Fascinating...

jpride:

I would have criticized u if u had said u are a civil/structural engineer.
Buh I'll enlighten u that block is not a structural component, hence I doesn't bear load

It's not really about the block, it's about the compromise in standards...

The Gospel of MAG.NETISM

I've been hearing/seeing the word MAGNETISM for decades, perhaps, as a mere theory of attracting and repelling, not until today, another side of it was discovered.

It's all about the propagation of His Gospel here on earth, and here are some scriptural basis of the notion;

John 12:32
"And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me..."
Jesus Christ talking to His Disciples...

Romans 10:15.
"And how shall they preach, except they be sent? as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things..."

Ephesians 6:15
"And having shod your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace..."

On a conclusive note, here's the summary of it all, as a Christian, your Christ-like lifestyle is the New Gospel for the heathens;
Matthew 5:16:
Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.

Stay Blessed...

A piece by Jawolusy (The NETISM Author)

Congrats to her.....
She actually looks like the Phiona of the Ugandan Queen of Katwe movie...

Here's my give away to a chess lover out there.... #QKLOA - Queen-Knight Line of Approach...

This is quite a commendable gesture of development, it's such a long-awaited one... However, even beyond its inceptional glory, we should be more concerned about its sustainability 'regardless', so that it won't be the usual game-play...

Read more in the New Ekiti Dream Book...

zoedew:

Is this for real! Our in-house engineers and building engineers please enlighten us

I've earlier addressed your question as thus;

This is actually achievable and I would like to see Nigerian builders to embark on edifice as such... Even beyond the Orion factors, this is just one out many beauties of Civil/Structural Engineering, the truss-work on the ground floor looks so fascinating...

Jokes apart, it's 100% possible for this building to stand the test of time. Aside the architectural outlook, the structural Engineers have most of the duties here and the builders must be disciplined enough to adhere to all laid-down design specifications and structural details. I think the project supervisor has more duties to assume here to ensure their compliance.
Jawolusy once likened website building to construction services; reason being that - while building a website, most of the tasks depend on Web Development experts (at the back-end), and not the Web designers that control its outlook at the frontpage. So also, in building/construction technology, the structural Engineers (back-end) have the final say to approve every architectural details.

Watch out for series of Chess Tutorials via NETISM.org...

#ChessInYoruba
#PaperChessArt
#ThroneGameChess
#ChessOfNature


Cheers...

By Jawolusy

Just yesterday, here's the latest song written by me ~ duly accorded with the necessary musical details needed for any singer to enter the studio-cubicle.

Notwithstanding, I've decided to make it a public content so early, reason being that; It's a gospel vibe that reminds people to always give thanks to God in EVERY situation, that is; Deo Gratias.

Most importantly, I would love to see music lovers develop/produce it with respect to the accorded musical details. Me self go find time vibe am someday soon Deo Volente...

Lest I forget; "There's always a song for every moment; even if there's a cover for each mile, the track won't be forever. When words fails, music speaks..."
~ A New Song By Jawolusy ~

Bless up!

Written by Jawolusi Oluwaseun

Righteousness2:
Pls leave the Man to sleep.
Cops26 is a gathering of Elites and World Leaders to read speeches, clap and waste tax payers monies in the Name of Climate Change.

There is nothing any leader or Nation can do about the Weather.
They know it but because of their evil motives and agendas they just gather to catch Fun and advance the work of their master, the devil.

It is not Carbon foot print that is causing the death of the planet! It is Sin, Abominations and Wickedness.

What we see happening on Earth are the Signs to make us know and Understand that JESUS Christ is coming to put an end to Sin.

Lol... Righteousness2 won't cease to amaze me... I also believe in the second coming of Jesus Christ and there are many scriptural end time signs that would undoubtedly precede the occasion...

However, you need to understand that there are two types of occurrences; natural and unnatural (man-made)... Climate-related hazards are man-made, while the likes of Noah flood and the quakes of earth were orchestrated by God...

On the other hand, in some developing countries, in the past we have had several catastrophic flood disasters, would you call that God-made? Definitely No.. reason being that some of the masses were the ones blocking drainage tracks and gutters with dirty materials thereby blocking the easy passage of flows during heavy rainfall, not to even talk about the issues of constructing drainage systems with substandard materials...

What about acid rain in highly industrialized areas? Or breathing-related health challenges due to the massive emission of CO2 in highly congested cities and etc etc... We know the end time is near but we should be sensitive in our mode of communications - not to always associate God with SOME negative occurrences...

The summary of it all is that the effect of climate change is real - due to the way we've mal-handled the ecosystems as humans... etc... etc...

