Due to the alarming rate of building collapse in various parts of the country recently and especially in Lagos State. It have discovered that the major causes are due to any or a combination of the following:

1. Inadequate or non existent initial structural design and analysis for the building especially storey buildings.(Often built by self made engineers)

2. Inability of onsite manager (engr.) to understand building codes/standards or implementation of laid out structural design instructions.

3. Architect's negligence of carrying out proper pre-design site analysis to check site prone negative man made as well as environmental factors such as nearby vibrations, unsuitable soil types, occasional flooding, altered or disturbed soil and land structure. etc and propose problem solving design solutions.

4. Desperation of contractors/owners to apply unapproved methods as well as substandard materials in order to cut corners and save costs.

Fellow Nairalanders, experienced builders, construction professionals, and property buyers, Please feel free to elaborate or add more factors which from personal experience you think is also important to note, so as to help govt. make and enforce suitable policies, educate people, ensure better and safer building structures, protect investors and help save lives in future.

Looking 4ward to ur helpful inputs. . .

aniffy4eva:

Ok. Thanks for the perspective. I'll list some books here. (wanted to avoid some "ITKs" disparaging these books )
1. The Holy Bible (I love Proverbs and Ecclesiastes)
2. Richest Man in Babylon
3. Science of Getting Rich - (written over 100 years ago but still relevant in today's world)
4. The Alchemist
5. Business of the 21st century by Robert Kiyosaki
6. Cashflow Quadrant (One of the books in the Rich Dad Series... i have almost ALL his books, and even the Cashflow Board game)
7. The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People
8. Emotional Intelligence by Daniel Goleman
and a lot more.

I have pdf copies of 3,4 and 5. If you are interested, i can forward them to you AT NO COST.

Hi! Very inspiring books listed there, pls can u send d pdf of 3 and 4 to me at lakoosh@hotmail.com. Pls don't quote my email cos I don't want it permanent on the forum. Thanx

Here's another example of a low cost house that can be achieved using our bricks

Sorry 4 d delay in coming back to this thread. However in answer to your questions, the bricks come in various sizes but for the two pictures b4 the last, they were built using 9inch interlocking brick types needing no mortar and could be left unplastered. The size is 300mm x 230mm x 120mm which is 1ft length, 9inch width and 5inch high.

Hence for a 9inch thick wall of 3metres (10ft)high and 1metre (4ft) long you require exactly 82.5nos of our bricks; while you need 28.6 nos of normal 9inch hollow blocks.multiply this by ur total wall length

However our bricks cost less than N50 a piece (Presently) and saves you the cost of motar joining, plastering or painting if you don't want to because they are quite presentable as they are.
Calculate that and see your savings eventually

*Note Lagos State govt. Has fixed the price for sandrete blocks makers presently to sell at N200 for 9inch. Find out if you are in doubt.

From experience, unlike what most women actually think, the wedding ring actually attract ladies, especially the younger ones looking 4 the more responsible, comfortable and confident looking sugar daddy/ aristoes. Its the in thing now and I know some married guys here have experienced it too. So ladies better be thankful your man takes it off o, it could make him less attractive to those unilag, uniport, uniabuja etc. Leeching hos

From experience, unlike what most women actually think, the wedding ring actually attract ladies, especially the younger ones looking 4 the more responsible, comfortable and confident looking sugar daddy/ aristoes. Its the in thing now and I know some married guys here have experienced it too. So ladies better be thankful your man takes it off o, it could make him less attractive to those unilag, uniport, uniabuja etc. Leching hos

Onila sweery, I guess he thinks u R cheap cos u sell only okra, u sef step up ur game na, maybe add ice fish or somethin haba!
Onila- okra seller

Hating your job could be a sign of a bigger potential in you, however, you need to be sure what you'd rather prefare doing and if u R really good @ it as well as ready 4 it.

I was once in a somewhat similar position working as a point man in a company where I spent months in d bushes pushing production and raking in hundreds of millions for them despite very little resources provided under difficult conditions, yet most of my excellent recommendations 4 better productivity were never appreciated. I later made up my mind to work on a plan towards building my own coy which I'd always dreamed of and months later after planning my finances, and budgeting for my next moves, I started my company on a small scale and today I thank God for what I've achieved so far, I just wonder why I never had the gutts to quit much earlier. Its not yet easier but its much more fun and valuable to get higher rewards directly 4 ur own painstaken inputs and decisions from clients.

