Adinije:
That's was wrong. Please stop it.

Basilekeh:


You should call the help line they will tell you what to do

Chygozuche:
If you can't find it and you have a photocopy rush and do a court affidavit stating that you lost it then attach your photocopied with any other means of identification or try calling the customer care of NNPC in your mail, they will guide you accordingly

NLresidentQS:
Guys please help
I can't find my international passport that I used to register. Please what can I do?

Kokopos:
good job

mavverick:
BROS

all these Abuja property bonanza, it sounds really good but i hope not too good to be true. below is my thinking, if land for kubwa cost 2m or how much you guys have been quoting, who will want to rent and pay 800k ?

Also, how far is Kubwa from central Abuja and is the road good ?

Itstyme:
Good people of this forum. I am about to embark on a building project and I need your referrals on capable and experienced construction engineers located in Lagos. Thanks as I look forward to your inputs.

erico2k2:

SO if Im getting you rightly in a big construction company ie JB, the QS provides/prepare the Bill of quantity to be used by JB
if thats waht you are saying that means its the builder' responsibility then not the client cos for JB to know how much to tender as bidding it needs to know the quantity and cost the person charged with such responsibility i n JB is the QS and its in house.am I right here?

jossy26:


Lol, I like your marketing strategy, keep it up bro

podosci:

The elimination is just an example, You can decide from experience that 17 and 25 would do the job, its even possible 10m would do the job but the likelihood of someone doing a very good job for you with 10m when the actual worth is 30m is very low. Thats why you still need ro use the competency of the builder to select.
Why not subscribe to the Consultancy services of the QS, so he would factor in the flunctuations in the prices of materials over time
The same way people decide a builder/Engineer is not needed for a small project, is the same way a QS is not needed. In Nigeria there is no aganecy to enforce building standards or the agency is not serious about it, everybody is free to build is house the best way he sees fit but i am letting you know the proper way to go so as to reduce the possiblities of being cheated or possibilities of a builder running a way with your money.
The method i explained above is how building contracts are evaluated and awarded by the Nigerian governement but corruption as replaced the process even contracts as low as 10m undergo the same process

erico2k2:

Why should I employ a QS as a client ? cos I can negotiate with a brick layer per block and pay at the end of the day, how does a QC help in reducing that cost? any magic bargaining power I'm missing

podosci:

In the real sense of it, you ought to subscribe to the services of a Quantity surveyor, He would quantity your building from foundation to finishing with pin point accuracy.
The Bill of Quantity prepared by the QS would now be the medium you use to select a contractor for your builder or capenter for your roof.
Lets assume the sum of your building according to the QS is 20million, if several contractors come with wuotes of 10m,17m,19m,21m,25m,30m. You strike out the 10 and 17m because they lack the ability according to theire fiancial bid to do the job( it might result in the contractor running away with your money or doing a substandard job for you) , You also strike out the 25m and 30m because they are have gone out of the budget.
You are left with 19 and 21m. Thats were you now look at the competency of the contractor and check previous jobs he/she as done. If the 21m is more competent, you give him the job.
Just like the way clients run away from carrying out a Geothecnical test, is the same way the run away from acquiring the services of a Quantity Surveyor because they want to save cost to the detriment of their building in some cases

erico2k2:

Can I ask you something, who do you think employs the services of a QS? the workman or the client?

battleaxe:
In light of recent statements and to steer the conversation in a different direction, I think some of what we lack generally is like a builders directory or standard rates that are applicable for services.

I do not believe that most of the people based in diaspora, especially who have worked/work by the hour would be against paying people their dues.

The issue is, what is this standard pay?

How do I know when I am paying a premium, or when someone is cheating me?

To be clear, it's fair for everyone to put a premium on their rates and say this is what I am offering extra that you cannot get by paying Mr. A, X amount.

Until such a time, people will have to wander in the dark, negotiate and perhaps give the impression that they're trying to score a cheap deal.

So, is it possible to have a directory of rates? It can be updated per time as required.

olumide4christ:


I'm sorry Abdulwastecx, I beg to differ a bit on your definition.

