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Hi jobontech,
I think I like the gate idea and would like to help promote it.
Have sent you a mail.
Rgds

If this is true I will vote for Fashola for President.

I believe you will say nothing wrong if you see the same graduate that Dangote wants to employ doing same thing in Europe.
What he did is a good and careful business step. Graduates bring to table their education in whatever business/work they find themselves and most often will do better to an illiterate. Dangote must have had bad experiences with the present crop of illiterate truck drivers and is now ready to upgrade and increase the stake for better output/result.
I am sure the salary will be good.
Meanwhile assuming Chevron is employing graduate truck drivers how many of you will risk and apply?

RIP President Attah Mills, it is wrong and unfair to wish anybody. Not your president, not anyone.

Wastages broadly caused by inefficient planning can cause you to spend double the amount of money you ought to spend on a project if not more ,yet the building may not still be in perfect shape in comparison to the ones that was properly handled. These are causes with the remedies.
(1)Improper planning-Before you open up a site it is important you decides on what to do and at what stages tasks will be done so that you don’t end up prolonging some tasks and not doing some until when it will affect other tasks on site. This will cause wastages to arise on a site for example you decide to paint the building before you realised there are some spots that needs to be patched , obviously wherever the repair is done you will still need to paint back which is a loss/wastage to the project.
(2)Unskilled labour- one of the fastest ways to lose money on site is using quacks or unskilled labour to do some important tasks, you may have been charged less but at the end you’ll spend more money repairing the work the unskilled labourers did.
(3)Money not released ontime by clients-Delay in payments affects planning and will also affect the cost of labour because more days will be spent completing a projecvt that could have been done in a specified time frame.
(4)Unscheduled disbursement of funds-Despite that there shouldn’t be delay in payments, releasing money carelessly or without proper account can give your builder/contractor a false impression there is plenty of money to be made which may cause excesses on his part.
(5)No schedule of work-There must be a document containing how a project will be carried out, the time allocated to each task and showing how the task will overlap each other and help to achieve a wholesome project.
(6)Untested Artesans-There is no harm in using different artesans for your projects but tested and trusted hands help in no small measure to reduce waste and saves time since they are already used to the contractor/builder.
(7)Inexperience workforce-This will affect the general outlook of your building yet you’ll spend more repairing badly done jobs.
(Not buying materials in bulk-Buying materials only as at when needed from retailers around will cause you to spend double the amount you ought to use for a project, avoid it if necessary.
(9)Improper storage-Store should be provided either onsite or buildings nearby, and the store must be secured with locks and keys and if possible a security man to monitor activities. Materials should also be protected from rain and other negative environmental conditions.
(10)Theft-When there is no adequate monitoring/security theft is bound to occur.
(11)No or improper account-How money is spent, materials coming to site, how is being used and for what purposes need to be put into considerations if not, when is difficult to trace materials abuse by workers is inevitable.
(12)Overzealousness or too know on part of the client-I can’t count how many clients have told me they are builders themselves just because they have built some houses before. These people put themselves at a risk because the professional on site won’t like to teach you what you don’t know since you now claim to know soo much.
(13)Ignorance of basic steps/stages in construction-Not knowing anything at all even if it has to be through reading from the internet may put you at a greater risk from a contractor that wants to outsmart you, if left alone taking over the site may be difficult and chaos in management of materials is inevitable.
(14)Check and balances every week is important from material bought, materials supplied, to work done.
(15)Using substandard materials-Substandard materials will make you loose money rather than gain through repairs that will be caused from those materials.
(16)Unstable working force-It will take time for new workers to get used to you and what you really want in a building. So avoidable mistakes will occur which will cause corrections and wastages.
(17)Buying materials without specifications or your workers help accompanying you to the market may not be too good, you may end up buying materials not suitable for your project which will invariably leads to waste.
(18)Improper siting during Design and construction-You must decide where the gatehouse, septic/soakaway tank, gen houseand other ancilliary buildings must be before construction , if not this will lead to major redesign/reconstruction which will eventually ends up in wastages, for instance it is better to locate your septic/soakaway tank to fall in line with slope of site and placed at the lowest part of site this makes placements of pipes less strenous to achieve because your plumber won’t be digging much soil.
(19)Lack of foresight during demolition-There are sites you have to do some demolitions of old buildings onsite before new construction, for a well planned site, the rubbles from the demolitions will still be useful.
(20)Contractual matters should be clear and stated in black and white between the client and contractor to avoid arguments at the tail ends of the project.
(21)Delay due to human factors like deliberate absence by workers or strike action can cause loss of time and money, which will eventually adds up when prolonged.
(22)Delay due to environmental factors like rainstorm can affect a construction site which can lead to waste. Imagine if you had mixed cement down for some work only for the rain to affect you during execution of task.
(23)Improper handling of government part-This can lead to a major waste or entire loss of project , for example if you were building in a government acquired land the government of the day can wake up one day and demolish the entire building. There are areas where town planning approval is very important, so if your plan is not approved, government agencies from local to state can disturb your project which may also lead to lost and wastages especially when building is tampered with.
(24)When no room for overlapping of task . Artesans should be encouraged to work side by side except for some cases to avoid material and time wastages.
(25)Weak or bad designs in buildings-Using quacks to design a building for you will definitely make you to pay more and may even leads to total collapse of building.
(26)No site investigation of site before moving to site-This is one of the major and most important steps to take before embarking on any project. If the place is waterlogged or you question the soil integrity , do a soil test, check how safe the place is for your materials to be brought to site? where will your workers stay? where will they sleep? where is food coming from? and how about toilet? If all these are not planned for, you’ll be surprised at man hours to be wasted by your workers because of these.
(27)Divertion of money meant for a task for another is lack of proper planning and can lead to wastages too.
(28)Also give the professional onsite to exhibit his trade, otherwise out of annoyance he may leave you with your antics to waste your resources.
(29)Employ security guards if necessary to avoid thefts.
(30)Site must be fenced to avoid encroachment, things falling out of site to gutters infront and unwelcomed intruders to site.
(31)Prolonged Land dispute can also affect a construction project from incurring loss and wastages.
(32)Effects of vandals/area boys especially when your site is close to where they are fighting, they can also be a serious nuisance on site and disrupt activities if not properly handled.
(33)Overstepping building boundaries- When you build beyond acceptable line infront, the government or other authorities may compel you to break part of your building. This is common with houses close to major roads.
(34)Improper handling of Omo onile.
(35)Building on waterways, under high tension wires etcespecially in a densly populated area is illegal and a big risk. The environmental problems can remove your building either by flood , poles falling and breaking your house or worst government have unimpeeded access to demolish your building.