Bottom line, know what u really want in life and let ur anger drive u to achieve it.stop fulfilling other peoples dreams with ur precious time, reach 4 urs! Goodluck

mbatuku2:

pls send pix of the bricks to my email, excanny @ yahoo.com.

mjay:

Same here too. francisayo@gmail.com.

For the benefit of all, pls visit this thread to see completed works using these bricks.
https://www.nairaland.com/1006963/affordable-low-cost-housing-option#down

They are depriving the nation of new breed proffesionals in various fields who by the time they realize find it difficult or impossible to fit back into their trained carrer due to new developments and age lag for entry levels.
And They are making d banking and finance graduates a useless bunch, since anyone can take their jobs

I don't blame them though, blame the country's situation

deenee: @ Aj, violent, bookface et.al, why avail the poster with undue attention?
I will suggest that his thread be ignored whilst attention and positive energy is channeled towards others herein that genuinely need them.

By doing this, his original post will become less relevant, get lost in the pile of similar posts and eventually fall through the cracks!

"Most Ridiculed And Rubbished Professions In Nigeria" indeed!

^^^ hahahaha! Bros don't overwork yourself o. I run my own company and I am way past those levels o, I have 8 staff on my payroll including 3 graduates. 2 I pay a constant salary and 1 I pay on contract agreement basis on jobs we do. So don't even go there at all.

Shock:

^^

OP's thread is clearly a poor miscalculated attempt at self glorification and gloating. I'm not sure how it's possible to see it in any other manner. His reference to "some big boys of those days who now earn less than he does" infers that he's now getting highly paid and will like to poke fun at people who are not as lucky as him. Sometimes, threads like this works finely on Nairaland, and other times, it doesn't. This time, it's not working, and the OP has simply attempted a damaged control by screaming "You are all getting me wrong".

He sounds like Mitt Romney to me.

YOU R GETTING ME ALL WROOOONG!!!!! and am not mitty roney
Sista,to be honest I actually used the analogy without thinking of the sensitivity of the issue in that way and also to get the discussion to become more personal and flowing amongst those who are or have been in uni to witness same, but then again, you sometimes need some element of controversy, attack or shock to get the traffic you want on a NL thread, that was why I hit out with the next post after no replies for a long while And it worked.

Well the ridicule is not from me really, I came to meet expressions like charge and bail, teachers' rewards are in heaven, waka for commission etc and I just figured its worth discussing the ridiculing of jobs, the reasons, the palliatives and perhaps briging something positive out of it. Yet I can't be. Too serious on any thread and like to put in some humor. Its A pity it racked some nerves however didn't mean to

Having said the above, I believe if people in a line of career who know their importance to the nation form a union and demand laws be set regarding how they are treated, they might just get their careers back to a point of value. [size=18pt]this is one of the purposes of this post[/size]

Violent ooooo, its like u are getting me wrong. And ill just try once more to see if I can find the intelligent part of u, if it exists. My title is most rubbished or ridiculed careers in Naija, not the whole world Note! But in present day Niaija.
Let's be realistic now and not desperate to gain points with readers 4 a change.
At a point in every nations development, there are certain professionals that r required to enable the Nation achieve the expected results in record time.

Now I called some jobs "rubbished" not that I think personally that they are rubbish, but that the Nigerian environment has turned them out to be that way because they are grossly undervalued.

Lawyers work very hard to achieve what they become yet they are not treated well or rewarded properly 4 what they are. Medicine is respected and rightly so maybe because they stand up for their rights and ensure their due. This was same with teachers and even lecturers till lately after strikes and fights to ensure they aren't rubbished by the nation.

Now be sincere would u ask a young one to go all out to read banking and finance in a Uni or Marketing when almost anybody especially those good in gmats are rapidly getting into it with any degree? I say d degree has been rubbished because they are given no preference over others in the job hence what was the point, same goes for marketing.

In Nigeria today, I don't think ill really have to explain why a father would be worried about a son graduating in philosophy or zoology.

I am an employer of labour and in my sector, I try to get people with at least some transferable skills and I know what am talking about. So its not about gloating, its a clear warning to those in such lines to better start thinking of an alternative to success in these times.

a snake that big? Where exactly. . . . I mean how exactly could it hide? Killed so many tourists? And we are just hearing of it?

Who knows what version of photoshop this is?

^^^ sorry if I hit u below the belt by mentioning ur profession there, its not that am gloating at you cos u are broke. I just thought it was wise to help people know, especially d younger ones to make better choices in choosing a career. Many of us were misled in earlier days to get into careers without prospects just becos they sounded great on the jamb bronchure, while some others were able to reinvent their careers to becoming more relevant.

