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pls am new here,I need your help....I once apply back in 2012 for professional course for 18 month but visa was not approve also in 2013 I apply for conference but I did not make it to interview do to business, so now I wanted to apply as family or I wil apply alone for visiting but when I go through my old ds 160 for under the occupation I use business though I own my own company with I use for contract as building contractor but not the company name is (Ventures not LTD) cuz am civil/structural Engr,..how do I go about it if I want to apply now will I put business/contractor under d occupation or is any red flag on it pls just put me tru on how to do it....sorry for any error

@LadyGuinivere pls I need your help....I once apply back in 2012 for professional course for 18 month but visa was not approve also in 2013 I apply for conference but I did not make it to interview do to business, so now I wanted to apply as family or I wil apply alone for visiting but when I go through my old ds 160 for under the occupation I use business though I own my own company with I use for contract as building contractor but not the company name is (Ventures not LTD) cuz am civil/structural Engr,..how do I go about it if I want to apply now will I put business/contractor under d occupation or is any red flag on it pls just put me tru on how to do it....sorry for any error

Good design but let the visitor toilet be outside

Since you have granite 370 wil go long way just buy block 1200 and cement like 30bags then digger from 30-40k bricklayer Money from 50-60k and other things just keep 450k

Darejo:
Op thanks for opening this thread. I'll find it useful too.

I'm about laying the foundation of a 4 bedroom bungalow on my plot of land as well. Please does anyone have an idea about the cost estimate?

I have 370k for a start, I have bought pegs, sand, granite. I have water already as well.

Its good bro and God wil help you, well first get your design from Architect and let Quantity Surveyor work all the bill out for you from there you wil no where you are going that very important,but first look at d location very well and see if the shop and eatery, office shop, mostly event hall is very good and the money is every weekend and you can first do event hall,eatery and later u can build office and shop

God bless you jare...like one of my Oga in Alausa he gave me commacial building to design I told him as my oga to bring 200k he said for what that he collet d design for 80k I say God forbid later he gave it to one man he said d man did it for 30k so he ask me to go and help him collect the design frm d man which I do to to my suprise no Calculation sheet and I ask d man what abt d Calulation sheet he said he neva ready make I come back and I laugh jst imagine wetin d man se to drawn d desgin ? And dis my oga is register Arch ooo

Avalon316:
Castosvilla,

Damn! I understand your anger. The problem is that you have been patronizing the quacks. Any engr that wants to introduce columns for cantilevers greater than 900mm is a quack or grossly inexperienced. These days, Nigerian engineers like myself have successfully designed and constructed cantilevers of 7metres. I am damn sure that you will prefer to pay those quacks peanut than pay a competent engineer for his works. Few weeks ago,i asked an architect to pay 600k for an engineering design but he refused . Recently,he called to tell me that another engineer wants to do the job for 80k. I laughed and told him to give the job to the other guy. I hope he will not lament just you after messing up the job. The problem here is most of you architects can't pay competent engineers.

I have a lot to write but I need to be in church soon.

D road JB dey do no be naija ppl dey do it ? D problem of our Road is Govt issue why govt can't get good Equipment like JB to each state. Then you wil now know if civil engr n not d in Naija

matify:
The same reason our roads do not outlive the next available rainfall.

They are masters at giving kickbacks and delivering shoddy constructions without recourse to their reputation which the Nigerian civil engineer is most mindful of.

Don't mind them that is the number 1 problem we have in construction in Naija...Arch always want to prove they are d boss and which is not.. And this is not happen in abroad like that....as you can see its very clear here now that they are Argue n sayin Civil engr is this and that

Sagewood:
Can we hear from Civil Engineers? Thrashing other people's occupations not the way to go though. Whatever happened to collaboration?

Oh ok

hardywaltz:
I said "I think"
And UniBen offers Structural Engineering as a course on Jamb form (from Yr 1) not an option under Civil Engineering.

See yourself why wil you say only Uniben offer structural Engineering...you ask if you don't know...Civil Engineering have 3 option so you choose one you like...from Civil Engineering is water option highway option and structure option jst like electrical and Mech also have option to choose

hardywaltz:
Op the problem is the Nigerian University curriculum.

Structural engineering (which I think UniBen is the only school offering it) is different from pure Civil Engineering.
Nigerian Civil Engineers are the worst in the construction industry.
They are lazy, they lack creativity, they like to simplify a project and the truth is that they don't even have their own standard always using British Standard Code (BS) or Euro Standard code.

The Nigerian Quantity Surveyors have moved from SMM 7 which is what RICS uses to BESMM 4 which is tailored to Nigerian construction industry peculiarities.

Oga on site you can corret each other and what builder think is right on the site Civil Engr will tell you it can't work so either Arch or build jst calm and ask why it can't work but they wil be thinking you are doing like oga....Op is talking about dubai and Europe did you think their Arch design rubbish

markemordi:
Note: Most civil engineers don't face their own line of construction you will see a civil engineer doing a builders work...... Let civil engineers focus on highway designs and
construction, geotechnical and water resources which is their specialization....
Architect is meant to design and not to build..... Nigerians believe they have degree relating to construction they can do everything ie be an architect, builder, structural engineer at the same time......

Op you try na but why don't you talk about some stupid design provide by Arch that is no realistic.... You can design on paper n look real n beautiful but when you wnt to constructn you realize it can't work out... As a professonal if you do design today by tomorrow you should be able to point out your mistake n corret it on site...so you can't just conclude to be blame Civil Engr for any good looking building in the world Today give credit to Engr so if Arch n Engr are no working 2geda as a team d work will be perfect

Broda that your house is duplex not bungalow sir

Well it about your choice but have it in mind that all your rooms will be small also they can't approve your design at town planning