http://buildingcontractorsecrets.com/2012/07/wastages-in-building-construction-causes-and-remedies/

I am beginning to feel there is more to this illuminati stuffs though most made up but the wickedness in the world at present can't help but confirm there are evil powers on rampage.
What is the full story behind Illuminati?

Anenih knows exactly what he is saying, he is a master rigger a cobra that moves at night. Watch perfect n deploy his rigging machineries on d eve of election but I am sure osho n Tinubu should be able to match him rigging 4 rigging, fairplay 4 fairplay. D guy had used hius immense exoerience in rigging to draw Edo state back for years.,.don't underestimate his riggability.

Abeg no give person heart attack.

For a new entrant the points here will be useful in getting your property sold. Read on

http://buildingcontractorsecrets.com/2012/07/marketing-your-property-as-a-begginer-guerilla-marketing/

since u have an account with gtb why not request for a dorm account, which comes along with dollar mastercard. this is what I use for facebook ads and is very easy to get.

From experience few knows what they are about to get into when types of roof, there are basic questions you should ask to determine the choice of roof. Is it durable/longlasting? is it easy to install? How well can it resist rainfall and other weather conditions? Is the finished product pleasing? Etc

From a personal opinion and from experience steptiles/longspan aluminum has more advantages over stone chipsfor the following reasons-

http://buildingcontractorsecrets.com/2012/06/steptileslongspan-aluminium-roofing-sheets-versus-stonechips-roofing/

Decked roof may not give you too many options in terms of design, but it also has its own advantages and quite a few uses decked roof.

Before you decide on using decked roof or concrete slab to cover your structure you must have factor the weight during design process.

In this case we are looking at flat concrete roof.

http://buildingcontractorsecrets.com/2012/05/concrete-roof-decking-processesadvantages-and-disadvantages/

Hardcore application in the building process is also as important as any of the key stages . Hardcore is reffered to as some measures of large aggregates of stones used as part of the foundation in a construction project. To simple put is bigger aggregates of what you call granites on site. Though some uses broken blocks /bricks, these are however not recommended because of their strenght, people only use them to save cement during casting of oversite/german concrete which is not advisable.

http://buildingcontractorsecrets.com/2012/05/importance-and-application-of-hardcore-to-a-building/

haha Mukina you are asking if these buildings can be built in Nigeria? Of course you can have it and crazier ones lol

