Wish2Die:

Hot Rolled Deformed Bars. But na old price oh!

I was about to ask you to supply 200 tons

n3xt:


I was about to ask you to supply 200 tons

Aah! Noo oh

n3xt:


And how would surface piping stop blockage? I don’t get it.

About to ask same question

Please where can i get anti slip tape for tiles

...

I shared this 9 years ago. Still very relevant!

brabus:
Construction Woes: Who is to blame?

Everybody!!!

The Developers: whose primary duty is to engage certified professionals as consultants but failed to do so largely due to an unhealthy profit motivation.

Consultants: the so-called professionals/consultants whose duty is to advise their client on the various aspects of the project and to ensure that due process is followed during the entire project cycle but have failed to honestly advise clients on the pitfalls of shortcuts.

Government: through regulatory bodies charged with the duty of enforcing by-laws and ensuring that any development meets regulatory building standards. Weak technical capacity in local authorities; problems in the development approval process; corruption are all to blame for the problems we experience.

Contractor: who are expected to have the capacity and competence to undertake the specific tasks for the specified scope of works.

Clients: Yes, YOU! For aiding and abetting through wrong selection. You can't claim ignorance!

Recent study conducted have revealed that unqualified people carry out more than 70 percent of the development-related activities in Nigeria.

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Why are most homeowners in a rush to build these days?

9 Years Ago..,

brabus:
RAINY SEASON OR DRY SEASON?

Houses can be built in any weather. The key to successful building in extreme weather conditions is getting the foundation installed and the house out of the ground before the rainy season.

- Get an experienced team with experience to handle extreme conditions.
- When you mix concrete and fill structures in the rain and don't make efforts to cover it, it will definitely wash out and lose certain quality
or strength.
- Protect the soil so that rain doesn't wash it off.
- Work under a shed, cover or tarpaulin during rainy season.
- Get meteorological information for the period of construction.

Hello everyone!
Please I hope to Mould some block today. And it’s raining here, hope it will not affect the work or the newly moulded blocks?

Done and dusted

A house is the sum of all it's parts. Whats in yours?

https://www.nairaland.com/6639981/24-escape-death-two-buildings

We give the best to satisfy our customers, at affordable price

We are Chinese factory . We product MDF , plywood and melamine boards .
Please contact us if you have any intesesting .

We are Chinese factory to do MDF , chipboard , plywood and melamine boards .
Please contact me if any interesting .

cash1115:
We give the best to satisfy our customers, at affordable price

Are these your actual jobs?

If so define affordable price as I have an estimate request in Elebu.

I am considering the installation of Solar energy to a four bedrooms with 2 living rooms bungalow in Ibeju Lekki axis. Professional solar energy provider that knows his/her stuff can respond. Again you have to be very knowledgeable and ready to offer best for reasonable price.
If you are not up to it don't respond. If you did not do a good job I will shout all over this page for people to know.
I have worked with many people here and they are going to tell you I am a reasonable person that demands good job and accommodate unexpected delay in delivery schedule. Low cost is secondary to quality job.
I always tell people I don't want to buy something of #5 for #7 but I am ready to pay #10 for quality. In other word, while I may not be rich enough to buy Benz, I will wait until I have the money to buy Toyota or Honda instead of buying Hyundai now. The analogue is for the wise to comprehend

EgunMogaji2:
A house is the sum of all it's parts. Whats in yours?

https://www.nairaland.com/6639981/24-escape-death-two-buildings

I’d never blame any contractor, subcontractor, supervisors or builder nor materials for failure on my personal build. I’d take full responsibility for whatever happen in my build knowing that I, the homeowner is the project director.

I pick all the pieces so I should take ownership of whatever happen.

Until we start jailing homeowners whose projects suffered collapse (whether partial of full), we won’t be able to stop this madness in our country.

The speed at which greedy and inexperienced contractors use substandard materials on largely disturbed soil to build unapproved structures in our dear country is very alarming.

