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KolaShangOne:
If you have a LandCrusier Prado and a Toyota Hilux or rent one (2014 model upwards)..

Clean shave if you have beards. Go with 4 to 5 military guys..

Go to the Head Omonile house. Let the soldiers open door for you and salute you.

Give them 200k for bitter kola.. Give the soldiers 25k each..

Problem over.

Kolashangone you must be a bad niggar since they like movie make you carry cinema go their headquarters

spyder880:
Well spoken engineer. Thanks for this breakdown.

Oga spyder you too much

BrickDevo:
well detailed

Thanks o pga boss

Mystical888:
Good Evening house,

Please I need assistance with calculating the concrete mix of a particular civil work I want to carry out in my house.

Meanwhile, I have tried using some online apps I found on app store yet I don't know if I'm doing it right or if the results are accurate.

Please who can assist me to get an accurate calculation (either manually or with an online app).
The dimensions are:-
Length: 252 inches
Width: 9 inches
Depth: 36 inches

Please don't ignore.

Cc
mufutau55
EgunMogaji2
spyder880
gbadexy
Josnac
heymus
Richardjcooper
yosmen
BrickDevo
UC92

Well, I will advise you engage an engineer to handle your Civil Construction projects.

Now, the need for an engineer is to inspect the job and recommend a RCC mix ratio that will be suitable. Be that as it may, let's assume is a raft foundation beam.

However, let's still go with M15 as suggested by some of us:

1bag of cement+ 4buckets of Sharp sand+
8 buckets of crushed stone +
3 buckets of clean water = Concrete design (with compressive strength of 2175psi)

If vibrated, In total the project may take up to:

5 bags of cement (in total)
20 big painter of sand ( about 20ltr painter)
40 big painter buckets of aggregate ( " )
15 big painter buckets of water ( " )


Thanks
dubemcapital

henrymor:
Good afternoon my amazing people.

Thank you for always providing us with helpful advice.

Please, I need advice about a water tank stand. I have power showers in my house and the plumber suggested that I should make the stand 14ft because of pressure.

When I contacted my welder he said it will cost me 280k to get it done. The issue is I don't plan to spend that huge amount on a storex stand.

When I asked around, some people said I should use the normal height and use a pressure pump.

Please, what do you suggest I do to cut cost and still achieve enough pressure and water stand durability.

Thanks

If you can answer this few questions it will help us to assist you.

1. What is the height of your house (don't include the roof)

2. Have you considered the kind of water lines you need for pressure pump, And can you afford it?

3. What is the monetry difference between the extra height and the pressure pump?

4. What material specifications are you considering ( like H channel, galvanized pipe, Timber or concrete stanchion)

5. What is the size of water storage tank do you wish suspend up there?

Thanks

The tank stanchion is at least 3m above the concrete fascia.

Water Pressure is a good factor to be considered while fabricating a tank stanshion.

Considering that they may not be free movement around the tank stanchion we have to make a way under the stanchion about 1.8m height before brazing the stanchion so that two people can freely access the rear part of the building

Most times my method of fabricating the steelstructure of tank stanshion are the same.

spyder880:
https://www.nairaland.com/2060748/tigerkenn-homes-annual-summary-page/4#108953224

Our year end summary, 2021.

Dear valued customers and friends, we hereby present to you the summary of our activities for the year ended 2021. We know you look forward to knowing how we fared in the face of the challenging economy we operated within in the outgoing year 2021.

2021 started with a lot of economic scepticism in the wake of the turbulence generated by the global pandemic, Covid-19, and as such the construction industry was shaky, as new projects were few and far between. Worries about the economy and funding for ongoing projects was prominent, and contractors and traders expressed fears of a low level of patronage in the new economic order where there was scarcity of funds as a result of lowered operations in other sectors, which reduced money circulation to the barest.

We assembled a new working team during 2021, and with this team, a lot of our work improved tremendously to the point that we are close to our targeted level of engineering process improvements. We also hope to add more good hands in the finish stages of our operations.

We are carefully optimistic of a robust working environment in the coming year 2022, even with the rumoured removal of fuel subsidy system, which might increase the level of inflation to very high levels. We are ready to take on more challenges, execute more contracts with the integrity, speed and precision we have been known for.

But in all, we experienced some appreciable level of construction activities in 2021, this was as a result of the trust our clients and customers reposed in us from previous years. In all, we worked on 14 different buildings of which 5 of them were new buildings we started in 2021. We also completed and handed over about 2 new houses in 2021, while the rest are in different stages of completion, and work is going on in almost all of them.

