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JV details:

1. Wuye District, Abuja
Land Size: 4500
Land Value: 300M
Land Title: Registered Survey, C of O
Development: Set of Terraces (Residential)
Advantage: Along the major expressway
Development Value: 250 - 350M
Premium = No
Land Spectator's fee: No
Facilitators fee=Yes
Equity Contribution determines Share.


2. Elemoro, Ibeju-Lekki
Land Size: 3800 sqM
Land Value: 50M
Land title: Registered Survey, Gazette, etc
Development: Suitable for mixed development
Advantage: Along a very popular busy road. Close to Lagos Business School.
Development Value: Depends on development type
Premium: No
Owo-Iwoko: No
Facilitator's fee = Yes
Equity Contribution determines Share

Contact: Engr. Osaz' on 08167394799.

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A Ukrainian based financier currently requires the service of;
A. A high-profile building contractor to construct a high-rise office development in CBD, Ikeja and
B. A high profile developer to operate it on their behalf.

Requirements:
1. Screening & Tender fees. (Not an open-bid tender).
2. Evidence of financial strength.
3. Company profile showing evidence of similar works done.
(For category (A), preferably expatriate firm with cognate working experience in the Nigerian construction industry or an indigenous firm with proven track records).

Project Value:
2.4B NGN

Any lead?
Contact: Engr. Osaz'
Phone: 08167394799.

A project manager or project management firm with requisite working experience in management of high rise building projects is needed urgently for a proposed 20-floor high rise project in CBD, Alausa, Lagos.

Job tasks (3-Broad aspect):
- Project Planning/ Scheduling using CAD e.g Primavera, Microsoft Project, etc
- Project Control, and
- Project Monitoring & Evaluation.

Job type: Contract

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Luckylife:
Really ! Are we safe in this country?

I don't think so!

As the Federal Government moves against the Niger Delta Avengers (NDA), militancy in the region has taken another dimension as a new group: The New Delta Suicide Squad (NDSS) has emerged.

Unlike the NDA which concentrates its attacks on pipelines and facilities of major oil firms, the new group has threatened to destroy the equipment of private oil firms’ installations in the region.

The announcement of the group came on the heels of President Muhammadu Buhari’s threat in a national broadcast to mark his first anniversary in office, to
crush the upsurge in militancy in the Niger Delta which has crippled Nigeria’s oil production.

The NDSS warned owners of tank farms, storage tanks and private jetties to quit the Niger Delta within seven days. It said failure to comply with the deadline, the owners of such facilities stood the risk of losing their investments.

In a statement issued on Monday by the spokesman of the group, Harry Ebiye, he said: “The New Niger Delta Suicide Squad warns all owners of tank farms, storage tanks and private jetties to quit the region within the next seven days beginning from the date of this publication or risk the destruction of all their facilities from the date of the expiration of this ultimatum. “The exploitation of this region by scavengers, economic pirates, and cowboys must come to an end” Ebiye said.

Top officials of the Federal Government are divided over how to handle the current attacks on oil installations in the Niger Delta by militants.

A meeting with representatives of top militants in the region, reportedly organised last week by the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA) on how to contain the security problems in the Niger Delta, ended in a deadlock. One camp had reportedly broached the idea of using a former South-South
governor to reach out to the militants, but shelved the idea when it was realised that the former governor did not have the required clout and contacts amongst the
militants.

Another issue being reportedly considered is that of the detention for over 70 days, without trial, of Azibaola Roberts, a cousin of former President Goodluck Jonathan, by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

Ironically, Roberts is being held by the EFCC for a $40 million contract to secure oil pipelines during the Jonathan admin­istration. Some security sources hinted on the possibility of the government engaging
Roberts to negotiate with the militants cur­rently destroying oil pipelines in the region, since he had successfully handled such projects before on behalf of the government.

An EFCC source hinted that they did not have sufficient evidence to charge Roberts to court, but that having detained him for over 70 days, the commission may be left with no option than to charge him to “any court, just to save face.”


http://www.thebreakingtimes.com/new-militant-group-emerges-issues-ultimatum-to-private-oil-firms/

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UNCOMMON, EFFICIENT METHOD OF PRODUCING SETS OF TERRACE HOUSES WITHIN FOUR WEEKS by Engr. Osaz' Enobakhare
08167394799
engineerosaz@gmail.com


It starts with the design. Do or get a simple but 'stand-out' design that can easily be interpreted; Complex designs with too many chaffer, projection, bend, twist and curves may reduce construction speed.

Terrace houses are mostly proto-type and are often arranged in simple rows sharing the same roof, partitions and sometimes the same longitudinal bearing in foundation making it easier to construct than a typical set of detached buildings.

Typical terrace consists of 10 units or less, although there is really no limit. The main partition between individual units can be extended to form a fence to enhance security and privacy.

By adopting the right construction technology/
technique, project cash flow pattern and employing a
versatile contractor, a four-week project duration for a
row of terrace houses can be achieved as shown in these simple steps;

Day 1: Mobilize plants,
address the workmen and call
up suppliers. It is often good
to notify your workmen and
suppliers a fortnight to the
start of site work so that you
can determine their
availability or level of
preparedness. As early as
possible, they are assembled
and given specific and
general instruction. Distribute
workmen into teams or gangs
depending on their skill sets
and roles. Duplication of roles
should be avoided as much as
possible.

Day 2: Prepare the site. Clear
and cart away debris. Begin
to receive and store building
materials as ordered. Deploy
sufficient labor and material
for the work at every material
time and always pay prompt
to avoid dispute.

