₦airaland Forum

persius555:
If nigerians would cut down on their thirst for anything foreign and patronise locally made products, with this policy in place for a period of six months, our foreign reserve will shore up and investors will have confidence in our economy. And the value of naira against dollar will improve. These are the sacrifices we all need to make to save our nation from drowning in debt.

China imports 100 times than us in almost everything they do..Importing whole items and parts of Items are termed imports.

mufutau55:
I could not do any better than this, but I am sure our Architects in the house and the Archie that will finish it for you may make more suggestions.
On the Upper Floor of the Duplex, why not make that Verandah to link with the empty space and make the whole area a Private Lounge.. you can put a large window on the side to be able to still look out like a verandah....

Hajji M.

I think I'm going to take your advice.make it look like a lounge there.will re draw it and post
thanks a lot bro. I'm going to do exact that.I can have a private lounge there.

akeensbussy:
well done CBN. With this policy, Nigerians taste for foreign goods will be discourage thereby making us to think and start producing simple items like rice, sugar, milk, sucks etc. it will interest u to know that some Nigerians import Pure water from Alibaba, that is the extent it has gotten to.

importation should be discourage thereby forcing us to look inward and produce Majority of our everyday needed items like Klin Soap imported from Indonesia.

If you have ever imported anything you will give yourself a slap,have you asked yourself why they banned importation of bagged cement? and who does it favour?if they lift the ban on importation of cement a bag will cost N1000, so ask yourself who does the ban favours and enrich,i guess you know the answer..The UK even import tooth pick,banana etc, even rice.

abdulwastecx:
here is the floor plan

have a look at my plan i did see if you can add any suggestion, thanks
https://www.nairaland.com/2434106/diy-drawing-floor-plan

mufutau55:
No Sir. Never late to class.. Just a silent observer. Watching the wonderful work of Bitworks and his crews.

And @Dayomide70... nice work. I hope others will recognize your potentials and give you more supply work... so that a "Trial will Convince Them".

Hajji M.

have a look at this, plz see if you can add any suggestion thanks
https://www.nairaland.com/2434106/diy-drawing-floor-plan

spyder880:
This thread is being opened to document the building process for a new residential duplex with penthouse on top. Details of the project;

Project: The construction of a duplex with a penthouse
Location: Port Harcourt City, Rivers state.
Client: A Nigerian
Contractor: Tigerkenn Homes Ltd.
Project Duration: 120 days
Budget: To be released later

Contractor's contact info Tigerkenn Homes Ltd, Phone number 08033350750, 07081821271 or send a mail to ckenneths@yahoo.co.uk

Boss, plz see this plan if you can sugest any adjustment B4 I do the finals
https://www.nairaland.com/2434106/diy-drawing-floor-plan

ok I think for the 1st floor I should just leave the 2 bedroom and the one bedroom out of it as it is going to remain thesame, the only part that is going to be diffrent would be the 1st floor of the Duplex as it contains 3 rooms all ensuit.

Final Grond floor Plan, plz guys you are more than welcomed to criticize it and any sugestion is welcomed.

ok the Ground floor of the Duplex, plz guys I need your suggestion as to any adjustments

Ok here goes the ground floor 1 bedroom flat with stair case attached

troubleshooter:
Oya upload & let me critique it.
*warning* .....I'm wt my guns blazing.......just don't do rubbish

ahaha a no worry but warning it's a free hand sketch
here goes the first 2 bedroom

To all DIY guys in the house, Im about to use my Engineering Drawing skills to draw my own plan of my permanent residence in PHC,mind you it will be in stage
Content:2 units of two bedroom flat+2 units of 1 bedroom flat and a 4 bedroom duplex
Ground floor
1x2 bedroom flat,1 master room with en suit
1x1 bedroom flat
plus ground floor of the duplex with living room+guest toilet+kitchen+dinning room+store room
Guys just remember Im no pro,Im just using my knowledge of Engineering drawing to do this hope it works, suggestions are more than welcomed plz
Ok I shall start with the 2 bedroom ground floor,then one bedroom ground floor the ground floor of the Duplex

muhyeenisce:
Bokoharam is pdp PDP are Bokoharam...quote me and die in accident wey be say na pick dem go de pick ur remnant inside black leather

I only wish you what you wish others X100

gurusblog2:
https://instagram.com/p/4z6g3OINgh/

9ja sha, some people just refuse to upgrade, drinking water from wine glass kia

SomebodyLovesMe:
OP, you are 100 right. The BVN project is part of a wider agenda to capture people's details - details that will be used to track people when the time comes. You shouldn't be surprised at those making silly comments. It's a question of time before the reality hits everyone. Thanks for sharing this - please ensure that your salvation is secure.

hs get BVNe pastor
So why did the pastors get the BVN then at least ehy will see it in vision, abi??/ did you not think that through b4 making your remarks

arsetalks:
I am going to take you serious only if you can provide a link that has a direct quote from PMB where he claimed naira will be parity with the dollar.