We thank you all for all your support in the passing year 2021, and promise to keep living up to your expectations in 2022.

May God bless you all.

Merry Christmas and a happy new year.

More grace sir, keep making us proud. Happy new year.

ty01:
As the year winds down, I would like to say a big thank you to all that contributed in one way or the other to my Lagos building project. The project was actually completed in May but I have been very busy since then, hence this late post.

Of course it was not all rosy and I will try and share some of my learnings from the project later next year. The site engineer, some artisans, the carpenter, artisans and even some family members showed me pepper, but I thank God I was very close to the project, so I was able to stop the bleedings in good time.

It is noteworthy that about 90% of the people I worked with are from this forum and I would mention some of them in appreciation.

Money121 did the roofing. I sent 2.4m mobilisation fee to him even without meeting him and I was not disappointed. His boys did a fantastic job and had to give him the water collector project as well. Due to his continued professionalism, he has just finished another roofing project for me in Ibadan. Well done brother. Did I mention this guy is taller in person than he looks . My only advise is for you not to be too trusting. Please keep up the good work.

Michillin was our burglary man. Fantastic guy I must say. I have no problem with him at all. Though the output was bigger than expected, it was no fault of his. I loved the finishing of his work and I am certain we will still work together at some point in the future. My advise for you is that 'silence at times is very golden'.

Dominion was my PoP man. He made me change my mind and I have to use plaster board, though more expensive. This guy is very intelligent and will argue his point continuously till you fully get his viewpoint. I did not even know he was on nairaland when I contracted him. I honestly wish I met him before the Lagos project as he was able to identify some errors of the site engineer. He pointed those errors without bringing down the site engineer which i think shows deep maturity. I like the fact he is very humble and tech savvy as well. I am very sure we will travel together one day, maybe to Singapore to show him an example of the house I would love to live in when the time is ripe. I was so impressed with him that he is the one in charge on my ongoing construction in Ibadan. Dominion saved me millions in the hand my electrical guy. God bless you sir. Keep being yourself and keep improving yourself; the sky is the limit. Thank you so much! Lest i forget, this guy is not cheap ooo, he hates to admit this but he knows I will always stand for the truth.

I have several other people I worked with on this platform and I would rather not mention them as the relationship went very bad and for reasons best known to me. Some thought they could dupe me. I don't talk much, I just get them locked up and recover my money - no long story. Guys be very careful here, just as there are great guys here, there are wolves as well; as in some people are just very wicked!.

Wishing you all the vey best in year 2022.
God bless.

Happy new year my brother, I appreciate your gut and gratitude for good working relationship. More so, I expected you should mention the nemes of those you worked with that went very bad so that members of this forum will be in the know, supposedly for their own discretion.

Happy New Year

FEGEITOK:
I remember commending you profusely for the long post in which you outlined 4 ways to resolve this commercial dispute including litigation, mediation, etc.

In the spirit of transparency which you have clearly espoused.

Your professional decisions have been called into question.

Indeed part of the resolution of this debacle seems to hang on how did you arrive at certain figures?

This has led to calls for an independent QS.

I pray and hope you will walk the talk so we see that this transparency which you preach applies to everyone including you.

If it were to apply to some parties except you that would be grounds for a case of discrimination against you and serious award of damages against you.

Please don't give ground for that assumption.

There is a reason why justice requires a disinterested party to listen to both sides of the matter, and to give both side equal representation before passing judgment.

I still hold you in high esteem until evidence points to the opposite.

If this issue were to be before the court, the court would distill it into one issue: What is the quantum of refund due to the client from the vendor?

The vendor does not dispute that he owes the Client

The Client does not dispute that the Vendor owes him

The dispute is about the figure or figures owed?


As far the QS is concerned, and as far as the court is concerned, the issue for determination is this: Would any other QS have arrived at the same figure that the Client's QS arrived at.

This in short is the case of the Vendor, I cannot imagine how by any stretch of imagination and by reviewing any law in the books this makes the Vendor a criminal.

The dispute is centered on the valuation of the QS.


So, QS, please show working, to borrow local parlance.

If any other disinterested QS would have arrived at the same figure, then the Vendor has no case.

If any other disinterested QS would have arrived at a different figure, then the Vendor has a case.

Honestly, I am good with this submission but on the other side, if he was committed up to 97% to secure materials in advance and he didn't, I think it's quite suspicious and questionable

n3xt:
I can attest to this. I’m so loving the paint everyday.

