₦airaland Forum

Jesusloveyou:
embarrass ke, when u suppose to laid down ur clueless corrupt hero and flog him seriously until he wil give up d ghost.

U B frm Edo state??

abdulwastecx:
the safe room should be made with reinforced partition walls

The best proof would be made of clay which is the humble red bricks of England .they last for up to 300 yrs b4 they need polishing .putting a nail fru one is almost impossible.

KolaShangOne:
It's been proven that noise is higher when you use 6 inches wall for partitioning juxtaposed with 9 inches block. In applications like studios, the walls are padded with thick foams to prevent sound escape.

I think sound will travel far fru solid block than hollow block due to resonance

abdulwastecx:
yes sir....only when you build on the assumption that the ground floor partitions are load bearer....And i am of the opinion that it will be a very bad idea giving the relative poor strength of our sancrete block.

How about in the case of a bongallow ?

E do people plz hold this man down and take him to the Oba's palace b4 he embarrass U guys further

jayfolarin:
Rather than read through the write-up, the Foolish kids on nairaland will attack the messenger.. All they need to know to spit their usual rubbish is the name of 'who said what'.

More pathetic is that oshiomole is fighting for a project that should have developed their region!

With my kind of mindset, It would have been totally disgusting had I shared same tribe with this animalistic and backward people!! Omg!

Why don't you go to bridge head and see what the money has done so far b4 supporting this O she who is gradually going frm bad to worse.

Good one, I'm waiting to see the outcome of your masterpiece.

kcsystems:
KCSYSTEMS LTD
Architect and Builder



21st day at work
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Mechanical work in progress

Electrical work on conduit installation completed

Concrete facial insitu-cast completed

Nice and simply done.

abdulwastecx:
You are right about the weight of solid block.... weight may not of structural advantage when you are building higher floor building because of tendency to constitute more dead load to the structure.

i like to do away with heavy partitions on my beam because it will automatically increase the design load there by increasing the concrete section and reinforcement of the structures. For example, a simply supported beam carrying a uniformly distributed wall load will have, M (design moment) = w ( weight) x l2 ( square of effective length)/8. The weight is a function of dead load (self weight of beam and weight of block wall on top of the beam) and life load ( the intended use of building, i.e its functionality)

you see sir.... heavy block is not really structurally advantageous

Ye I think we are both saying same thing in diff ways, so ideally a storey building should have its top floor partition with hollow blocks and a Bungalow and a ground floor has no business with hollow blocks then

concretecaster:
call concrete caster for any of your concrete casting work.

08187981311.

Try and add a concrete pocker to your arsenal of tools, welldone though

Aventures:
sorry for the typo . 1.5m by layman's term is 5 boards

Ok we are waiting for updates

abdulwastecx:
I will like to get your contacts... I will love to know i we can get some of these affordable tools.
This list will be of help
1. theodolite for leveling
2. concrete smoother like the one you display above
3. simple block making machine etc.

i will like to see their price sir... Thanks

DUnno if you think this is cheap or not
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NEW-PETROL-CONCRETE-POKER-/231274244891?hash=item35d904eb1b
http://www.amazon.co.uk/ACTECMAX-ELECTRIC-CONCRETE-PLASTER-MACHINE/dp/B00NWJ8JW2/ref=sr_1_7?s=diy&ie=UTF8&qid=1441046222&sr=1-7&keywords=concrete+mixer

EgunMogaji:
At least to us Londomericanas.

I'm sure in Nigeria they'll make it more complicated that it needs to be.

Over here you cannot be a General Contractor on a multi unit property or commercial property unless you're licensed.

So what do you do, you enlist on with a General Contractor who will charge you but will still oversee the project from time to time, just won't be onsite 24/7. But then we still have government oversight to make sure things are done properly.

The biggest issue I've been finding out is that almost ALL of our Nairaland builders are actually General Contractors (my opinion which will never falter), NONE of them lay bricks or swing hammers so it causes a concern for me in terms of budgeting since I too will be onsite Supervising.

Not saying it's wrong for the love of God as different strokes for different folks.

Everybody is the main contractor,but I hope most of them are learning fast and adding sufistication to their job, cos thats the way 4ward and Im hoping they are ready to abrace mechanization too.

abdulwastecx:
Lol...Do you expect them to lay blocks, do formwork or plaster house?

ofcos not lol but at least if they know how it will be a pus

Miscellaneous:
I'm in disarray considering ur last few words. Is it possible for someone with no knowledge of structures to be a general contractor for a project? isn't he suppose to be knowledgeable in dat field? Perhaps, I'm wrong ………… pls put me in the light of things …… or maybe u shud give me the idea of who a contractor is……

A contractor is like a project manger

abdulwastecx:
you can never tell until such test is carried out

Hmm I think I can prove to you solid blocks bears more weight than hollow blocks on all sides , so therefore I think the only structural advantage of hollow block is its weight. Dont you agree?

abdulwastecx:
the problem is that you will need to reinforced a 225mm x 225mm x 450mm sancrete block made purely by with our mix combo....

