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Saintee2009:
Good morning sir, You didn't attach the excel spreadsheet as promised sir. sorry 4 dragging you bk to this old thread. Thank you sir

It was attached, check the link

searchng4love:
My friend stop wailing

Think about the orphaned children of soldiers, think about their wifes..think about their parents...Dont thsy deserve justice?.... You might not care about them, so lets come down to civilians.
Think about the people who died every sunday from one chruch bomblast to another , think about the families that died in the nyanya motor pack bombing.
While think about them, keep in mind tgat the funds to stop bokoharam from making us bleed and cry was with dasuki, and he was busy sharing it like a souless man.
Its not only the rich politicians that deserv justice and equity... We the poor and suffering mases also deserv justice

ancientbanana:
the rivers govt has Don Dat several times but because d thief amaechi is in d corridors of power the efcc did nothing. N besides dey are no proves of these monies efcc claims just media judgement. All I c is which hunting. Besides the money the states govt stole was allocated from the FG so it's still FG money. Are claiming that any money pdp use for campaign was FG money?

Every state has a judiciary and an attorny general.... River state does not need the permission of the FG to arrest and prosecute amaechi for embezzlement. Woke can file a charge through the attorney general of river state for criminal procedding agaisnt amaechi.

searchng4love:
Did you leave your brains in the danfo? Has dasuki been afforded opportunity to defend himself? I pray that you and all valuable helpers of your destiny suffer the same level of harassment and intimidation. In Jesus name.

Soldiers died because of treason commited by Dasuki and you are hear calling his name? Soldiers who had families, soldiers who commited their life to protecting us all.
May your souls of the dead soldiers continue to hunt you. Amen
NB.. The terrorsit being detained in Gunatanamo bay are there because there is no legal way to prosecute their crimes and they shall remain there. Remember USA is the lighting touch for the rule of law in the world. If they can bend the rules to protect their citizens why should we obeyand allow wicked souls like dasuki roam free?

Saudi Arabia is already making plans for the future when oil becomes obselete as the world moves onto renewable sustainable energy.
In the neearest future when oil becomes useless, what would the Niger delta region fall back on? How would they cultivate their farmlands to feed themselves? How would they practice fishing?. It cost billions to finace the clean up of the land and water, who is going to finance it?
Blowing up pipelines is a double edge sword that injures the Niger delta more than it does Nigeria because Nigeria would definitely diversify into other more sources of revenue , other more lucrative sources of revenue. Apple inc made more money last year than we made from oil, so you should look at the bigger picture.
We down south feel the North is marginilizing us, wait till they become the main stay of the economy and then we would see real marginilization.

EFCC requires a court order to freeze the account of any individual of which a judge must have signed on.
From your statment about EFCC ethnic bias, we can conclude Dasuki is one of the long lost sons of the Igbo nation because he has been in detention since forever

Empiree:
How does it installed when it comes to roofing, do we still need some sort of bricks or concert to hold it?. Do you have sample of a finished Polystyrene fascia done in nigeria?

Kindly read up the thrend, we have posted procedures for installation of the polysteren facial back up with pictures from the installation to the finished work....
Thanks

An Engineer is a person who has a minimum of a BSC in any of the engineering fields. A certified enginner is an engineer recognised by COREN, he is certified to have the knowledge and releveant experience to carry out engineering works.
Nigeria lacks the ability to regulate Engineering practice and building construction in Nigeria, that failure lead to the rise of every tom, dick and harry calling himself an Engineer. Thats what gave birth to people underestimating the importance of an Engineer in their building project.
Most building plans are not properly done... Without the guidiance of an Engineer, you end up with a structure that would cost you millions to repair. Chieseling of concrete is covered by building codes to minimize its effect on the structural intergrity of your building, Witout an engineer who would be there to make sure the codes are being followed?

*non-load bearing walls

Mariesio:
Hi,

Can you help with the floor plan please mariesio4@Yahoo.com

Thank You

Contact me via mail or whatsapp so we can discuss better

5starmilitant:




Rubbish. Maybe you were blind and deaf when the efcc was accused of ignoring the petitions against ameachi.

For sure we know nothing will happen to ameachi, considering his loyalty to the party and the roles he played during the last election. But that doesn't mean his hands are clean. Stop talking about evidences, cos they are there with the efcc.

You seem to underestimate the powers of a State Government... Everystate has its own judiciary with an attorney General..
River state does not need EFCC to start criminal proceedings agaisnt amaechi for embezzelement

Charging your battery a 100% before use for tge first time after purchase, is it a myth or is it real?

prinsam30:
EFCC arresting since 16AD, recovering looted money yet no single soul has been sentenced to death or life imprisonment

I'm still watching

We the citizens are the ones causing this nuisance, we sold our birth right they day we started collecting rice to elect senators, we sold our birth right the day we started voting based on ethnicity and religion...
The laws written by our criminal senators do not favour the EFCC to do their jobs, the senators are now even bold enough to change the laws to satisfy themselvs
EFCC lacks the man power or resorces to trial this criminals and the corrupt judiciary are agaisnt them

darchiplanhomes:
Abdulwastecx well done. Here is the 3D. #still_following

Nice 3 D bh darchiplanhomes and a very good design by them

darchiplanhomes:
Good job. This is my design and i will comment at the right time. Meanwhile Abdul congratulations

Nice design sir, We love the concept and in due time the design would be a physical reality

Horlawoomey:
How effective is this manual compaction over the one done by a plate compactor ?