Over 90% of homeowners do not have approval for their buildings (it’s a known fact) neither do they bother to invite relevant authorities (especially the sleepy ones) for stage certification and material testing.

What exactly is wrong with us?
And we are condemning China that built stackable 10 storey building in 28 hours when we are yet to perfect the construction of ordinary 2 floor building using concrete o

Sigh!

Dijita:
In other word, while I may not be rich enough to buy Benz, I will wait until I have the money to buy Toyota or Honda instead of buying Hyundai now. The analogue is for the wise to comprehend

Take home!

I know cheap when I see one

Dijita:
I am considering the installation of Solar energy to a four bedrooms with 2 living rooms bungalow in Ibeju Lekki axis. Professional solar energy provider that knows his/her stuff can respond. Again you have to be very knowledgeable and ready to offer best for reasonable price.
If you are not up to it don't respond. If you did not do a good job I will shout all over this page for people to know.
I have worked with many people here and they are going to tell you I am a reasonable person that demands good job and accommodate unexpected delay in delivery schedule. Low cost is secondary to quality job.
I always tell people I don't want to buy something of #5 for #7 but I am ready to pay #10 for quality. In other word, while I may not be rich enough to buy Benz, I will wait until I have the money to buy Toyota or Honda instead of buying Hyundai now. The analogue is for the wise to comprehend

When your job is satisfactorily done please recommend the person to me for immediate work in Elebu, Ibadan. Thanks.

As long as it’s not the person that spams this thread.

n3xt:
I shared this 9 years ago. Still very relevant!



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Why are most homeowners in a rush to build these days?

What do you mean by 'in a rush to build these days'?

EgunMogaji2:
A house is the sum of all it's parts. Whats in yours?

https://www.nairaland.com/6639981/24-escape-death-two-buildings

Good morning. Which of the brands of steel iron is the best for hand railings? Thank you.

RockOfAgesAlumi:


23k per meter

cash1115:
Done and dusted

Nice job

The price choke me.

Una dey try for Lasgidi.

bukolo:
Good morning. Which of the brands of steel iron is the best for hand railings? Thank you.

Turkey product
Thanks

somehow:


What do you mean by 'in a rush to build these days'?

You probably forgot to also ask him what he meant by jailing homeowners for building collapse.

E be like say @Next smoke Omo detergent because I'm not understanding. Abi na me smoke Omo? Why am I not understanding.

diordaves:


You probably forgot to also ask him what he meant by jailing homeowners for building collapse.

E be like say @Next smoke Omo detergent because I'm not understanding. Abi na me smoke Omo? Why am I not understanding.

One after the other, it's good as you have asked the second question

I believe there are more people waiting to ask more questions from his writeups

somehow:


What do you mean by 'in a rush to build these days'?

This is just my random thought. Don’t take me too serious o.

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Building don’t collapse because of substandard materials or greedy developers alone, your next door neighbour, government or developments happening around you can bring down your building unknowingly.

Take for instance you’re building in an estate that’s largely undeveloped and someone building close to you decided to bring a D9 dozer into the estate to do earthwork. If your house didn’t fall, it’d experience some real vibrations which can affect your building.

There are basic environmental factors to consider before, during and after we build our houses. This include but not limited to our immediate environment, the weather condition, direction of wind, the development pattern (if you have a 4 floor building amidst bungalows, you should know what to expect during torrential rainfall).

Some beautifully designed and developed estates in Lekki, Lagos are currently submerged and on the brink of collapse not because they didn’t use good materials but because of our development pattern.
Another developer may just feel like Sandfilling his estate higher than every other estates around without considering the consequence.

A lot of projects on Lekki/Epe axis are going to have serious issues with the ongoing road construction.
The new road is way higher than most of the developments happening around the area. With the rising sea level, most developments in and around Lekki are right looking like they’re in a valley.

You might want to check VGC and the popular Ikota shopping complex out during the rains.
They weren’t developed to be under water.
OPIC Isheri and some other estates on the Lagos/Ibadan express had the same thing in common.

The major question right now is to ask ourselves “What are the city planners doing?”

