be embarking on

1. Tiles fixing - Marquee
2. Tiles fixing - Other buildings
3. Ceiling fixing - Other buildings
4. Door fixing - Other buildings
5. Sanitary ware fixing - Other buildings
6. Swimming pool tile fixing

domack99:
Hello house,

I need a farm land around Mowe, Ibafo, ofada, shagamu Abeokuta etc. Actually looking for location not far from Lagos.

If you have any please state the price or drop your contact

Hello, what size of land are you looking for ( a plot, 2 plots or a acre e.t.c), are you looking for long lease or outright purchase. This info will guide people in responding to your post.

I have 5 plots at Ofada off the newly tarred dual lane road at tipper garage bustop for lease. It has a perimeter wall already.

Road trip....I was in Ogbomosho on the 14th of May with the client to check the level of completion of ongoing task. We left Lagos as early as 5am and we were in Ogbomosho by 9:30am.

The marque installation is at 70% completion, what is outstanding is fixing of the doors completely, ligthing, air-conditioning and floor tiling.

msogunro:
Approximately how much was it to complete the soak-away/septic tank?

The total cost approximately are:

9inch block - 500nos @N140 = N70,000
6inch block - 200nos @N130 = N26,000
Iron reinforcement with artisan wage = N40,000
Wood formwork with artisan wage = N20,000
Labour for digging, blockwork, flooring, plastering, casting = N90,000
*Assume sand and granite likely already available from previous work

Hope you find this useful.

nineville:
Hi, what is d update? nice job!

Thanks for the compliment, the client is mopping up funds for the german floor and blockwork so we are on temporary hiatus.

Hello, the information you provided for the foundation is a bit bare but I guess you are more concerned about the labour/supervision cost.

The type of foundation will determine the labour cost as a strip foundation will be cheaper than a raft in terms of labour cost and work to be done. Kindly clarify this and I might be able to make a judgement call because I do not disparage other colleagues cost based on incomplete information.

Kindly note you can always negotiate whatever cost is thrown at you as long as its fair to you and its fair to the engineer building. Cheers.

This is to announce that all the units (3nos) have been sold off within 2 months of project completion and nothing brings fulfilment to a builder than ensuring your client gets paid at the end of the job.

@babalose, kindly check your mail.

The perimeter wall work is ongoing and we are laying just 500 blocks for now. There was a dispute over the land boundary and the surveyor made an error which resulted in having just 4feet setback at the rear instead of the 6feet earmarked.

The client decided to start the perimeter fence to give more sense of belonging and added security from encroahment. So we stareted with the fence footing excavation today.

Blockwork, flooring and plastering for the septic tank has been completed and we can now use the SP to store water for construction purpose. The blockwork for the soakaway is also completed.

Good day, kindly send RFQ details to seyisodiya@gmail.com. Thank you.

Four bays have been filled so far and the soakaway digging has commenced. We estimate we will be able to fill up one more bay with the excavated sand and then we can buy filling sand for the 3 remaining bays.

Marquee installation at 60% completion, its really a beautiful sight to behold.

More pictures of the marquee setup, all 12 roof bays are fully covered and the side walls covering is in progress.

Ogbomosho, land of amala...am here again. The marquee setup has progressed much and we should be done in a week or two.

Back-filling of the foundation pit is also in progress and for this stage we decided to apply the *principle of killing 3 birds with one stone* to achieve one of our major aim for this project, making building cost as minimal as possible without compromise on quality and building standards.

1. Make available backfilling material and cut down on cost of procurement.
2. Make available storage for water and eliminate cost on leasing a water tank.
3. Construct our septic tank and soak-away while achieving the two goals above.

It took a while to convince the client as he wasn't ready to construct the septic tank/soak-away yet based on his cashflow but after carefully analysing the pros and cons and long term benefits, he saw reason and is genuinely glad now.

So far, we have been able to fill 3 pits with just 4ft depth of excavation and we are goin down to 8ft and we haven't dug the soak-away yet.

Work has resumed back on site after negotiations were concluded on issues raised.

The columns have been worked on and casted. We used left-over materials from the foundation footing and only purchased 16mm and 10mm reinforced iron with binding wire.

Work has been temporarily stopped due to a dispute between the omo-onile and the client. Safety first for my team and we are waiting for the ALL CLEAR signal.

brag3:
This is very lovely.
Do you mind sharing the cost of this nice work?

@brag3, kindly provide me with your email sir and I will send this to you with permission from my client. Thanks.

Foundation work completed. We will start the backfilling immediately.

The carpentary formwork and reinforced iron work for the foundation columns is in progress.

The foundation is finally taking shape and we should be done by evening. We will be doing 4 coaches on the low side and 3 coaches on the high side of the slope.

Materials used for foundation footing and blockwork

1. 550nos 9inch blocks (N140/bags)
2. 20 bags of cement (N1600/bag)
3. 1 trip of 10tons granite (1/2 inch size)
4. 1 trip of 10tons sharp sand
5. 1500 liter of water

We leased the water tank at N500 per day for 3 days and bought 1500 liter of water at N2000.

Foundation blockwork setting in progress, the first coach being laid.

More foundation footing works pictures.