If you fail to answer it only means you agree you are a liar, if you answer with insults instead of facts, you are indirectly agreeing you lied. Let's do this please. Waiting.

Bro he did say so, at oweri,

insurezest:
Some Will Be Happy.

Yes those in Diaspora sending hard currency home.

ShakurM:
As long as this nation opens legs to all manners of foreign products, most which can be produced locally and this nation encourages it's citizen to go utilize foreign items from overseas, the naira would continue its downward movement.
I believe there's no reason why simple household items like bathroom slippers, toothpicks should be imported into this nation. The advanced nation we look up to started from the bottom now they are here

Get ur fact right, the so called advanced economy actually import more than we do, even banana is imported in the uk

lalasticlala:
http://www.naij.com/480499-ikorodu-banks-robbers-make-damning-confessions-photo.html

Realy, I do not see any Porsche car there all the cars are less than 2 m each

mufutau55:
No Sir. Never late to class.. Just a silent observer. Watching the wonderful work of Bitworks and his crews.

And @Dayomide70... nice work. I hope others will recognize your potentials and give you more supply work... so that a "Trial will Convince Them".

Hajji M.

Lol ok I have taken the seat at angle 90

omokab:
you and your parents are public nuisance.

see una dey there dey insult una selves. Why me and saxywale dey check how we go take increase take home pay so that the ministry can move to permanent site.

saxywale:
post a link where a bricklayer earns 1000 pounds a week. Thank God I schooled in the UK too.
In the link below..the position advertised has less responsibility than the one you posted. Yet the pay between 120-140k

http://ca.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=3082c991fe971ec0&q=Project+Manager&l=Alberta&tk=19pfqgsmpb9htfnm

Ah you think Im joking when I said they earn up to £1000 a week
see this link
http://www.theguardian.com/business/2014/dec/09/bricklayers-shortage-skilled-workers-uk-construction

saxywale:
That's a five year engineering manager position in the water industry. oil and gas pays more.

Also attached is a civil technologists. one of the lowest paying technologist field in Canada.

guy that's not a fair comparison to what I posted.whaat I posted is the next post above a supervisor or a team leader.You posted a job to do with Engineering manager who Controls international biz n that.just to go back to basics.lers start from the lowest of lowest.a brick layer in the UK earns £1000 a week nowadays.lets check with that equivalent

saxywale:
I don't live in the US. I live in Canada. Will post job vacancies in about an hour. driving to a barbeque in the park now.

I know you live in Canada. What I meant by that phrase was if the minimum wage of the US is less than the UK the the one of Canada is worse as wages in the USA are meant to be better than them ones in Canada.

saxywale:
For that position, the wage is £33k to 38k. Wages are incredibly low in the UK despite the high cost of living. That £33,000 is around the average starting salary for an entry level technologist to 2years experience (polytechnic graduate) in western Canada. An Engineering manager would be looking at a minimum of £65,000 in this part of the world.



In Canada, which is part of the west too, it depends on the level of job. They are very much concerned about your qualifications. How would a company successfully bid for engineering contracts if level of education is not important Our clients check for so many interesting stuffs right from the education of drafters/engineers/pm's to our safety records/number of work related accidents from previous years e.t.c before awarding a contract.

I work in a company that designs and builds refineries, drilling rigs, well pads, pressure vessels e.t.c all over the
world and It's a regulatory requirement in Canada, US and Australia that Engineers(with a minimum of bachelors degree) manage projects of such magnitude.

We have lots of technologists (poly graduates). For every engineer recruited, like 5 polytech graduates would also be employed. Polytechnic grad jobs are usually limited to designs, drafting, welding inspections, supervising technicians, ndt e.t.c. These fields equally pay very good money too as they get lots of overtime and living out allowances for those in the field.

please give me a link to reflect that salary. I'm waiting cos from my observations the minimum wage in the UK is higher than that of even the USA.Im waiting for a job vacancy to reflect that pay so I change my assumptions

onatisi:
many many nigerians living in uk ,usa ,canada and so many countries don't have savings of 500k equivalent in their bank accounts which is just about 2000 dollars and yet it is that money u in nigeria don't value and are ready to gamble with.

Speak for yourself and your friends and the people you know, do not assume, in today s money £1000 is N338,000, now do the maths.A word of advice don't just jump into other people's convo without checking the context which a statement was made without checking.I meant N500K is not enough to apply for a VISA.

frank043:
Why fastrack bro?... Just fastrack??