The mechanised compactor gives a compaction efficiency of 70-90% while the manual method gives an efficeincy of 50-60%...
To cater for the discrepscies in compaction and the unavailibality of hardcore, we have introduced a reinfrocement mat made up of Y8 spaced at 300mm c/c in both directions... This would increase the DPC ressitance to settlement.

We have dug the trench for the staircase starter bar,soon we would place the starter bars for the staircase after blinding of 50mm
while the capenter is busy placing the formwork the the dpc with a brace of 3f center to center ... Abdulwastecx will update you all with pictures

While Abdulwastecx updates you all with pictures from the actual construction of the fence, i would continue with the costing
CEMENT FOR MOTAR JOINT
Like i earlier explained, We have perpend and bed for placement of motar and a MOTAR is a mixture of cement and Sand in a specified ratio... For the project and for most project, we use 1:6....
PRACTICAL ESTIMATION
From Practical Experince and from result obtained from a research i did on the number of blocks that can be laid with one bag... I came up with values of 40,45,50,55 and chose an average of 48 number of 9 inches blocks from one bag of cement and 60 number of 6inchs blocks from one bag of cement
From our already estimated number of blocks of 2673
Number of bags required = 2673/48
= 56 bags of cement

MATHEMATICAL ESTIMATION
I discovered alot of varaibles with the motar joint like thickness of the motar joint which varies due to the skill of the mason laying the block and the plumness of the bed on which the block is laid. The type of sancrete blocks also affects the quantity of cement used
-I would use an average thickness of 1/2inches( 12.5) for the motar joint
-9inch block dimension of 450mm x 225mm
-Mix ratio of 1:6
-One block would have a motar bed below and a motar bed above for the next block, making 2 bed for estimation
-One block would have two perpend by the two sides for motar, making 2 perpend for estimation
- For the purpose of this estimation i have ignored the holow nature of the block, I would put it into consideration later

VOLUME Of CEMET REQUIRED
Obtaining the quantity of cement required to lay one 9inch block

Lets first obtain the area of the motar bed and perpend
Length of bed L 1 = 0. 45 + 0.0125+ 0.0125 = 0.475m
Length of perpend L 2 = 0.225m

Area of the two motar beds = (0.475x 0.0125) +
(0.475 x0.0125)
= 1.1875 x 10^-2m2
Area of two motar perpends= (0.225 x0.0125) x 2
= 5. 625 x 10 ^-3 m2
Total area = 0.0175 m2

Since the block has a width of 0.225
Volume of Motar required =0.225 x 0.0178
= 3.94 x 10^-3 m3
Increase by 25% for wastage
Total Volume of Motar = 1.25 x 3.94 x 10^-3
= 4.92 x 10^-3 m3
Using a mix ratio of 1:6
Volume of cement = 4.92 x 10 ^-3/7
= 7. 03 x 10^-4 m3
Using Density = mass/volume
Mass = density x volume, density of cement =1506kg/m3
Mass of cement required to lay one 9inch block
= 7.03 x 10^-4 x 1506
= 1.05kg
Since we have obtained 1.05kg of cement would lay a single block,
Total mass of cement for the whole project
=1.05x 2673
=2806.65kg
1 bag of cement is 50kg
Number of bags required = 2806.5/50
= 56 bags

We can now obtain how blocks would one bag lay from this
Number of blocks to be laid from one bag of cement = total number of blocks/ total number of bags
= 2673/56
= 47.7 blocks

CEMENT FOR MOTAR JOINT
To estimate this, you need to understand the blocks.... We commonly have 6inch and 9inch blocks, hollow and solid..
For placement of motar, we describe the parts of the block where the motar is to be placed as (PERPEND AND BED)
Perpend... The Vertical side of the motar between two blocks
Bed... The horizontal side of a block for placemenr of motar
MOTAR
This is a mixture of fine aggregrate and cement in a specific ratio, The ratio specified for block work is 1 (cement) :6 (fine aggregrate)
The motar is to be 20mm thick on both the perpend and the bed of the block

9inch sancrete blocks sells between 110-130naira
6inch sancrete blocks sells between 90-110naira

Miscellaneous:
2y12 -01


could you also please tell the meaning of "01" there?

Like Abdulwastecx explain, they represent bar marks but to elaborate further...
During the design of reinfroced concrete, The result are provision of reinforcements of different diameters.. The we proceed to the detailing which involves the drawing of the reinforcement, they are drawn to show how they would be placed in the the concrete(before casting) by the builder..... During the process we discover several reinfrocements with thesame diameter and the same length... So to make it easier, we give bars with the same length and diameter a mark (01,02,03,04) which we denote as bar mark
The bar mark makes placing of the reinfrocement easier and reduces wastages... It also makes it possible to cut all your bars in the workshop into different length depending on the bar mark and bring it to site for just placing....

