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@smiley001, You did so well with the supply. I'm happy!

wanaj0:
You have blocked the drainage. Quite unprofessional. There are other sensible ways of creating access without using sand to block the drainage system. Nothing to be proud off.

It's okay sir. We will open up the drainage. There's never a plan to block the drainage. The weak concrete slide under the truck. Hence the reason sand was used to fill the portion to allow accessibility. At least for now.

Today in pictures. Site store now ready for use.

peaceland:
sir,
I know its a site but seems you may have blocked the communal drainage. in this season that could affect some people down the street sir .
thanks

Haa! We can't block the communal drainage. The sand will be removed from gutter and proper drainage will be constructed.

There's plan to reconstruct the entire drainage. The current one is weak.

Another big preparatory work that is now done was delivery of steel shutters for the ground beam.

Everything is getting set for the Big Day when we break the ground and start fitting things.

Browne Mews Now Ready for the foundation. See the wooden pegs where the house will be. And reinforcement work progressing nicely.

Horlawoomey:
Reporting to class, I am going to follow this bumper to fender. May God see you through sir.

Amen and thank you.

Yesterday in pictures.

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Yesterday in pictures

Borehole installation.

Yesterday, being the first day of work at the site, the guys worked incredibly fast and before I knew it they were already putting a roof on the store, preparing steel reinforcement for the fence and the building, drill the borehole and got clean water and the first loads of granite made it in.

The second job was to improve accessibility into the site. With last rains, the labd is softer and as a result couldn't support the weight of NextHome Dump truck.

But trust me, we got it covered!

One of fifteen truckloads of sharp sand we budgeted for this stage of construction was used to make a nice ramp for the dump truck. In a jiffy, the issue was resolved.

Ground Breaking News

Since last week a lot has happened. So many months of planning, waiting and worrying have finally started to bear fruit. Such a relief for the client who cannot wait to see his dream come to reality.

The first job was heartbreaking but necessary: we had to unload some roots and shrubs sitting in the building area. We lost about 4 dwarf palms and and some stubborn roots in the process.

Browne Mews | The Configuration

Accommodates: 4 families
Bathrooms: 4.5
Bedrooms: 4
Living room/Dining: Open Plan on 56m²
Car Spaces: 3 per family
Land Size: 1080m²
Property type: Contemporary Terrace Duplexes
Building footprint: 405m²

Hello and welcome to my construction journal!

We are starting another exciting journey of building an upscale multi-dwelling property in the heart of Lekki Scheme II, Lagos NG.

Our journey starts now and this is going to be a pleasure ride!

Join us on our journey as we help our client build a nest egg for retirement in Lekki. As a tradition, this thread will serve as a record describing who was on site, what was done, problems that arose and progress made daily.

Please feel free to post comments or questions to this thread.

Oga spyder880, don't play into the hands of these people o. If you pay this, trust me many more are coming.
Someone in overseas (Mogadishu) will say his/her family was not duly compensated and that's how they'll begin.
At such time like this, your toughness is required. You're not going to fight and you're not going to laugh with anyone.

@subscribers, pls be patient with my Oga. It's just a matter of time.

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Details:
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Building Footprint: 315m²
Land size: 1,080m²
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Here's to encourage you. Don't loose it yet!

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@lastpage,

Good that you know this. A lot of intending property owners needs to be schooled about this. Building a house is not only about cost, it has techniques and foolproof ways to success.

Till date, land urchins at various sites I've worked still call me names like "small body, big engine", "see-and-pay", "oga nla" and many others. Why? I knew my way out of their tricks and trust me I want to get them outta way so as to do my job without delays. However, the bigger rogues are the ones in charge of approvals in the estate offices but trust me them sabi their Oga. Where necessary, I always school them and even get the management to bend rules or make exception rules.

I'm sure guys at Diamond estate, Sangotedo, LKH, Ikota, Cooperative Villas, BADORE will always remember there was a builder who will not give up or succumb to outdated building regulations.

Lafarge Holcim Squash Court by NextHome

The Gym and The Squash Court.

Estimating material requirement for the DPC @Sir EgunMogaji site.

I'm more comfortable using metres than feet. So, let's convert the building into metres.

Overall area of the building footprint
50' x 80' or 15m x 24m = 360m²

Overall area of the building footprint less the Courtyard
360m² (Footprint) - 45m² (Courtyard) = 315m²

Volume of Concrete required for the oversite
315m² x 100mm (4in thickness) = 31.5m³

Assuming we are using 1:2:4 mix ratio

Constant
1 bag of Cement = 0.035m³ (the formula for this is One portland cement is 1440kg/m³, so a 50 kg of cement is equal to 0.034472m³ )

1m³ Sharp Sand (dry fine sand) = 1.53 tons

1m³ Granite = 1.53 tons.

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Quantity of Cement required

For a 1:2:4 cement mixture, divide the volume (in this case 31.5m³) by 7 to get the resulting number of 4.5m³ of cement required for the project.

Therefore 4.5m³ / 0.035 = 128 bags of 50kg cement.

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Quantity of Sand required

For a 1:2:4 mix, divide the volume (in this case 31.5m³ by 7 to get 4.5m³ and multiply by 2 (which is the ratio of sand) to get 9m³ which is the quantity of sand required for the project.

To get tonnage, divide 9m³ by 0.654 which gives about 15tons. Allow for shortage, wastages while transporting/transferring sand and those sand that will be stucked in the mixer. Buy 20 full tons.

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Quantity of Granite required

For a 1:2:4 mix, divide the volume (in this case 31.5m³ by 7 to get 4.5m³ and multiply by 4 (which is the ratio of sand) to get 18m³ which is the quantity of granite required for the project.

To get tonnage, divide 18m³ by 0.654 which gives about 28tons of granite. Buy 30 tons!


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Oga, Abeg no ask me how I got this figures o! Head nearly blow to work this out. With 1:3:6, you'll use less quantity of cement (90 bags or thereabout). The same quantity of sand/granite should work.

EgunMogaji:
Brabus, what are your calculations and can you be bothered to teach me how to calculate this?

Thanks.

Oga, I'll do the calculations later. Need to prepare for church service now. I've finished typing and everything disappeared when I wanted to click the submit button.

@FastShipping, cement too much. Stone dust no go reach. Granite is fine (assuming full quantity is delivered)

cc: EgunMogaji

Nice plan. Nice build. Nice budget.

Next Week

1. Browne Mews | Preliminary Works from tomorrow.

2. Seascape Villa | Foundation works

3. Atlantic View | Lintel and prep work for pent floor slab

4. K-024 | Slabless Staircase II

5. Lafarge Holcim Squash Court | Resurfacing and other works.

Have a great weekend.

Lafarge Holcim | Squash Court by NextHome.

Ideas and instructions manuals may not be enough at times. Sometimes, we need to speak with the Pros and end users to know their wish.

The project has begun. Watch this space!

Lafarge Holcim | Squash Court by NextHome

Background
A clubhouse built in the 1970s. In the 1981, the squash court was added. However, no significant improvements have been made to the court for approx. 35 years.

Now, we have the opportunity to upgrade the facility. I have always been interested in trying new things in the various fields and familiarising myself with the rules and regulations guiding the game. At times, it may require playing squash in my Aldo shoe just know the requirement.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4odjuK5DsPI
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Video: Playing the Professional Double Yellow Dot Ball.

Lafarge Holcim | Squash Court by NextHome

More pictures coming shortly.

Oga muyesky, where art thou?

Time to update H52 by NextHome.


Watch this space.