Fastrack cos Im a mech Engineer so have a basics, I can cope with the speed,I know the elements required for me to be a civil Engineer.This is in principle though as I'm not doing this to apply for job rather be my own Boss if you get me.

@2good, as you can see, no mention of BSc or MSc,if one can address those poking question and demonstrate his/her capability then you are good to go.trust me, its not easy to demonstrate them.Questions like how you deal with a late coming staff,how you deal with certain events and outcomes.They are more practical in teh west rather than dwelling in Degrees and cert.

ladkud:
working for govt. and pp am building on that. Mech eng'g is not bad too. no any eng'g course is wasted it is just in Nigeria that didn't know the bearing is going. because of the corrupt people Nigeria.

well true but like I said, Mech Eng reacquire huge investment for one to go self employed,but with civil Engineering, you can start by simple floor plan design and earn up to N100k a month I lie?

2good:
I know that city and guides in the UK have an HND equivalent certificate. I also know that most EU countries have either a direct HND program or an equivalent degree. They might have different terminologies for these degrees but the idea is all thesame.
Concerning your second question, yes i am telling you that HND and BSc degree are not thesame. In the Netherlands where I did my MSc, they have 3 different higher institutions after high school with the lowest training people to be artisans, the next training people to be HND holder and the highest training people to be BSc/ MSc holder. Also only about 15% of Dutch citizens go to university to get a degree. the vast majority goes to artisan school next to polytechnic and then university. Thesame system is also used in Germany and several other EU countries.
At entry level stage, they all have different job grades which translate to different salary level. Even Shell Netherlands employ only MSc holders now as minimum requirement to be an Engineer. An HND holder in Shell cannot design a system until they upgrade to a BSc.

Bro I really think you should listen to some of us here, kill the assumptions you have,I'm not saying you don't have a clue rather pointing you to the direction of you missing the point,I'm an operations service manager,I got that post few weeks ago.I have other professional qualification, never at any point was I asked BSc or HNd,rather I was asked tactical questions to provoke my experience, they have various test to check you problem solving skills etc, the list goes on, if anyone had a Job interview in the Uk they will def know what I'm on about,this is a job specification I created for tomorrow Monday
Service Delivery Manager

Job description

We are looking for an experienced service delivery manager to manage one of our high profile clients, maintaining high levels of service from all areas of the core business. This is a high performing team with opportunities to grow. Main Duties and Responsibilities: - Develop understanding of the client and services deployed on the client site - Have a working knowledge of the underlying technology that underpins the services offered - Be able to converse and explain the technologies and services to Clients - Service Management - Attend Service Reviews with Service Managers, on request to assist in providing excellent customer service - Ensure the Service actions are pursued and customer are kept fully informed of their status - Monitor Customer SLAs and produce periodical reports for both internal and customer audiences. - Ensure internal Service Delivery documentation is reviewed and updated at the required intervals coordinate and facilitate this within the team Customer management - Ensure that customer concerns and queries are addressed in a timely manner - Liaise with others within the company to progress outstanding issues - Attend regular progress and review meetings - Effectively communicate relevant information to interested parties - Resolve and/or escalate issues in a timely fashion. ITIL qualification Service Delivery experience (desirable) - Experience of incident, problem and change management - Understanding of appropriate OLAs and SLAs to support existing and new services - Experience of contributing to Client-facing Service Reviews - Working knowledge of support processes - Experience of working on service improvement projects - Experience in implementing best practice service management processes Please apply with a brief covering note explaining why you are suited to this position. 0.0000 Specialty: Service Delivery.

2good:
What is the entry level requirement of most entry level management jobs in Europe? BSc or MSc. In my current company a HND holder cannot rise beyond level five where as a BSc/ MSc holder can rise all the way to the maximum level which is an 8. You have to upgrade as a HND holder to go beyond level 5 even in the UK business unit. Engineering jobs requiring 10 years experience still state BSc as minimum educational experience except it is a position for a technologist where HND is the requirement. I don't know the kind of job you do but I work for an oil company and I have worked in atleast 3 European countries (Denmark, Norway and the UK(Aberdeen)) and I pretty much know what I am talking about. You cannot design a system if you are not an Engineer where I work and the maximum you can get is a field position.
Try get into any oil company, engineering company or a major banks as a management trainee in Europe and see if they will require less than a BSc degree. Also don't forget that it is the management trainee that will rise up to become the CEO in the future with more years of experience.

Bro where you have worked is not the Issue rather where you where employed is the issue, I will post three job vacancies in the Uk all mgt positions, you can point out the entry level requirements just give me a sec.
see this
http://www.totaljobs.com/JobSearch/JobDetails.aspx?JobId=62886867

@BITSWORK
why use marine board for lintel and no apply same for decking the sus slab? is this due to costing?just wondering