Day 3-7: Do your setting-out
operation. Mark-out the entire
row at once and begin
foundation works
simultaneously. Level and
compact filling materials
intensely. Substructure works
may take up to 3 more days
to complete. For concrete
works, the norm is that it
requires at least 21 days to
set properly. Ask the in-tune
professionals, this now
depends largely on the
constructor's knowledge of
new techniques that makes
concrete achieve sufficient
strength within a very short
time using the right mix.
Leave the entire foundation
set-up undisturbed for a day
–say the seventh day. Start
construction of pre-cast
components like floor/roof
beams, lintel beams,
inspection chamber, septic
tank/soak-away pit, base for
water treatment plant, etc.

Day 8 - 15: Begin super-
structure works. Set up
quick-fit scaffolds and small-
sized hoist to lift up pre-cast
members. Stack bricks or lay
blocks depending on which
wall material you are using
and do your frame work (i.e.
build columns, install beams,
construct floors and
staircases) alongside. For
reinforced concrete in
columns and beams use the
same approach used in
foundation. But for the upper
floor, allow additional time
before you detach the form
work because it is a
suspended member with a
larger horizontal surface
area. Begin to cut the roof
members into sizes ahead of
installation. Start electrical,
plumbing work and external
work.

Day 16 – 20: Install your roof
and ceiling members. Install
fittings and fixtures. Render
walls and floors.

Day 21 – 27: Install floor,
walls and ceiling finishes.
Perfect all finishes and
external works. Do your
checks and balances.

Day 28: Close the project.


Looks too good to be true?
It's not an experiment. There
are existing buildings
delivered this way.

Wouldn't it just collapse?
Far from it; they are just as structurally
stable and durable. Collapses
aren't often caused by
construction speed but
incompetence and corner
cutting.

Or you thinking -why
the rush? That's probably the
wrong question. In the
footsteps of modern day
constructors and with the
prevalent high cost of
servicing project loans, the
right question is why all the
unnecessary and avoidable
delays? It really depends on
you.


Source: http://www.castles.com.ng/magazine/article/UNCOMMON,%20EFFICIENT%20METHOD%20OF%20PRODUCING%20SETS%20OF%20TERRACE%20HOUSES%20WITHIN%20FOUR%20WEEKS/1566

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salabscholar01:
GOOD WORK

Thanks

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mavverick:
Osaz

Since you wrote the article, any chance you can cost your solution for us, with the piles around 3/4 metres apart since 6m apart is too much.
Plot size is 60 x 120.
Soil is typical Lekki terrain.

No, 6m apart is the safe maximum centre to centre distance between two short bored piles, not that it is too much.
For a 60ft x120ft plot (36m x 18 m), you therefore need at least18 points.


Total perimeter= 108m along the perimeter fence line.

At 6m centres,
Average number of points = (108/6) = 18

With a single point of responsibility, average combined labour cost for metal work, boring, formwork, and concreting per pile = #10,000.

You can take up your cost analysis from here.

mavverick:
Is this the way forward, and I wonder how much it will cost for a 60 x 120 standard plot. Using this short bored pile vs 2 board raft all the way around.



EFFICIENT TO USE SHORT BORED PILES FOR PERIMETER FENCING IN SWAMPY AREAS?


It makes more economic sense to use short bored piles for perimeter fencing in swampy areas than to use raft or deep strip foundation which is in common use, it has been observed. However it is important to do it the right way. Generally, perimeter fence consists of non-load bearing walls or partially load-bearing walls depending on its use and configuration; hence the use of short bored piles is structurally permissible. By constructing reinforced concrete piles with adequate spacing, usually not more than 6m apart and capping them together longitudinally, fence walls of up to 4m can be built directly over the cap (or longitudinal bearing) saving the volume of concrete by up to 50%. Apart from being economical to use short bored piles capped together, it is equally structurally efficient.

Short bored piles are so called because they are constructed by boring the ground and then filling with reinforced concrete or mass concrete and they normally do not exceed 5-metres in depth. They are relatively easier and quicker to construct unlike the longer ones. Once the depth of suitable soil strata is established, rather than constructing raft or strip which consumes cost associated with trench excavation, formwork consisting of several boards lapped together with a lot of bracing as well as heavy reinforcement accompanying the concrete in foundation which is the common practice, it is faster and cheaper to use short bored piles.

Once the fencing layer is filled, prepared and the boring points are marked, the boring is done simultaneously with the insertion of the reinforcing steel piles (usually no casing is required) and concrete in an operation that may not usually do not last more than 30 minutes per point depending on the nature of the soil beneath. When the piles are set, a network of steel reinforcement is used to cap the starter bars of all the piles together. Te set up is casted in concrete and is now set to receive the blocks or bricks for the fence. Presently, it cost an average of 10,000 NGN (depending on the area) to bore and fill a point. Hence for a 36m length which could be one face of a standard plot, only about 7 points is required and the volume of concrete is therefore minimal. With the cost per cubic metre of concrete still hovering around 30,000 NGN, it is more than logical to conclude that short bored pile foundation for perimeter fencing in swampy or water-logged areas is the way to go especially for large areas like residential estates, industrial complexes, etc.

Culled from Castles Magazine.
Article by Engr. Osaz ENOBAKHARE

Thanks Mavverick for putting my article forward to enlighten people.

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You may be selling because;
- you want to relocate abroad or you are currently outside the country but your managers are running it badly.
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- you want to retire
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Indirect briefs may not be entertained.


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sooperrescue:
What about range rover engines and cleaning tools? Is it included?

Nope, just cars. But you could make special request for them, they may be included.