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We have serious of challenges in the south east, ranging from security, curfews and sit at homes on regular Mondays and some days IPOB Leader goes to court.

Its gonna be a challenge, but we are equally strategizing on the best approach to follow in delivering what we came here from Lagos to do.

Without wasting time.

We make use of the best available time and opportunities we have. Thereby, working as usual Sunday to Sunday as much as we can.

Weather is another challenge because it's a raining season we are into.

In all these, we will definitely do our best.

We are not deterred by the challenges that exist here.

We immediately have commenced setting out and digging of this project.

Window work update from here.

Setting out materials and work tools specifically dedicated to this site as we normally do for other projects

Day 1....
Upon arriving here.
We started procurements.
Estimated Budget for this about 31m to Carcass as prepared on June 2021.

However, we are taking notice of the inflation that has occurred over the past 11 months prior to start up. We will update the BOQ with the actual budget spent upon completion. From our analysis with the current market rates. It's gonna be ranging about 35 - 37m upon Carcass completion.

This is because of varying changes in some major materials and change in some scope with additional works embedded after initial BOQ is compiled.

Firstly we did site storage and shelter

Procured setting out materials and initial foundation items.

Good day our dear esteemed Nairaland followers.

We are pleased to announce to you of another project that is about to take place along side with the other projects we are currently embarking upon.

This is a 4 Bedroom Duplex, attached 4 units of 2 bedroom flat with semi Detached BQ

Project Location - Owerri
Project Client - Based Abroad

Features of Plan.

Main Duplex
Ground Floor
- Ante Room
- Visitor's Toilet
- Main Living room
- Dinning.
- Kitchen
- Store/Pantry
- Laundry room
- Gym room
- Work station office

Upper Floor
- Family Lounge with terrace
- Bedroom 1 ensuite with terrace
- Bedroom 2 Ensuite
- Master's Bedroom ensuite with terrace and study room
- Box room or Power Room

External Features
- 2 Bed self contained BQ
- Car park for 6 Cars
- Space for future development of flats
- Garden

The 3D model of this proposed structure is shown below. We invite you to also follow up with us on this thread. As usual, let's make it as interactive as possible.

Thank you for always making our thread worth visiting. You can equally follow other activities going on via other threads that are under our profile. They are going to be updated simultaneously.

Whitehorse:
Just started following this project. Good project and inspiring. Well done.

@Dennis3D, I am wondering if the requirement for a foundation to cater for the soil type made a great difference in N18.5m spent to the decking level? In parts of the country (like Enugu) without water in soil issues, I am suspecting this cost might be lower right?

The project Carcass is 27.9m (Foundation to Roofing)

Whitehorse:
Please what's the amount spent now up to this roofing level?

I will check my system and update you on this ASAP. network here as well is very challenging pls bear with me if I respond a bit late.

Whitehorse:
Just started following this project. Good project and inspiring. Well done.

@Dennis3D, I am wondering if the requirement for a foundation to cater for the soil type made a great difference in N18.5m spent to the decking level? In parts of the country (like Enugu) without water in soil issues, I am suspecting this cost might be lower right?

The foundation cost on this project has a significant role to play in the cost. This is Raft foundation.

Enugu is mostly strip and pad because of the string soil.

Definitely Enugu foundation work is lower.
We have worked in Enugu before.
Ozara by four corners.

Good morning

Good morning

Good morning Viewers

Iriruaga100:
30by100 will accommodate four unit of two bedroom flat (two down, two up). This will only take two cars.

Good morning,
Pls when advising a client on things like this.
Kindly tell them if the rooms and spaces are going to be standard or just rooms to accommodate bed spaces.

Reason being that once you say it will take these units of 2 bedroom. A client automatically is expecting standard rooms, kitchen, store, living room, maybe dinning etc. Because such Design is basically for rent. As for the car parking. No way to get 4 car parking space on such Design unless the ground floor is suspended either completely or half.

The ability to manage space through design involves alot of factors. As for design and approval such design can't fly unless you are looking at 2 floors up. Because the set backs for half plot design is 6 - 1.5 - 1.5 - 3m whereas full plot is 6-3-3-3m.

On a lighter note, the ground floor of such design is usually smaller while the suspended floor slab is cantilevered basically on 3 or 4 sides of the structure as the case may be.

