Good day our dear esteemed Nairaland followers.

We are pleased to announce to you of another project that is about to take place along side with the other projects we are currently embarking upon.

This is a 4 Bedroom Duplex, attached 4 units of 2 bedroom flat with semi Detached BQ

Project Location - Owerri
Project Client - Based Abroad

Features of Plan.

Main Duplex
Ground Floor
- Ante Room
- Visitor's Toilet
- Main Living room
- Dinning.
- Kitchen
- Store/Pantry
- Laundry room
- Gym room
- Work station office

Upper Floor
- Family Lounge with terrace
- Bedroom 1 ensuite with terrace
- Bedroom 2 Ensuite
- Master's Bedroom ensuite with terrace and study room
- Box room or Power Room

External Features
- 2 Bed self contained BQ
- Car park for 6 Cars
- Space for future development of flats
- Garden

The 3D model of this proposed structure is shown below. We invite you to also follow up with us on this thread. As usual, let's make it as interactive as possible.

Thank you for always making our thread worth visiting. You can equally follow other activities going on via other threads that are under our profile. They are going to be updated simultaneously.

Day 1....
Upon arriving here.
We started procurements.
Estimated Budget for this about 31m to Carcass as prepared on June 2021.

However, we are taking notice of the inflation that has occurred over the past 11 months prior to start up. We will update the BOQ with the actual budget spent upon completion. From our analysis with the current market rates. It's gonna be ranging about 35 - 37m upon Carcass completion.

This is because of varying changes in some major materials and change in some scope with additional works embedded after initial BOQ is compiled.

Firstly we did site storage and shelter

Procured setting out materials and initial foundation items.

Setting out materials and work tools specifically dedicated to this site as we normally do for other projects

We have serious of challenges in the south east, ranging from security, curfews and sit at homes on regular Mondays and some days IPOB Leader goes to court.

Its gonna be a challenge, but we are equally strategizing on the best approach to follow in delivering what we came here from Lagos to do.

Without wasting time.

We make use of the best available time and opportunities we have. Thereby, working as usual Sunday to Sunday as much as we can.

Weather is another challenge because it's a raining season we are into.

In all these, we will definitely do our best.

We are not deterred by the challenges that exist here.

We immediately have commenced setting out and digging of this project.

Congrats... we are following as usual. Thanks.

Hajji M.

mufutau55:
Congrats... we are following as usual. Thanks.

Hajji M.

Thanks sir.
We will be sharing our work here as well as our experience here. It's gonna be more like telling a story on this particular project.

A different approach this time.

Dennis3D:
Good day our dear esteemed Nairaland followers.

We are pleased to announce to you of another project that is about to take place along side with the other projects we are currently embarking upon.

This is a 4 Bedroom Duplex, attached 4 units of 2 bedroom flat with semi Detached BQ

Project Location - Owerri
Project Client - Based Abroad

Features of Plan.

Main Duplex
Ground Floor
- Ante Room
- Visitor's Toilet
- Main Living room
- Dinning.
- Kitchen
- Store/Pantry
- Laundry room
- Gym room
- Work station office

Upper Floor
- Family Lounge with terrace
- Bedroom 1 ensuite with terrace
- Bedroom 2 Ensuite
- Master's Bedroom ensuite with terrace and study room
- Box room or Power Room

External Features
- 2 Bed self contained BQ
- Car park for 6 Cars
- Space for future development of flats
- Garden

The 3D model of this proposed structure is shown below. We invite you to also follow up with us on this thread. As usual, let's make it as interactive as possible.

Thank you for always making our thread worth visiting. You can equally follow other activities going on via other threads that are under our profile. They are going to be updated simultaneously.

Congratulation Engineer, this is massive project. We are following and watching your speed in doing things, if you don't mind what is the land size of this multiple structure . Bros be careful out there, the news stories at that end is not encouraging.

kopell:
Congratulation Engineer, this is massive project. We are following and watching your speed in doing things, if you don't mind what is the land size of this multiple structure . Bros be careful out there, the news stories at that end is not encouraging.

From the drawings: Land Size = 897 sqm.
I beleive that is about two plots.

Hajji M.

mufutau55:


From the drawings: Land Size = 897 sqm.
I beleive that is about two plots.

Hajji M.

You got it write sir.
The land size is almost 2 plots east size. Two plots here is 900sqm. Which is 100fit by 100fit.

I always put land size for designs on the 3D model pictures

kopell:
Congratulation Engineer, this is massive project. We are following and watching your speed in doing things, if you don't mind what is the land size of this multiple structure . Bros be careful out there, the news stories at that end is not encouraging.

Yes sir.

The story is true.
However, we will definitely apply caution where necessary. Starting from tomorrow Monday. I don't intend going to site till late evening if need be. However, my workers will do the little they can because they have a shelter on site there where they stay.

Dennis3D:

You got it write sir.
The land size is almost 2 plots east size. Two plots here is 900sqm. Which is 100fit by 100fit.

I always put land size for designs on the 3D model pictures

Wow! Even a plot is shorter than the 50x100ft in Eastern Region? So what is their regular plot size now?
Thanks.

Hajji M.

mufutau55:


Wow! Even a plot is shorter than the 50x100ft in Eastern Region? So what is their regular plot size now?
Thanks.

Hajji M.

Right from time.
Eastern people do 60x100fit as I was told before,
Then later reversed it to 50x100fit which makes a lot 450sqm.

Now in Lagos a plot is 600sqm that estates sell as a standard plot but in reality 600sqm is not up to a standard plot. A standard plot in Lagos ought to measure 60x120fit which should give you 650sqm.