I also did Cameo on my fence.
As a matter of fact, the same colour was just endorsed by lots of people in our ongoing Oshodi church project.

Nice one, honestly

Valuepaints20:
Good morning sir/ma

Baba ólodár yíń tí dè ó

Edakú é fu wá ní ísé ó

Delivery to your doorstep

GET VALUE FOR YOUR MONEY

Honestly, I love your product, that what we used in one of our Enugu projects

The tank stanchion in making

brandsoncharlie:
Using of local stones for structures like the slab isn't advisable except it has undergone some Geotechnical test in terms of physical properties (hardness, that's compressive strength)
are there any chemical component that's salt content which can react with the steel reinforcement and cement.
are there voids in it which can allow any growth and cause leakage which will lead to dampness and many more.

Thank you so much for that observation.

I think you are worried about the kind of stone I used for the concrete construction of the Septic tank and it's soak away system?

I will like to say that as a structural engineer my work is to design building, bridges and other types of structures, we measure loads and press to secure structural soundness. I have done my analysis and design prior to the construction.

However, for this reason let me explain, ok? Aggregate can be broadly classified into four different categories: these are heavy weight, normal weight, light weight and ultra-light weight aggregates.

Remember Leg gravel coarse aggregate LGCA ( local stone or sieved stone) is the most common we have in our locality followed by River bank gravel coarse aggregate RBGCA ( washed gravel) , all we need to do is to make use of an engineer while embarking on a building projects to guide us with designs and methods of application to achieve a good concrete mix design with any of these aggregates.

According to International Research Journal of Engineering and Technology (IRJET) on a research conducted on 07 July 2018.

concrete mix containing Leg gravel coarse aggregate LGCA able to increase the compressive strength followed by the river bank gravel coarse aggregate RBGCA and crushed coarse aggregate CCA in 28days with the values of 32 Mpa, 33Mpa and 30 Mpa respectively. ( Comparative strength in Mpa)

Thanks

Merry Christmas! from all of us here in BEREAN BROTHERS

Materials are highly expensive yet not standard.

This H beam is suppose to be 4x2" but the best thickness and dimension we can see in the market is this;

Splitting 10mm base plate for stud also.

Reinforced Overhead tank stanchion, provisions are made for each occupants to have his or her own pumping machine and independent tanks with their switches in their kitchens and passages.

The process...

Why we choose this type of servicing chambers is because of the ladies...


The reinforcement was considered for any kind of load and will be identified each during the compound flooring...

However, we introduce 15 serviceable chambers in this project.

Trafford:
Good job ... please what's the square meter of the roofing sheet for this project

About 600m²

Septic tank completed

Retouching the gate

Reinforcement calculated

However, final finishes stage contrary to what laymen think is the stage with a lot of consideration, carefulness, and professionalism and should be handled by an engineer please.


Okay, we have to adjust to redesign the step.

Before we level out the compound we need to introduce a front Step while septic tank is still under construction.


I believe that the width of the step was too much at 1.4m considering the parking lot.

Checking out...

Well, having tried to upload, type and also copy and paste the list of expenses and could not be completed in parts or in whole I will like to continue with the other updates. Once am able to upload the previous list of expenses you will have it here at once. Thank you so much for your patience and understanding.


Now, we are gearing to finishes; though I take finishes stage part by part (one after another)

We started with:
Septic tank and soak away construction
leveling up the compound
Chembers construction
And 4" pipe installation for solid waste
Clean water supply line laying-out
Test for linkage and possible adjustment.

... before other things will be considered
Because, even the movement of workers other than the plumbing work team could be a problem to a delicate work of sort, especially during pipe laying and slope check that needs few carful team members.

PrimeQuay:
Well done.

I’m at the plastering stage for a project, what mix did you use to achieve this smoothness ?

Thanks

Sharp sand is 7 buckets, gum sand is 3 buckets. So total of 10 buckets for one bag of cement.

Oh well, sorry for our unavoidable absence.

We are almost through with the concrete fascia carpentry works

Hatesin:
For a duplex?

Actually, Engineers should be consulted for construction projects on ground to decide because in some cases even a professional may not be able to direct appropriately if he or she did not visit the site.

Note: It should be the engineer's discretion at the site.

However, in an area that have a good soil, foundation for a duplex are likely going to be 1m or there about including the column base depending the calculated load both dead and live load. That will give you like 4 courses for a low foundation (height) and 6 to 7 courses or more for a high foundation (height).