Let me just drop my golden pen here cos I no get strength to talk this morning...

I would advise you to read through this climate action poem, titled;
The earth is craving for salvation; a climate action poem by Jawolusy ~
https://www.nairaland.com/6775635/earth-craving-salvation-climate-action

Jonathan2Edirin:
Alots of factors determines building collapse, most exspecially the soil structure, foundation, supervision, quality of materials, skilled personnel, pressure, funding, timing, salary payment.....as said, it was meant for 15 floor but later increased might be due to greed, on the part of the owner, the soil bearing capacity, what type of foundation was done, what's the depth, was the project properly supervised by a registered or trusted engineer, was workers paid well, where they pressured to beat up dead line of completion, was qaulity materials used....

You have good points here, with respect to your professional insights... Cheers...

slawormiir:
Damnnn niggarrrr

Nice write up bros op

Stop involving low budget asss civil/structural engineers

Cheers

Hneed:
Fake material should be checked mate

Yea... That's why adherence and compliance MUST be ensured and/or enforced...

updatechange:
Naija contractors be like...

And by the matter of fact, years back, I once designed a relative edifice as such, tho the ground floor ain't inclined (The concrete truss-work)...

However, there would be a lot of structural considerations for the inclined pillar (concrete truss-work) at the ground floor, it's achievable, tho quite outlandish...

updatechange:
Naija contractors be like...

lol... e be like say u wan dey whine me abi... this is actually achievable and I would like to see Nigerian builders to embark on edifice as such... Even beyond the Orion factors, this is just one out many beauties of Civil/Structural Engineering, the truss-work on the ground floor looks so fascinating...

Jokes apart, it's 100% possible for this building to stand the test of time. Aside the architectural outlook, the structural Engineers have most of the duties here and the builders must be disciplined enough to adhere to all laid-down design specifications and structural details. I think the project supervisor has more duties to assume here to ensure their compliance.
Jawolusy once likened website building to construction services; reason being that - while building a website, most of the tasks depend on Web Development experts (at the back-end), and not the Web designers that control its outlook at the frontpage. So also, in building/construction technology, the structural Engineers (back-end) have the final say to approve every architectural details.

oloriooko:
Thank OP for your insight but i have this for you:
1. The said building in view was approved to go 15 suspended floors but it went 21, as a result, the foundation must have been designed to withstand 15 suspended floors NOT 21.
A collapse in NOT necessarily as a result of block works but majorly reinforcement used. The bedrock of this collapse is in the foundation design and the Developer probably ignored voice of reasoning and imported white guys to continue the work thinking they know better.
Structural defects vary in degrees but this collapse is from the foundation not block work.
I can only say this much now cuz investigation is currently on-going and I pray God console families of the victims.

Thanks for your points, my post is not necessarily directed to the most recent collapsed building in Lagos, but to our recalcitrant attitudes as humans.

Alongside, most building cracks could be traceable to defects in foundation courseworks and/or other forms of non-compliance to the structural standards of such an edifice, most especially, in such a riverine terrain.

However, the question is that, as nation-builders, what viable structures are we currently putting in place in an attempt to guard against subsequent negligence in construction services? Reason being that these related-issues have been recurring over the years.

That question is left for the masses to answer 'coz it's all about us...

Abdul05:
Even be4 the British came, Yoruba had been living in a civilized way...

No be lie... you self see am na
However, don't derail the course of the thread o

In the early hours of yesterday, 1/11/21, just before the breaking news of the collapsed building in Ikoyi. I was passing by a construction site (a storey building) in my area - it seems like an event hall to me.

I decided to branch the site - just to say hi to the bricklayers and the casual workers, and perhaps to learn new things.

I approached them by saying; "how far na? How the work dey go? Me self, I be Engineer o, I just say make I come see wetin una dey do 4 here." I said.

Immediately, conducting a visual inspection on the site, I noticed the low quality of the blocks on ground, most of them were broken, I got more curious and inquisitive. It was so obvious that the quantities of sand were more than the cement, and by the matter of fact, some of the blocks were already broken perhaps during the process of offloading the substandard blocks.

I took a step further to conduct a simple strength test (static pendulum swing on a broken piece of block) and impact test (punch) on an unbroken block. The Broken piece of block failed the first strength test woefully - rated about 20% strength.
For the second test, that is, impact test, I used my hand to punch the block (the Anthony Joshua style) , sincerely, I did not apply much force, the block scattered with just a little blow. OMG. I was bothered about the situation.

Some of the site workers were looking at me during the process.

