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To God be all the glory!

Ladies and gentlemen, we are here once again in this thread to witness the making of another beautiful edifice. I have just got a contract to build a new building for a client in Enugu. The details of the project are as follows:

Project: Construction of a new 6 bedroom duplex
Location: Enugu state, Nigeria
Client: A Nairalander

We are poised to arrive at this site tomorrow to do what we always do to building plans, which is to bring it to reality. We plan to begin works here as soon as possible. Please stay tuned as we bring you all the updates on this our latest construction.

Welcome.

Pictures

The site we are going to be building on............

spyder880:
To God be all the glory!

Ladies and gentlemen, we are here once again in this thread to witness the making of another beautiful edifice. I have just got a contract to build a new building for a client in Enugu. The details of the project are as follows:

Project: Construction of a new 6 bedroom duplex
Location: Enugu state, Nigeria
Client: A Nairalander

We are poised to arrive at this site tomorrow to do what we always do to building plans, which is to bring it to reality. We plan to begin works here as soon as possible. Please stay tuned as we bring you all the updates on this our latest construction.

Welcome.

good to have you back after a well deserved rest.

Congratulations to you sir

michlins:
good to have you back after a well deserved rest.

Congratulations to you sir

Thank you bro, I am coming back well rested, we are ready to give our best efforts as always. Welcome.

spyder880:
To God be all the glory!

Ladies and gentlemen, we are here once again in this thread to witness the making of another beautiful edifice. I have just got a contract to build a new building for a client in Enugu. The details of the project are as follows:

Project: Construction of a new 6 bedroom duplex
Location: Enugu state, Nigeria
Client: A Nairalander

We are poised to arrive at this site tomorrow to do what we always do to building plans, which is to bring it to reality. We plan to begin works here as soon as possible. Please stay tuned as we bring you all the updates on this our latest construction.

Welcome.

Welcome back Spyder. I actually thought you have stopped posting your works here.

This section have been missing your vibes.

HossanaHeights:
Welcome back Spyder. I actually thought you have stopped posting your works here.

This section have been missing your vibes.

Thank you, I went on a short break when the work became too stressful. Welcome.

I have started gathering building materials for our use in this site. Currently paying for blocks, cement, rods and some sand. I wish I could have made our blocks here, but I am afraid of space constraints.

spyder880:
I have started gathering building materials for our use in this site. Currently paying for blocks, cement, rods and some sand. I wish I could have made our blocks here, but I am afraid of space constraints.

Welcome back, Oga mi.

Thanks for the clarity you provide to all of us. Cant appreciate you enough.

Please what is the SQM of the land this beauty is going to stand on? Looks small to accomodate a 6 bedroom duplex.

Abeg carry us along with the current cost of building materials.

Thank you.

GreekDon:
Welcome back, Oga mi.

Thanks for the clarity you provide to all of us. Cant appreciate you enough.

Please what is the SQM of the land this beauty is going to stand on? Looks small to accomodate a 6 bedroom duplex.

Abeg carry us along with the current cost of building materials.

Thank you.

This land measures over 1,000 square metres. Thanks for the kind words bro, we will continue to do our best to satisfy more customers. Welcome.

It seems this land has a lot of ground water in it. We are preparing for what we will find when we start the foundation excavation works later today.

How to do a proper foundation for building a new house on a waterlogged land.

Home ownership, especially building a new one could be very exciting. Many people have bought lands to build their houses, but to their surprise, the lands they bought during a dry season that is looking dry and cool on the surface turns out to be a swamp, with so much water flow and settlement in the rainy season that some of them will seem impossible to construct your dream home. Sounds familiar right? Then settle down and review these few points about what you need to do to solve this problem, and still build your dream home.

1. First, conduct a survey on the land.

Stop fretting about the problem, get a diagnosis of the problem first. Call in a structural engineer to study the nature of the land. There are lands that have very low bearing capacities. A land that has a low bearing capacity is a land that will not support the load of a heavy building without sinking, cracking, or collapsing completely. It is important to study the nature of the land with instruments made for the purpose, one of such equipment is called a Theodolite. The land should be studied extensively, with the type and size of the building planned for the land well considered.

2. Design the right foundation type.

After a careful examination of the land, and obtaining results from it, the next thing is to use the results of the land structural investigation to design a proper foundation type for the building. This will need a careful application of structural engineering, combining with an architectural design that will bring out the best of the planned building. I must sound a note of warning here, it's always better to conduct land surveys to understand the nature of a land before an architect will finally conclude the design the planned building. There are many types of foundation that could be chosen for a building, they include;

A. Raft foundation
B. Mat foundation
C. Pad foundation
D. Pile foundation

The type that will be chosen will depend on the nature of the land, and the desired building type.

3. Planning for the foundation

We all plan for the foundation of every building, but the type of planning you do for a waterlogged land is more intense. This is because you will be planning on how to work on water, most of the time. Working on water, especially natural swamps will expose the workers to a difficult terrain, where moving materials, equipment and workers could be more difficult. There could also be the added risk of meeting with some animals that live in such habitats. Examples include poisnous snakes, alligators or crocodiles, poisonous insects or mosquitoes.
Your plan will be on ways to mitigate against these identified problems of logistics, and added risk of marine dwelling animals.

4. Higher cost implications

By now, with these few points above, you should know that with these added problems, there must be the likelihood of a higher cost implication for the foundation, when compared to doing it on dry ground. On the average, it will cost about 40% more money to build a house foundation in a waterlogged land, compared to dry ground. There is also the possibility of using special kinds of building materials, like waterproof cement, and other materials.

Finally, its good to make sure you do it right with a foundation on a land that is waterlogged, because the cost of redoing a foundation could be much higher. It is also imperative that building professionals are involved in the planning and execution process of the foundation. For more information about this topic or others, contact us on 08033350750.

Purchase of plastic tanks for storing water, and water pumping machines for our use in this foundation works today..........

We have bought and moved to site, all foundation pegging materials ...........

We have also began the pegging of this foundation. Here, we are measuring and positioning the building space where the house will sit.

Measuring the site and marking out 3 meter setbacks.........

Measuring the site to bring out the 3 meter setbacks around the back and sides..

Foundation pegs being firmly inserted into the ground..........

We have set out the building space, meanwhile our site store and workers sleeping area is ready............

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emmabest2000:
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Welcome Sir.

Foundation excavation works has been in progress since Saturday.............

And the land is properly waterlogged............

We are planning to design a foundation type that will best suit this ground conditions. First, this land is very soft, with natural aquifers in many places, which is gushing up a lot of water even at this early stage of the rainy season. We plan a foundation type that will give us a wider footing on the column bases, deeper column bases, a thicker blinding strip and then a double ground beam of a least 450mm high on the top of the blinding.

This land has a history of water flowing on it in time past, and there is currently a stream channelled into a gutter at the back of the land, the stream is part of the water flowing on some parts of this land before. In the middle of the rainy season, this land will be flooded even if no work is going on there.

This foundation also has to be high, to give the occupants some rest of mind in the event of the water channel at the back being flooded, and water flowing into the compound.

A look at this site today................

The foundation is getting flooded, but we're prepared to work in it..........

Materials being delivered to site..........

spyder880:
Materials being delivered to site..........

One day you will build for me

GorillaApp:
One day you will build for me

I know that day will come to reality soon. The people who own this project has been wanting me to build for them since 2015. God will give you the means, and me the strength. Amen.

spyder880:
I know that day will come to reality soon. The people who own this project has been wanting me to build for them since 2015. God will give you the means, and me the strength. Amen.

Amen

We have been bring in more materials, sand arriving............