With this thread, my purpose was not to make u look useless really but to make u realise what people think of ur line and perhaps do something different to make it count and most importantly to prove it wrong by telling them of some new dimensions it has or is taking.

If u feel so bad about this and think its a direct attack on u. Just shut up and do nothing, maybe it would help people think about the true facts better

Personally I think law has fallen mightily from grace to grass in Naija. Many people used to see lawyers as biggest boys and girls but today its the reverse. I realised that while @uni most of us dirty scruffy looking students back then in Built environment and engineering were made to look insignificant but today most of the law undergrads then, even the senior ones presently earn less than 1/2 our monthly income despite working in some of the best private firms! So sad.

So here's a list of my percieved currently most ridiculed professions.
1. LaW
2. philosophy
3. Zoology
4. Marketing
5. Banking and finance(contested by every single profession)

Feel free to add urs or reject mine

Years ago every university graduate whatever the descipline was seen as one with potentials to excel and commanded respect from all; literates and illiterates alike. However, overtime and presently in Nigeria perhaps due to socio-economic as well as technological trends some professions have become isolated as a waste of time or ridiculed as not having an easy chance for prosperity in the country, while others hitherto unknown are presently shinning and lucrative in todays Nigerian environment.

Now my question is which do you think is the most ridiculed profession in Nigeria today or which profession has fallen from grace to grass and why do u say or think so?

Thanks for enligthening replies. . . .

Hi Tobecool, I like your gutts and courage! Many Entreprenures never had it easy at first but with a good plan on hand all u need wait 4 is d opportunity and start planting the seeds of your first harvest!

It is also important that u develop other multiple sources of income even if passive so u can stay off eating ur capital. Ill like to pay u to show me how I can generate phone numbers of people within Lagos as well as show me how this bulk sms thingy works. I have a commission based business to put out to some lookin 4 mony. Send a reply to me by clicking on my profile and pls let me know u have when done. Cheers

Hi all sorry, I've been off this thread 4 a while. Yes I started my company but situated it on a double plot in a fenced compound around the outskirts of lagos which afforded me the opportunity to source materials from Ogun state and supply products to Lagos.

I had earlier spent time working 4 a multinational construction coy where I made a few contacts with leads to potential mass product needing clients. I started off as a subcontractor for a main-contractor who got d outsourcing deal to supply blocks 4 a mass housing project.where I had to meet their specs and deliver on time.

I must admit, this business can be quite profitable but the major challenge is being able to sell at the fixed price payable by customers without compromising standards. At the prevailing price of blocks today, its impossible to achieve d recommended compressive strength imposed by regulatory bodies without running at a big loss, hence most lagos blockmakers supply weak blocks resulting in the collapses we keep seeing.

It is therefore important u market ur products to the right people who would appreciate and r willing to pay higher 4 your quality and it would be a double plus if u had ur own transport facility to convey products to customers quickly.
Good luck!

Another building, completed using cement stabilized laterite bricks. The bricks can be made on your site as our machines are movable.

Hmmmm am now a bit confused! Does it mean that building materials like sand, granite, gravel, blocks, tiles, cement etc. Can only be conveyed to building sites between 10pm and 5am? because they are brought in using trucks. Construction workers might have to be employed for night work now? Verry crazy situation imo.

Katy Perry

Basic:
The message in your signature box says it all. Truly, you're not nice.

Am not sorry

Oge Okoye

rokiatu: Kim is so even without makeup.

Kim is ? Is she fine or ugly? U forgot to use an adjective

True talk, I can't judge the beholder of this one, let him not just be any of my brothers

Kelly of broken up destinys child!

Bump

Pictures of very good samples are quite large to upload here. But here r other samples u can achieve using our bricks, sorry bout the quality of d pics tho. This was completed using same quality stabilized laterite bricks

iwakunbaba: @swiftycool, ur innovation is acceptable cos I av a low cost estate proposal now but ur finishing needs to be improved upon if u want to be accepted in lagos.
Ao much will a 3bedroom all room en-suite cost & 2bedroom Bungalow. Email me iwakunbaba@yahoo.com

Thanks 4 ur response, we actually give a better finish if given the full job to handle however most of our clients have been people struggling with costs, hence end up using do it yourself methods resulting in a not too perfect finish as we were not involved in the entire project process.

As per your inquiry Ill work on ur request and give a present day Lagos estimate asap, however do note that a little design change can result in major cost differences. Cheers