I was actually concerned about the structure standing the test of time... so to say, I started challenging the bricklayers that why would they use such blocks for building? I said that's the major reasons for building collapse in Nigeria, and that innocent people and random visitors could be the victim of such negligence in the future. I specifically said; "where 2 bags of cements were to be used, people would use 1 bag just to cut cost."
And most times, that's why you see cracks on buildings after it has absorbed little raindrops. It's a RED SIGN for its structural sustainability.
One of them replied, "na so the supplier bring them come give us o", another worker said; "e fit be say na rain cause am..."

I said in my mind; "shey awon eleyi normal sha ? "

I left the site so bothered. Afterwards, I approached an elderly man that resides around the site and narrated the whole story to him and his company; how the blocks were looking so substandard and how I conducted 2 strength tests on the block - and they failed woefully.

The elder man pointed at another sets of blocks to me; he said; "those substandard blocks were made with machines, but these strong blocks were made with hands." Lo and behold, by the time I conducted a strength test on these second sets of blocks, they were much more stronger than the former, with a rating of about 80-95% strength. I gave it a punch, but with no effect.

I left the area, quite sober; I started thinking about the self-wickedness of humanity, and something came to my mind, that; God is not wicked, God does not do bad deeds, wickedness and evils are the handiworks of the heathens, and that, someday, such structures being built with substandard materials might collapse and people would start blaming God.

Few hours later, I saw a related news on Nairaland, about the collapsed building in Ikoyi, Lagos State, I become so emotional. I said to myself; Just one man's corrupt act and negligence might have led to this, or maybe someone actually tendered QUANTITY in the place of QUALITY just to maximize profits. All these risks are avoidable if we tend to do the right thing - so that no man would blame God for such unnatural occurrence. It's like a Chess game, a single wrong move might lead to a woeful defeat.

No be say I dey do amebo, it's just the strife against societal irregularities is a collective role, and the masses have a crucial role to play in the cause, likewise the designated governmental bodies.
And by the matter of fact, I've always been writing about related issues as such, in fact, I featured this theme in my 2018 book, titled; "The New Ekiti Dream". As attached,
that's page 17 of my long-term policy book.

On a conclusive note, one of the reasons why we always need to take proactive preventive move is that it could be anybody.

Here's my recommendation;
For the innocent masses not to be caught-up in subsequent flames as such, I think we need to establish a very serious regulatory outfit, perhaps, The Department of Quality Control in each Nigerian State and the concerned subjects MUST be ready to comply and adhere to all the laid-down rules of engagement for the construction ventures.

Secondly, the Government should delegate a special duty to some MOBILE QUALITY CONTROL AGENTS to ensure the regulatory compliance of ALL the construction works in Nigeria. At least, some qualified unemployment youths could be engaged for such processes.

My duty is to WRITE to make it RIGHT!

God bless y'all readers.

Written by Jawolusi Oluwaseun. (The NETISM Author)

In the early hours of yesterday, 1/11/21, just before the breaking news of the collapsed building in Ikoyi. I was passing by a construction site (a storey building) in my area - it seems like an event hall to me.

I decided to branch the site - just to say hi to the bricklayers and the casual workers, and perhaps to learn new things.

I approached them by saying; "how far na? How the work dey go? Me self, I be Engineer o, I just say make I come see wetin una dey do 4 here." I said.

Immediately, conducting a visual inspection on the site, I noticed the low quality of the blocks on ground, most of them were broken, I got more curious and inquisitive. It was so obvious that the quantities of sand were more than the cement, and by the matter of fact, some of the blocks were already broken perhaps during the process of offloading the substandard blocks.

I took a step further to conduct a simple strength test (static pendulum swing on a broken piece of block) and impact test (punch) on an unbroken block. The Broken piece of block failed the first strength test woefully - rated about 20% strength.
For the second test, that is, impact test, I used my hand to punch the block (the Anthony Joshua style) , sincerely, I did not apply much force, the block scattered with just a little blow. OMG. I was bothered about the situation.

Some of the site workers were looking at me during the process.

I was actually concerned about the structure standing the test of time... so to say, I started challenging the bricklayers that why would they use such blocks for building? I said that's the major reasons for building collapse in Nigeria, and that innocent people and random visitors could be the victim of such negligence in the future. I specifically said; "where 2 bags of cements were to be used, people would use 1 bag just to cut cost."
And most times, that's why you see cracks on buildings after it has absorbed little raindrops. It's a RED SIGN for its structural sustainability.
One of them replied, "na so the supplier bring them come give us o", another worker said; "e fit be say na rain cause am..."

