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topsy23:
Yeah Ologolo, we did electrical and plumbing installation

Yeah. Many thanks for the finesse you brought on board never had any issues since then.

topsy23:
Boss are you now into full construction or part-time

Could rber your project in Ogombo

The ministry is moving. I now have time to face it and we have assembled a great team.

Chekitaut:
Am happy to be part of this project, Deking was my pioneer customer, forever be loyal. More grace bro, ijn
Project is 2buiding to abdulwastecx project: https://www.nairaland.com/3695263/construction-fourbedroom-duplex-two-unit

Thanks for the good job back then. Everything is still rock Solid. I am still coming for you like I did Chekitaut.

Reach out to info@chivegps.com the can assist you.

Or you can reach them via twitter

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But we kept on going ... because we had received matching orders from our employer

And the rain also came calling

Then came the filling sand.

topsy23:
My thought too

Was thinking piling would have been the best because of the load and the nature of the land

Raft foundations well designed are equally capable of bearing load and the soil is mostly stable at that level.

It was reported the place became waterlogged because the soil was previously excavated by Lagos state government for use in the LSDPC estate.

ChybuzzDD:
Bros, are you sure this is a "budget" project? 5.8m already at this level
When i built a 5 bedroom duplex in imo recently, i know where 5.8m took me, despite not being on ground to watch over sharp practices.
Unless "budget" as used here does not mean low cost.
I guess the land being waterlogged contributed significantly to this amount.

Chief, I guess the major difference would be the nature of the build area and this is a twin 4 bedroom duplex.

Did you have to do raft foundation for the building?

Also in the last 2 months building materials have moved by significant amounts.

Iron rods was 330k per ton in February but now around 385K

Cement was N2850 but sold at N3400 2 Saturdays ago and just last Tuesday it sold for N3800.

This is just to show that construction cost depends sometimes on location and time

GoldCircle:
Oga Deking,

Please why didn’t you opt for piling since the place appears to be waterlogged?

Kindly educate me. Thanks

Many thanks for your question.

The option to go for raft is primarily because the soil at the level of the blinding is mostly stable and the
proposed building is a duplex.and not an high rise. Using pile foundation would have been more costly and mostly an overkill.

There are several similar projects we had executed in the neighborhood with similar raft foundations and they passed all structural integrity tests.

I will post some of those structures in the cause of the thread.

Cost to this point

Estimate at the beginning ===> N6.2M

Actual despite price movements on some items ==> 5.8M.

We were able to save cost on wood as the owner agreed to share the wood with other projects we got in the neighborhood. The owner saved over 600k with this arrangement.

If you need specific details please shoot me a mail.

More ...

Ariel View of the beauty unfolding.

And more ....

The beauty is unveiled

Fast forward so we can get to cost so far

Neat and tidy as always.

Onboarding ongoing ....

Unveiling and moving on boarding of next phase.

The result....

Neat and tidy

Even more...

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And then came the base for solid footing for the building.

Professionally laid out and all set for casting

The making of the base continued.

Even more

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Boarding of the base of the raft in preparation for casting.

Our approach is to use an L beam shape for the perimeter of the building to give it greater stability as research and experience has shown that buildings in waterlogged area usually settle outwards.

This design also follows the structure of the human feet.

Similar project of ours in the same neighborhood.

Same process same effect.

And it started taking shape.

More.