No i meant which would be easier to demolish ie brake down.

abdulwastecx:
Hollow block is economical when you consider that the hollow one and solid one has same section properties like area, moment of initial etc.
having a solid block of 9" (225mm) thick will not be that structural stable

hmmm but if I was a demolition Engineer trained to use plastic xplossives to bring down a building, i recon the hollow block will be structurally easy for me to bring down than the solid block of same dimension, don't you agree

nabiz:
they where all imported though you can get them in nigeria here but very expensive. It is called stamp and come in different designs and patterns

Ok we have them here in the UK, I was just wondering if its same thing I was thinking about
looks anything like these?

abdulwastecx:
I will like to get your contacts... I will love to know i we can get some of these affordable tools.
This list will be of help
1. theodolite for leveling
2. concrete smoother like the one you display above
3. simple block making machine etc.

i will like to see their price sir... Thanks

No probs, these things are all here, you just need a reliable shipper from the Uk

Story for the gods

I have been thinking, is there any structural benefit of Hollow block to solid blocks and vise versa

ExInferis:
It's not about rushing headlong, it's about preparing materials and so on. We dont want a cookie cutter process that would end up creating more problems than solving like the power sector probes of Elumelu.

If it takes a whole year to prepare a solid case, so be it.

Ok well am i safe to say after two years with no case we can say PMB is a joke just saying cos we know the outcome already

ExInferis:
probing GEJ's govt is same as probing GEJ. the bucks (pun intended) stops at his table

and waht part of the govt is being probed at the moment, do you have any proof?

ExInferis:
To get the proof, probes are needed. So stop getting working yourself into a fine frenzy whenever PMB says he's going to probe GEJ.

In any case, Nigeria made hundreds of billions of dollars during GEJs almost 6 years of (mis)rule when oil was at unprecedented levels of price. Do we have commensurate development over these 6 years to account for the income of trillions?

No.

So where's the money?

Customs, FIRS, NNPC, NCC, BPE and so on collected trillions, most if it cannot be accounted for. NOI admitted withdrawing $1b under orders from GEJ. Where's the money? NOI also admitted withdrawing $2.1b, where's the money? $1b waas borrowed for arms, and almost a trillion budgeted for arms. where are the arms? where is the money?

If a few broken-down archaic trains, some few coats of paint in airports, and a few bags of fertilizer to small scale and non-mechanized farmers qualifies as judicious use of hundreds of trillions of naira and achievements, then you're lost.

plz tell me or at least steer me to where PMB himself said anything about probing GEJ plz,I dey wait.

ransomed:
::--Be ready for a big surprise when your principal will be sent to jail through his corruptive activities.

the Fg of the day do not even have a case against his gateman let alone GEJ,the man is sitting at his village enjoying fresh fish you are here taking panadol for another mans head ache

ocelot2006:
3. The amnesty programme was not revamp. Threats of a second insurgency in the Niger Delta by Tompolo and Co got the presidency scurrying to prevent that. The fear of Tompolo is .........
4. I still buy fuel at N110. 00
17. Rehabilitating IDPs.....yet more territories are being lost. BT wasn't there a story yesterday about IDPs being fed poorly? 5 fish for 3000 mouths.
22. What weapon or combat platform has been bought by the GMB administration? Every new weapon (tanks, MRAPs, aircrafts, rifles, etc) were purchased by GEJ.
23. Revamping arms production?! Please don't make me laugh! Under GEJ we produced tactical vests (DICON-Marom Dolphine), MRAPS (Nigeria Army Engineering Corps, Mekahog), armoured and light assault vehicles (Proforce), gunboats (Nigeria Navy Dockyard, Proforce), UAV (Ambo 1,2,3 and Gulma by NAF). Add to all these are light firearms (assault rifles, GPMGs, Pistols, submachine guns, RPGs, mortars by DICON)
25. Dismantling police checkpoints........right....same way army check points were dismantled which led to a spread in terror attacks.
27. Single Treasury account......you do know that was already implemented by the GEJ administration, right?
32. Plugging revenue leaks and loopholes.....already implemented under NOI's watch as Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy. Nothing new.
35. Meeting with Nigeria diasopra.......you do know that every other administration in this 4th Republic have ALWAYS met with the Nigeria diaspora community during MOST (if not every) foreign trip by the presidency, right?
39. Enhancement in generated power......will you clowns stop claiming GEJ's feats? "Body language" and "fear" don't do jackshyte.
42. Audience and interaction with media....you call that a feat? You do know previous administrations did interact with the media, right?
44. Bringing back culture of proper planning.........LMAO! !!!!!!!!!!! Hahahahahaahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!!!! Jesu! !!!!
45. Demonstration of commitment to anti-corruption......,"I will probe, I will probe, I will probe, blah blah blah". All talk, no action.

Thank you very much for this enlightenment,let teh blind see and those who cant afford to buy the papers can also see too.

kodded:
we are talking about gej first 100 days and you are telling us about the price of pms during his last days;


, how dumb can you be ?

the worst part he claims I insulted him bro u see the kids we have to deal with on here?

ocelot2006:
19. Mobilising neighbouring states against Boko Haram.......you do know that GEJ already did that prior to and during the Paris conference last year. Same policy that the APC and Buhari in particular condemned before entering power, only for them to adopt same policy.

yes and they said howcome we need help we can do it ourselves,I remember him saying waht is Bokoharam lol

Marpol:
You asked for when fuel was sold for 300naira and I told you. Why the insult?

I recon U lack comprehension as well, point me to the so called insult plz,

mufutau55:
Is there one like this equipment for hollow blocks? Please search and post.
If you can post the link to obtain them, that will be dandy too. Thanks.

Hajji M.

the 215mm might do the job

spyder880:
Is this in Nigeria already? I will like to lay my hands on one as soon as yesterday. How about the one that can work on hollow blocks?

Do you know that this is very simple to make? I will take my welder to task this weekend, let me make some sketches this night.

Right I have asked extensively there aint non for hollow block yet, but inasmuch as you get the idea of what you want,I think you welder can fabricate something, I will get back with drawings,lets see if we can work something out as thats my area of speciality.