I said in my mind; "shey awon eleyi normal sha ? "

I left the site so bothered. Afterwards, I approached an elderly man that resides around the site and narrated the whole story to him and his company; how the blocks were looking so substandard and how I conducted 2 strength tests on the block - and they failed woefully.

The elder man pointed at another sets of blocks to me; he said; "those substandard blocks were made with machines, but these strong blocks were made with hands." Lo and behold, by the time I conducted a strength test on these second sets of blocks, they were much more stronger than the former, with a rating of about 80-95% strength. I gave it a punch, but with no effect.

I left the area, quite sober; I started thinking about the self-wickedness of humanity, and something came to my mind, that; God is not wicked, God does not do bad deeds, wickedness and evils are the handiworks of the heathens, and that, someday, such structures being built with substandard materials might collapse and people would start blaming God.

Few hours later, I saw a related news on Nairaland, about the collapsed building in Ikoyi, Lagos State, I become so emotional. I said to myself; Just one man's corrupt act and negligence might have led to this, or maybe someone actually tendered QUANTITY in the place of QUALITY just to maximize profits. All these risks are avoidable if we tend to do the right thing - so that no man would blame God for such unnatural occurrence. It's like a Chess game, a single wrong move might lead to a woeful defeat.

No be say I dey do amebo, it's just the strife against societal irregularities is a collective role, and the masses have a crucial role to play in the cause, likewise the designated governmental bodies.
And by the matter of fact, I've always been writing about related issues as such, in fact, I featured this theme in my 2018 book, titled; "The New Ekiti Dream". As attached,
that's page 17 of my long-term policy book.

On a conclusive note, one of the reasons why we always need to take proactive preventive move is that it could be anybody.

Here's my recommendation;
For the innocent masses not to be caught-up in subsequent flames as such, I think we need to establish a very serious regulatory outfit, perhaps, The Department of Quality Control in each Nigerian State and the concerned subjects MUST be ready to comply and adhere to all the laid-down rules of engagement for the construction ventures.

Secondly, the Government should delegate a special duty to some MOBILE QUALITY CONTROL AGENTS to ensure the regulatory compliance of ALL the construction works in Nigeria. At least, some qualified unemployment youths could be engaged for such processes.

My duty is to WRITE to make things RIGHT!

God bless y'all readers.

Written by Jawolusi Oluwaseun. @jawolusy (The NETISM Author)

In reaction to an earlier post on Nairaland, titled; Throwback Photo Of Alaafin Of Oyo, A Diviner And Legendary Capt. William A. Ross. ~
https://www.nairaland.com/6828741/throwback-photo-alaafin-oyo-diviner .

A picture on that thread inspired me to write this piece;

Have a look at the attached picture, that's a typical Chess formation at play here; On the 8th rank, the Kingdom was guarded by the Rooks (right and left), the King, the Queen, the Knight (Guards), & the visiting Missionaries (Bishops) would be on that same 8th rank.

And on the seventh rank, and on the E-file; that's the E7 Pawn well-positioned ahead of the Black King @E8. And it's likely the E7 pawn have just moved to E5.

This is another confirmation that Chess explains many things about humanity just as earlier hypothesized by Jawolusy via his #ThroneGameChess & #ChessOfNature.

Lest I forget, the beauty of the Yoruba ethnicity is in its epic culture, moral ethics, and traditions.

Cheers

Written by Jawolusi O. S.

Exactly, that's the Point, and here's a mere buttress to it...

That's same Chessy formation at play here; The Kingdom was guarded by the Rooks (right and left), King, Queen, the Knight (Guards), & the visiting Missionaries would be on the first rank, and that's the E2 Pawn on the 2nd rank...

This is another confirmation that Chess explains many things about humanity just as earlier hypothesized by Jawolusy few days ago via this #ThroneGameChess & #ChessOfNature.

Lest I forget, the beauty of the Yoruba ethnicity is in its epic culture, moral ethics, and traditions.

Few weeks ago, in my publication, titled; The Soccer G.O.A.Ts: Messi & Ronaldo in view ~
https://www.nairaland.com/6691915/soccer-g.o.a.ts-messi-ronaldo-view

It's like I saw this coming, 'cos we are beginning to know the Real soccer G.O.A.T., however, Messi is such a great player, but he might be meant to perform better in ONLY one club, perhaps, not like the multifaceted one of the MUFC...