NLresidentQS said he saw clay bricks within the floor. That's a hollow clay pot floor slab. If it were a ribbed floor slab or waffle floor slab, there won't be any clay bricks embedded in the floor.
In clay pot floor slabs, there are no indentations when you look at the soffit of the slab. You only see lines of clay bricks & lines of concrete showing the rib beams cast together with the clay pot bricks.
In ribbed and waffle floor slabs, you won't see any clay bricks at the soffit of the slab; all you see are lateral lines of concrete representing the rib beams alone (ribbed floor) or crossed lines of concrete representing rib beams crossing each other (waffle floor), giving the soffit of the floor a wafer-like view, hence the name waffle.

Pics 1&2 - hollow clay pot floors
Pic 3 - ribbed floor
Pic 4 - waffle floor

abdulwastecx:


I am doing well sir....
Now in Abuja, a bit tired moving around.

What you saw is what is called ribbed slab or waffle slab.
Ribbed slab is having rib beam along one direction for one way slab with hollow block, clay block or polystyrene pod replacing some concrete layers below the neutral axis.

Waffle slab is having rib in the two direction of the slab I two way spanning slab.

All these slabs can have a concrete layer called typing which ranges from 40mm to 100mm depending on the floor functionality.

The clay block, sancrete block must have some minimum strength selling by bs codes.

These type of slab is useful for floors that are not heavily loaded.

segcymoor:

U are highly welcome bro....... Jahi to be precise

segcymoor:
Details as follows....

Project:TERRACE BUILDING{6 Units}
Client:SILENT NAIRALANDER
Project Manager:MOORE-DESIGNBUILD LTD
Duration:18 weeks{FOR CARCASS ONLTY}
Mode of Construction:FRAME STRUCTURE
Foundation type:STRIP FOUNDATION
Required Attention:95%
Expectation:QUALITY ASSURANCE GUANRATEE

abdulwastecx:


Just coming back from the hospital.... Seriously down with malaria.

Combination of concrete base and asphaltic wearing course is known as semi rigid /flexible pavement. It has its own advantage and can be more expensive than the other two.

I am not an expert in Highway engineering but most road problem result from lack of proper compaction of the subgrade, inadequate thickness of base and wearing course. These problem result from lack of proper traffic analysis which will give the designer the expected traffic that the way will carry.

Exclusive reinforced concrete is more expensive than exclusive flexible pavement but maintenence us cheaper

olumide4christ:


That should be a 'composite pavement'. There are 3 types of road pavement -
1. Rigid pavement - made of concrete
2. Flexible pavement - made of crushed rock, stone base materials as sub-base & base course AND asphaltic & bituminous materials as wearing course.
3. Composite pavement - a mixture of 1 & 2 above. Now there is no hard and fast rule to the mixture, it all depends on the design. The roadway of the bridges I have seen are made of concrete but topped with asphalt or bitumen as wearing course because of its smooth driving characteristics when compared to concrete or interlocking paving stones.

EgunMogaji:


We'll have to define what we mean by great.

In my youth in Ibadan there were actually as such as brand new tear rubber taxicabs, running water inmost homes (I take shower on the second floor), I could get to ikeja, Lagos from oke ado, Ibadan in 45 minutes, electrify supply though not steady was predictable, no Okada or maruwa, the list goes on.

The only thing of benefit is cellphones but even then that just added more to the trash on the street.

abdulwastecx:


Concrete roads are form of rigid pavement different from flexible pavement (asphalt roads). These pavement are more expensive to construct but maintenance is cheaper in the long run.

The asphaltic concrete is replaced with a reinforced concrete but some of the disadvantages of this type of foundation includes the following.

1. Involve large sum to construct initially.
2. Can't be constructed in stages or use during construction, hence it required the route blocked throughout the construction phase.

Advantages
1. Little maintenance
2. Last longer and require no maintenance cost over a long period of time.

architectB:


Good evening again,
Some types of solignum are colourless while some others are black.

A chemical you can use is Aldrex... Although i have never used it before (Never had the need) but i hear it is really effective in protecting soil against termites.
Thanks