Miscellaneous:
thanks but what is meant by Y8 & Y12 in design of Rcc.... ? I could see podosci usinq it. Permit me cos we avnt gotten to this stage in my school. maybe next semester

Let me start from the first principle
Concrete is weak in tension but very stong in comprehension, concrete comprensional strength is 10times its tension strength...
Due to this weakness in tension, We have to introduce Reinfrocements in the form of steel to make it Reinforced Concrete
Steel is good in both comprension and tension but we use it to assist the concrete in its tensional deficiency
We have two common types of Reinfocement
-Mild Steel with a tensional strength of 250N/mm2

-High yield with a tensional strength of 460N/mm2

We denote Mild steel as R bar while High yield as Y bar, This steel are produced in different diameters ranging from 4 , 8,10,12,16,25,32 mm but you can custom order by contacting the steel company to produce a specific diameter of bar for you...
The different diameters is based on your Reinforced concerete design, what ever diameter required to carry the estimated load is what you would provide for..
Therefore, High yield bar of 8mm is denoted as Y8 while mild steel of 8mm diameter is denoted as R8

obynocute:
tnk u vry much for d xplaination.. I remove cap 4 u.. re u on wassap?

Thank you sir, i am on whatsapp

obynocute:
op, tnk u vry much for dis analysis... bt m little bit confused on hw u calculate ur percentage, lik dat of 25% nd 10%, u kip addn 1., in front, pls clarify me.. tnx again...

Mathematically, if i am to increase the value of Y by 25% of its own value
First i would find 25% of Y =( 25/100) x Y
= 0.25Y
Now i would add this value (0.25Y) to the original value of Y to obtain its increase of 25%
= 0.25Y + Y
= (0.25+1)Y
= 1.25Y
Let 0.25 = X, representing any percetage increase you want, it can 10%,20%, 100%
Let Y represent the variable you intend to increase.

BRACE ESTIMATION

We have 29number of bracs
We have agreed to use 2 number of 9inch block has brace, placed perpendicularly to the block wall....
We have 11 coarse of block
Each course would has 2 blocks for brace
number of blocks for one brace = 2 x 11
=22 blocks
Total number of blocks required for 29 brace =
=29 x 22
= 638 Blocks

Total number of Blocks
required for the fence = number of blocks for blockwall +number of blocks for brace
= 2035+ 638
= 2673
NOTE: Motar joint was not included in my estimation of height because eavh motor joint is 10mm which would be infinitesimal when compared to the whole
We would require 2673 blocks to fence the site based on the already stated parameters

SANCRETE BLOCK ESTIMATION

FENCE WALL IN TO IN
Length of brace = width of 2 number of 9inch block
= 450mm
Number of brace = 87( perimeter of fence) / 3(lenght of wall in to in of brace)
= 87/3
= 29 number of brace

From practical experince 10 number of 9inch(225mm) or 6 inch(150mm) sancerete blocks would make up 1m2 of blockwall ( 9inch and 6inch blocks both have the same height (225mm)and length (450mm) , the difference is in the width.
Mathematically,
Area of one block = 0.225 x 0.45
=0.1m2
Number of blocks in 1m2 = 1/0.1
= 10 number of blocks
Now, we would obtain the area of the fence using its height and its length ( perimeter - legnth of brace )
Height = 11coarse ( 11 x 0.225)
= 2.5m
Length = 87 - ( 29 x 0.45)
= 74m
Area of fence = 74 x 2.5
= 185m2
We have already established 10 blocks in 1m2 of wall
Therefore
Number of blocks = 185 x 10
= 1850
10% increase for wastage and cutting ( Masons cut some blocks to achieve the desired bond, The most common bond is Stretcher bond and thats the bond to be used for this project)
Total number of blocks = 1850 x 1.1
= 2035 number of blocks

Lets put it around 15-20million naira but the estimate is subjected to a comprehensive bill of quantity.... If you have your architectural, structural, mechanical and electrical drawings with a fee harneyprojects can prepare a comprehensive bill of quantity for you With an accuracy of +/-100,000naira

I swear.... EFCC is doing pressup and bad enough for saraki himself, his wife, his wifes lawyer,panama leaks, kwara state govement are busy laying land mines for him

I broke the discussion into three, design, costing and construction........We are still at the costing stage... Once we get to constructio you would see enough pictures
I am presently in a remote village in Enugu, i have to climb ontop of the fence sometimes to get good network....
One step at a time....

If you advice some clients to do a Geothecnic test on his property, they might ignore the advice...If he proceds to doing the test, to acquire the services of a competent Geothecnic company is difficult..... There are many chalenges in Nigeria preventing the middle and lower class from constructing the perfect structure

Sorry for that, i am trying to explain it in a way you can relate with the masons and laboures on site..... Like for example you can go and tell you local supplier that you need a 225mm (9inch) sancrete block, many would not understand what you are saying.
Most of our labourers can only understand digging in ft explaining it in meters would only lead to confussion and errors ....
But i would from now ensforth put the equivalent metric beside its imperial cousin

Mayor78:
Nice breakdown here Podosci. Well done mutum

Thank you