That's a blunt angle of my analytical view - no toe-stepping intended...

meobizy:
It’s like asking why one genius cannot win a mental task over five geniuses combined as one opponent. A person may partake in two hundred thousand chess games in his life yet a computer can easily learn strategies needed to beat twenty million and counting. A level ten player can never beat a level hundred one even on his best day.

Nice view, on point, tho hypothetical...

THE 11-POINT AGENDA FOR DEVELOPMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY IN NIGERIA ~ BY JAWOLUSY

On this first day of the eleventh month of the year 2021, it is my utmost pleasure to recommend these 11-point agenda for our national prosperity in Nigeria, listed as thus;

1. The conceptualization of a long-term socio-economic development blueprint for each Nigerian state, with respect to its culture, traditions, available resources, and other factors:
A replica of the Long-term Policy Book, titled; "The New Ekiti Dream: 30 Years Socio-economic Development Plan for Ekiti State" is a perfect instance in view.

2. Fostering the Nigerian Digital Industrialization Agenda for job creations and for youth empowerment:
Such timely interventions would engage the unemployed youths in value creations, while also aiding them in maximizing their digital skills for the legitimate creation of wealth and other value-added services for the enhancement of GDP, GNP, per capita income, improved standard of living, and the conservation of the much needed foreign exchange in Nigeria. As we all know, the youths play a vital role in every national agenda for advancement.

3. Blazing a trail for a dynamic institutional reform in Nigeria.

4. Using different outreach channels to sensitize the general public about the ethos of national unity as the pathway for societal peace:
Sensitization on how to maximize the strength in our diversities, while also having a sense of national consciousness, tolerance, respect, and the management of other counterparts' differences.

5. The modernization of agricultural for national sustainability:
It is essential to maximize the endless potentials of agricultural activities for youth empowerment, job creations, and the generation of foreign exchange earnings through agro-based exportations.

6. Strategizing a feasible framework for political stability and socio-economic sustainability in Nigeria.

7. The implementation of a research-based educational system for 'Technology Transfer' in Nigeria, while alongside having maximum respect for citizens' intellectual abilities.

8. Innovating the New Nigeria Dream - by fostering ideological restructuring, redefining the Nigerian national philosophy, restoring the youths' lost-glory, recreating societal values for humanity - a type that suits the realities of the 21st century.

9. The effective exploration and exploitation, and the balanced rationalization of our natural resources, mineral resources, and the human resource capacities in Nigeria.

10. Catching up with the modern wave of civilization (Global Infrastructural Shift), most especially, by blazing a trail for Green Revolution in Nigeria for our eco-friendliness:
This is in line with the 13th Goal of the UN 17 SDGs and in accordance to the 2015 Paris Agreement of the UNFCCC - targeted towards actualizing the global climate goal before the end of the decade.

11. Blazing a trail for an export-led economy: for a country to secure a self-sustaining capacity, her valued exportations must be greater than her gross importations. It is therefore essential for Nigeria to strategize on how to secure high purchasing power parity (PPP) in the international market. In summary, "Let us import the making-machines rather than the products.

In conclusion, the ultimate aim is to actualize the long-awaited national sustainability in Nigeria; a domicile where all the constituent tribes and ethnic groups would peacefully coexist for the pursuit of a common goal, that is, national prosperity.

God on our sides and with respect to our patriotism, hardwork, and determination; in due season, Nigeria shall take her rightful position as the true Giant of Africa in all ramifications.

In the past, we have had several 'visions', at this point; it is time to embark on a mission!

The right time is now!
Bless-up y'all readers!
Thanks!

By Jawolusi Oluwaseun Solomon ~
(The NETISM Author).

Some na even MINUS level... make I no lie

However, this report is just one of the indicators to measure the wealth of a nation or the standard of living of the citizens. Aside the current value of Naira, Nigeria currently has a high GDP when compared to other African counterparts, however, with a low per capita income due to her passive population (making little of no contributions to GNP and/or GDP). However, Nigeria is quite rich, but the wealth is not evenly distributed amongst the masses.
Going by this NCDC report, it clearly depicts that only 1,200,000 citizens ONLY have more than that figure in their respective accounts if we assume a political population of about 200,000,000 for Nigeria.

What we need to strategize now is how to evenly distribute the Nigerian National Wealth in order to enhance the living standard of the masses.

nijaomegacode:
I win computer on my phone.

It depends...

Treasure17:
This is what happens when you gat no bills to pay.

Lol... na lie... I've gat louta bills to pay and I really danced like this today na joy of the Lord.... It's unconditional bro...

Explorers:
A school teacher lashing a boy student over a desk, Menomonie, Wisconsin, 1905.

Lol... not anymore tho...
a music class I guess....