But what these estates do is reduce it by 50sqm, and to them its more gain. Standard plot is supposed to be 60x120fit, what most estates give you is 60x100fit which is about 600sqm.

Lagos estates sell the following plot sizes.
150sqm
300sqm
450sqm
600sqm
800sqm
As the case maybe.
It pays them to sell in sqm than to sell in actual plot size measurements.

Foundation Trenches excavation ongoing.

We are doing 3fit normal foundation depth then 1 foot down for colum base. Making it 4fit total.

Dennis3D:

Right from time.
Eastern people do 60x100fit as I was told before,
Then later reversed it to 50x100fit which makes a lot 450sqm.

Now in Lagos a plot is 600sqm that estates sell as a standard plot but in reality 600sqm is not up to a standard plot. A standard plot in Lagos ought to measure 60x120fit which should give you 650sqm.

But what these estates do is reduce it by 50sqm, and to them its more gain. Standard plot is supposed to be 60x120fit, what most estates give you is 60x100fit which is about 600sqm.

Lagos estates sell the following plot sizes.
150sqm
300sqm
450sqm
600sqm
800sqm
As the case maybe.
It pays them to sell in sqm than to sell in actual plot size measurements.

I surely agreed with you in all the above.
We are all getting wiser and greedy. God help us.
Thank you very much for the useful explanations.

Hajji M.

We are facing sit at home challenge today

Meanwhile in preparation for a speedy take off.
We are immediately preparing our pillar and base works.

Be sure to follow us up as we update the thread tomorrow with work updates.

A review information on the cost of materials here.
The estimated cost of some things went up from budgeted.

Granite was budgeted at 260K for 30Tons now its sold 450K for 30 Tons and 350K for 25 Tons respectively.

Sand increased from 28K to 38K now.

Blocks are less in cost here compared to Lagos. We got 270 as against 300 Budgeted per 9 inches.

Irons are less expensive here compared to Lagos.
1x12x12 planks are sold 1700 here compared to 1900 Lagos and the planks are full here compared to Lagos as well.

Binding wires, nails, woods etc are OK in price here as well

We had challenges from 5hrs + rainfall on site yesterday. Some foundation Trenches collapsed but we were able to dig it again today and completed Blinding.

By tomorrow now. We set the Colums and commence block works on foundation ASAP.

We have equally started preparing pillars going up to the decking at the Foundation Stage. To make the process faster.

Great job ..

capetownboyz:
Great job ..

Thanks alot sir.
We urge you to keep following up with us and kindly share your experiences with our works here on the thread

Good afternoon From here.
We are setting out Colums today.

30 Tons Granite here is 460K
25 Tons Granite now. Sold for 340K


Far more than what we Budgeted and I learnt the price was increased from our budget in April 2022.

As at March, same 30 Tons was sold for 260K while 25Tons Mark sold for 180 - 190K

This is where we are having a mind blowing variation in material cost. Sand trip here is 37,000 as against 26K we Budgeted. This was increased as a result of diesel transportation.

Anyways, these info have been conveyed to our client and we highlighted an expected change in materials cost prior to start up because the bill of quantity was done last year 2021.

Attached Picture is the 30 Tons Trailer during offloading at site yesterday.

Note: We have already bought and used one trip of 25 Tons already for Blinding of the foundation Trenches and colum bases. Will. Upload pictures of it later.

Regardless.
We are now currently setting foundation works.
We are doing 5 Blocks on foundation, then we will add ground beam to make it 6 coaches of foundation height above the road level.

Dennis3D:
Regardless.
We are now currently setting foundation works.
We are doing 5 Blocks on foundation, then we will add ground beam to make it 6 coaches of foundation height above the road level.

Why are you doing a ground beam? Did you carry out a soil investigation and the ground beam was recommended? If yes, what is the bearing capacity of the soil?

WaltherPPK:

Why are you doing a ground beam? Did you carry out a soil investigation and the ground beam was recommended? If yes, what is the bearing capacity of the soil?

Thank you for your question.
As for the need for the ground beam is to create a more stable foundation strata especially looking at the span of the building and thus, the client requested for it to be done as well.

As for the soil bearing capacity. This is South East. They have a relatively stable soil when it comes to soil bearing capacity compared to Lagos.

Ground beam is done on blocks in some special cases like sloppy ground, to create a more stable foundation through the connection of the structural Colums of the building. Ground beam at times in this part of the country doesn't necessarily mean that a soil is bad. Note that the soil here is not like Lagos and the ground beam here is different from that of Raft foundation.

I hope my explanation is helpful to you.

Regards.

More 3D Views of the project

We used 85 Bags of Cement for the Blinding Works and colum base works on this project so far.

We estimated 1400 blocks to be used on foundation. All are 9 inches. Already we have 1500 pieces on ground already in anticipation.

The building has about 44 pillars in all of which 4 pillars are isolated colum in the front as shown on the 3D model.

Meanwhile the pictures below are other structures currently undergoing construction just around the plot we are working on currently.

The picture below is a 12 units of 2 bedroom flats for rental purposes... From the prevailing buildings around here. The very fast structures springing up here are mostly units of 2 bedroom flats mostly.

Good morning Viewers

We are still under construction here.

Work update from here today.

Concrete work on Colums and beans from one side will commence today simultaneously

Colum and Beam works ongoing

Thankfully today we were able to do some Colums and Beam works and we have equally started preparing for back filling while other Colums and beak works continues tomorrow. So far the foundation has taken 1800 Blocks of 9 inches.

The second and third picture shows the arrival of filing sand