But if you are looking at Duplex Design, then one can achieve alot of designs on half plot. From 4 to 5 Bedroom Duplex designs with car park of the 2-3 cars etc.

Just my opinion to this.

Window fabrication update from site

BiigTee:
God bless you

You are welcome sir.

BiigTee:
Thanks chief.. Mr Taoreed was unavailable for the roofing job but I was able to get someone else.. For roofing and nogging we negotiated 200k Workmanship.. As a first time home owner what do u think I should be on the look out for as we make preparations to commence roofing?

After the purchase of the roofing woods. Make sure they are treated with Soligum and Kerosene or oil to avoid termite in the future.

Also, ensure appropriate height is chosen for your roof before they start.

BiigTee:
I appreciate your intuitive responses

Trully u know ur onions..

Is on site fabrication more expensive? Or cheaper?

It has no role to play in the cost of the aluminum works when you have scaled through the negotiation process with your aluminum vendor.

Its even much preferable for them to fabricate on site because it reduces mistakes in measurements which can lead to increase in cost from the vendor if mistakes are made as a result of off site fabrication.

Good morning Viewers.

Will be updating the thread on the window framing soon. Stay tuned

BiigTee:
Is fabrication on site better than paying for them to make it and deliver them install for u? What's the advantages?

Good evening sir. Fabrication on site is always better as it gives them the opportunity to always cross check their measurements and ensure no mistake is made and equally reduces the risks of broken glass during transportation in some cases.

It equally gives them opportunity to make and adopt new measurements when changes are made on site during fabrication. I have seen that happen. In fact in this project, we even changed the position and size of a window and removed one too.

So in my opinion, it's preferred to start up window fabrication on site.

As Promised - Attached are the Window frames to commence fabrication ASAP.

Good afternoon Followers.
The window works on this site commences tomorrow. Monday 16th May 2022

Another unique thing about this structure is the large curtain walls. Massive. Just about everywhere

Let Me show you the main living room and ante room connection.

The first picture is the curtain wall on the dinning

The second picture is showing the main living room void from the family lounge upstairs

The third picture is showing the window at the ante room

The fourth picture is showing the largest curtain wall in the building which is located infront of the house (main lounge)

Focusmind:
This is something I would love to see the finished product.

Definitely, will keep the thread updated on every work done here.

Thanks for finding time here. Very grateful and appreciated.

segcymoor:
Interesting...
A sense of luxury view

YES Sir.
That's the idea.
To bring about something different from the ordinary.

DelCrux:
This is not the original New Zealand this is china...but good job

Thanks for you input on this.
If there are ways to know the Original new Zealand. You can share with me as well as other readers so we can add that knowledge in.

Thanks once again as I anticipate.

We are all learning every day. So when I get to the factories next time I can be able to say this is what I learnt new

mufutau55:
Please how can we identify this is China made?
Thank you.

Hajji M.

Interesting question. So we too can learn from him.
We are open for more ideas and information.

Stay tuned here and click on follow thread for updates from this project. Window works starts in two days

I equally visited this site today.
Here are the work updates on the tiling.
Ignore the broken tiles on the wall.
We are working on that area piping

There is a unique thing we did on this building.
The Master's Toilet and Bathroom has a sky light inside it.
From the Master's bathtub or jacuzzi. You can have a look at the sky above directly from the interior of the bathroom..

See the picture below for what I mean of the Master's Bathroom

As promised.
Visited this site today.
Condit piping. AC Mechanical installation of installation kits are done. Plumbing internal piping is done too.

Window frames are installed already too.

Plastering to commence tomorrow.

Find attached the updates of these works.

BiigTee:
Welldone.. Following keenly! From a professional point of view.. If building at a slow pace.. Which do u think should come first after roofing.. Conduit piping or windows?

Normally before or immediately after roofing.
The Conduit piping of the ground and upper floor (Duplex) ought to have been done before windows.

However, either of the two stages of work doesn't interfere with each other so they can be done at separate times.

Like this particular project now. We are just about to commence the upper floor piping while the window work is ongoing too.

Good morning Viewers.
We are commencing the Window works of this project this weekend. Stay tuned for more updates

... Visiting this site tomorrow to check the finishing work progress...