We are in a rush to build houses but extremely slow to fix infrastructure later. The fix-along-as-you-build approach is very wrong.

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About a decade ago, I remembered the recommendation we always give to people here is to secure their property with a fence, sandfill it and leave for about 2 years before they start construction.



We no longer do this. We just want to build and fix all other sh*ts along.

diordaves:


You probably forgot to also ask him what he meant by jailing homeowners for building collapse.

E be like say @Next smoke Omo detergent because I'm not understanding. Abi na me smoke Omo? Why am I not understanding.

Baba you kuku know me. We’ve been here for a while

You know the drills back then.

n3xt:


This is just my random thought. Don’t take me too serious o.

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Building don’t collapse because of substandard materials or greedy developers alone, your next door neighbour, government or developments happening around you can bring down your building unknowingly.

Take for instance you’re building in an estate that’s largely undeveloped and someone building close to you decided to bring a D9 dozer into the estate to do earthwork. If your house didn’t fall, it’d experience some real vibrations which can affect your building.

There are basic environmental factors to consider before, during and after we build our houses. This include but not limited to our immediate environment, the weather condition, direction of wind, the development pattern (if you have a 4 floor building amidst bungalows, you should know what to expect during torrential rainfall).

Some beautifully designed and developed estates in Lekki, Lagos are currently submerged and on the brink of collapse not because they didn’t use good materials but because of our development pattern.
Another developer may just feel like Sandfilling his estate higher than every other estates around without considering the consequence.

A lot of projects on Lekki/Epe axis are going to have serious issues with the ongoing road construction.
The new road is way higher than most of the developments happening around the area. With the rising sea level, most developments in and around Lekki are right looking like they’re in a valley.

You might want to check VGC and the popular Ikota shopping complex out during the rains.
They weren’t developed to be under water.
OPIC Isheri and some other estates on the Lagos/Ibadan express had the same thing in common.

The major question right now is to ask ourselves “What are the city planners doing?”

We are in a rush to build houses but extremely slow to fix infrastructure later. The fix-along-as-you-build approach is very wrong.

_______

About a decade ago, I remembered the recommendation we always give to people here is to secure their property with a fence, sandfill it and leave for about 2 years before they start construction.



We no longer do this. We just want to build and fix all other sh*ts along.

In a nutshell, you're saying those who need roofs over their heads in some areas should wait until government comes to fix infrastructures around before they build even if it take 30 years?

How old is the average lifespan in Nigeria again?

Your analysis to me is sounding somehow.

I believe this is why homeowners employ professionals to handle their builds. Professionals should know the dos and don't before, during and after completing the project (s).

I am still trying to find an area in Nigeria that was developed by government before people started building there.

somehow:


In a nutshell, you're saying those who need a roof over their head in some areas should wait until government comes to fix infrastructures around before they build even if it take 30 years time?

Your analysis to me is sounding somehow.

I am still trying to find an area in Nigeria that was developed by government before people started building there.

There’s no need to preach “Wait and Patience” to anyone sir.

When the time comes, they’d pack to areas where there are no flooding issues in Mainland and Ogun state.

Those who know knows when it’s rainy season in Lekki, we move to our 2nd homes.

Unfortunately, no one can control this no matter how rich!
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n3xt:


There’s no need to preach “Wait and Patience” to anyone sir.

When the time comes, they’d pack to areas where there are no flooding issues in Mainland and Ogun state.

Those who know knows when it’s rainy season in Lekki, we move to our 2nd homes.

Unfortunately, no one can control this no matter how rich!
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The areas you're talking about didn't start existing 10yrs ago, they have been existing for as old as Lagos itself, so I am still trying to understand the 'rush",' patience', and "wait" comment.

Up till now, alot of places on the mainland still get flooded during rainy season, this is a known fact, maybe they were also in a rush to build.

I am at a loss here but I move.

somehow:


I am still trying to find an area in Nigeria that was developed by government before people started building there.

There are several of them in Lagos. I’ve shared many of them here.