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redgem:
Good evening everyone... Please I just got the roof measurement 450m for a 3 bedroom bungalow of 40 by 50ft....I am not sure it's the right measurement cos someone here that did a 4 bedroom was 370m.. Am I thinking too much?

VGJBEJ:
Good day house, am a QUANTITY SURVEYOR by profession am really in dire need of a job in either a construction company or a firm.
I am very good in mut field and I have also gathered experience over the years.

Pls I really need your help, I beg in God's name.

Need a God send and my destiny helper to come to my rescue.

09025249933

Thank you and God bless

QSFemi:
Still waiting for our next client.

QSFemi:
We're still waiting or our next clients.

Contact CHOICE COST CONSULT for for quantity surveying services, viz-a-viz

1) Bill of Quantities (Projected estimated cost of construction)
2) Materials and Labour Schedule (breakdown of cost of materials and labour respectively for your construction projects)
3) Valuation of ongoing construction works (know the cost of already existing or ongoing construction)
4) Bidding and Tendering for construction jobs (As a contractor bidding for jobs, you need competitive tender to win the job. Nobody can help you out except a quantity surveyor.
5) Pricing of blank/unpriced bill of quantities for tendering purposes.
6) Invitation, pre-qualification and selection of contractor based on suitable tendering procedure. Don't award your jobs to the least bidder bit the least responsive bidder. Be smart. Don't let contractors fool you.
7) Contract administration from inception to completion of your projects. (interpretation of conditions of contract is one of the duties of a smart quantity surveyor)
Preparation of both feasibility and viability studies (if you're engaging in a commercial construction works, know the payback period and rate of investment of your projects. Nobody does it better than a quantity surveyor.
9) Life cycle costing
10) Cost control
11) Cash flow forecasting
Etc

Contact us today.
Mobile no: 09012800750

EgunMogaji2:
https://www.nairaland.com/7073528/building-collapses-kano-2-quranic

Temi1:
Do we have masons that can do this in Nigeria?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zi0MGLCqLgY

beejay1:
Hello house, my sand supplier gave me the following quote.
Pls help verify:

10 tire truck
Filling sand: 50k per trip
Sharp sand: 105k per trip

Trailer of granite: 300k per trip

Thanks

KolaShangOne:
There are some sites you cannot stockpile though.

There are also some materials you can't stockpile.

sonnie10:
Thanks.
Storage and security no easy. Contractor dey try sha!

michlins:
it happened that the site in question was a hill and it was levelled. So most of the sand I packed out were sandfill from the hill. So the engineer asked that I keep digging until I get the natural soil after which I started digging proper foundation

sonnie10:
Please I am trying to learn also.
In this fluctuation claims, what if the project is turnkey. For example, if I gave a contractor #30M in total, all at once for a four bedroom duplex, can the contractor come back and tell me about price fluctuation? Assuming it takes about 6months to complete the house. And we know in Nigeria, 6 months is a lot of time for prices to change drastically.

Should they be additional clause in the contract regarding such or is it a general understanding that client must pay for eventual fluctuation?

michlins:
Here's one thing that happened to a site I worked at. So after doing the foundation of a tank stand, the engineer came around and inspected. He called me back and told me that the foundation wasn't deep enough. I have already done about 2m deep already the explained to me how the soil I'm standing on was. His recommendation was simple,do a another foundation and this time,we went almost 7m deep into the ground. It came at a very significant financial cost to the engineer and me but we did it cause safety and not "smart" was very important to us both.

Pic 1:First foundation I did

Pic 2: second foundation

Pic 3: the job

Pic 4: the amount of weight it's handling which required going very deep

EgunMogaji2:
On a serious note, I salute contractors sha. I mean how does one approach a client to pony up more because prices changed within days. And it's usually not small change either.

bixton:
Thanks.
Work is already done and cement used on site was 99 bags of cement.

bixton:
Thanks.
I'm using 1:1:2. Its intended load is about 45 tons max.

MrOkenwa:
I wouldn't mind to also share one boq with you if you're interested. It was prepared by someone on NL who goes by the name GabrOkara if I'm right. He's always on the front page of this property section advertising some architectural designs and boq services.
I'll try to share the materials that we bought for the carcass, what we used and what is left on ground. I was on ground on most days.
It didn't correlate at all.

Ndyoo:
For example, the cement budgeted was excessive by 50 bags for a stage. Labour estimation was x5. I can't contact the quantity surveyor anymore because I learnt he travelled abroad.

Ndyoo:
Hello people on the forum. I started earlier this year 6 blocks of 2 and 3 bedrooms. I hired an architect. Did the drawing. Paid all necessary dues to authorities and I kicked off. I have met some challenges but it's going. I am not the type that put myself out their so much or post what I am doing but I think I will at this stage because I am confused.

I will start with a couple of pictures.

NB : I do not live in Nigeria and My relatives are handling the project while I pay the builder who happens to be an architect with experience. We agreed on all labour cost.

I contacted a guy named Arinze (from nairaland) for bill of quantities but in 2021. At the moment the bill of quantities just looks like its not useful. Because a lot doesn't align with what the builder mentioned.

bobkezel:
Why are you panicking You don't want to be exposed too?
Chillax your cup is still on the tap, e go soon full.... E remain small fowl nyash go open..

bobkezel:
[[s]quote author=QSFemi post=111314936]Engr Gbenga is a proven Structural engineer and currently practices as such. Do not discredit his legitimate profession without proof. If you've grouse with him on other issues, address such issues without resorting to baseless claims to discredit his professional standing.

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We still dey here, all of una nyash don dey open small small.

bobkezel:
Guys beware of this fake that parades himself as a structural engineer cum cac agent...

Kingdemu:
You've been saying such authoritatively for queit a while now. You always made it sound as if the next news we'll hear is that Brabus has been arrested or we'll see him come here begging for leniency. There was a time you counted down a week yet nothing. I'm sorry to say but I don't think you have the balls to get a refund from Brabus. He's more hardened in his game than you are in yours. For your sanity and peace of mind, consider that situation a learning phase. Forget about it and move on. At least, it has exposed Brabus the more (even though I must admit that he is one big encyclopedia for us newbies on this thread)

rajput4real93:
This is part of the chat. I was calling next and qsFemi then to try to settle the issue and to know who was telling lies and I discovered that QsFemi was completely right and honest.

EgunMogaji2:
Accident but thankfully not due to speeding. Road is 100% good.