This is a good write up, I have also posted it on my blog you can check it out.
http://buildingcontractorsecrets.com/2012/04/factors-that-influences-the-cost-of-borehole-construction/

-helps in preventing water from the soil from percolating to the surface
-helps to sustain the weight of live and dead loads
-helps in case of vibration
-helps in sustaining the weight of the house
etc



http://buildingcontractorsecrets.com/2012/04/advantages-of-oversite-concrete/

How time flies, I just kept remembering how SA's were brought to Nigerians in thousand, were fed by Nigerians,had free education to whatever level the, had freedom that was not even available to Nigerians, I was in secondary school then when they came to Nigeria in Ikenne and I remember those that were enrolled in our schools how they were left alone to do whatever they like. Nobody beats or touch them in any form even when they were found to be very rude.
Nigeria did this in the name of hospitality and all manner of nonsense diplomatic gestures all over the place. The most developed countries don't venture around if there are nothing to gain in return, but Nigeria be your brother's keeper. I think is high time we look inward and fix our country and stop wasting money on most of these useless nations and their citizenry.

How time flies, I just kept remembering how SA's were brought to Nigerians in thousand, were fed by Nigerians, had freedom that was not even available to Nigerians, I was in secondary school then when they came to Nigeria in Ikenne and I remember those that were enrolled in our schools how they were left alone to do whatever they like. Nobody beats them with cain which is common then, even when they were found to be very rude.
Nigeria did this in the name of hospitality and all manner of nonsense diplomatic gestures all over the place. The most developed countries don't venture around if there are nothing to gain in return, but Nigeria be your brother's keeper. I think is high time we look inward and fix our country and stop wasting money on most of these useless nations and their citizenry.

kodewrita:
and another usually overlooked reason is that fact that such banks are usually located close to the school entrance so its child's play hitting the bank and racing for the gate. try that in OAU where the banks are 2miles+ from the main gate. plenty of time for boys to block them off or the school security to lock the gates and run into the bush to await police firepower.

Do you think robbers in this country are stupid? there are very intelligent ones among them ,may be university graduates even,fallouts of cultism proliferation. They will strike at same time, some will hold the gate and others will be inside the bank and another along the road, I had witnessed something like this before in Ekpoma.

Is a matter of time the long arm of the law though very slow and really discouraging in the case of Nigeria will catch up with most of these people, if not man's law, then the law of Karma. What you sow you reap, you may not be the direct person to suffer it, but it will come to pass. Every evil and Good has reward,  is a circle it will always come to pass.

@Craig_Kim,
Investment in construction in that axis will be good for years to come however you must consider this or you'll end up like others with structures built with millions but without buyers/tenants.
Gone are the days when bankers rent/buy buildings along that axis with upfront cash, now those luxuries are no longer there, most people now buy land and build rather than spend millions to acquire an already built one so that they can save money, but any buildings that sells quickly are always the ones surrounded by good roads, electricity, clean neighbourhoods and water. So if you are thinking of investing at all you must consider providing most of these infrastuctures, Nigerians love exclusive neighbourhoods. Bad roads is always a turnoff.

Is it possible to have pictures of any?

This is a good thread kez007, hope you are thinking of contributing to the development of this nation with the skill and knowledge someday?
Please update us with more pictures in details.
Thanks

Snake meat is superb and one of the best.
I used to eat it alot, tastes like fish but sweeter, but couldnt get it in lagos, forget the spiritual stuffs attached to it, you are missing one of the best delicacies in the world. I cant wait to trace d snake restaurant. My mouth don dey water already,

Snake meat is superb and one of the best.
I used to eat it alot, tastes like fish but sweeter, but couldnt get it in lagos, forget the spiritual stuffs attached to it, you are missing one of the best delicacies in the world. I cant wait to trace d snake restaurant. My mouth don dey water already,

qualmsfree:
Hello everyone, I need a plan/design for a 5 bed duplex with a BQ at Okun Mapo. I'll appreciate it if anyone specialised in this area can provide me with samples and estimates.

Warm Regards

I know much about the area I can design for you.
Arc Omion Emmanuel
You can contact me at 08026228682 or omionick@gmail.com

http://www.buildingcontractorsecrets.com

Internationally accepted standard measurement is in meters, millimeters etc hence most drawings from present day architects are in millimeters. However many are used to measuring in feet and inches, therefore is important for you to convert a measurement done in S.I unit to feet and inches for a proper mental visualization of the space measurement.

http://buildingcontractorsecrets.com/2011/12/basic-measurements-and-conversions-of-feet-and-inches-to-metric-and-plots-of-land-measurements/

Yes there is, lol