Hello All,

As we thank God for seeing us through to this date and start to make plans for next year. I am asking everyone due to lack of information on the internet,

What is the cost of a 3 bedroom flat ( sale not rent), my preference would be in Lekki? and also a place like 1004 but definitely not 1004. When i was Nigeria earlier this year, i saw some flats from the Lekki expressway, i heard it was being developed by either GTB or UPDC (not too sure) but you get the gist of the type of flats i am looking to buy.

Secondly, i would also appreciate cost of 4 bed houses (Northern foreshore, friends colony) are examples of the areas i am interested in

Thanks alot as i await your responses

God be with you and your family.......we shall all gather to rejoice and if possible all attend the naming ceremony of your child!

Hello all, happy new year
I still dey stand kampe,

Work is ever mad as usual, got about 7 sites going into commissioning at the same time, and boy, whatever can go wrong is going wrong, just waiting for end of march then we know where we stand with completion dates but for the meanwhile, it is 7 straight days a week

I am @ this stage whereby I am thinking if I should try some other company or not as per work, probably the 3 year itch, been doing pros and cons for the last 2 months

@debosky, errrr, how can I get in contact with you, I have seen some yellow and green job adverts in sunbury and getting interested

Things will never be well with Cecelia Ibru, all the evil I can think of will come to her,

Hello All, hope its all going good

I have been battling with commissioning on one of my projects, the amount of paperwork and "box ticking" we have to do before we can power up is humongous and it also does not help when the client undertakes another HAZ9 study. Me has given up ooooo

@debosky, you know i drive pass your office in feltham, i work in sunbury

not read other peoples comments but if its a joint account, i want to believe it will need joint signatures in order for mone to be withdrawn from the account??

i stand to be corrected

Hello Peeps,

Been a while and congrats to those settling in for bonuses and more money, we dey do same ol, same ol

To the shop floor,
Its the same pressure cooker oo
one oyinbo guy resigned, said he had enough of the job and wanted something with less pressure
we somehow hit one of our milstones in february and all of a sudden it opens up many meetings
i am currently in a hotel in conventry, left home on wednesday and will be on the road till next week friday
will be at Wales, scotland, midlands and north east
i am looking forward to april, let me rest for a bit
big grinding machine

as per naija, i have left job hunting for a while, let me enjoy jand more, lol
@ Debosky, hope say u no dey go gadaffi sones again ooo

@Jcob,
I heard it was becos of the PDP convention, each delegate was paid in dollars

@Tkb,
no yawa, i full ground, we dey your back full time

@people
any answer to my question on the GTB GDr on the LSE, ??

lol @ dayokanu, enjoy ur day

@debosky, yes oo,,we suppose meet up some saturday afternoon,, but how youself wan collect bonus after wetin shele last year, better pack your load go Rodina if you want bonus oo, na there ee dey happen now, everybody goes east

@people,
Abeg, any idea how person fit buy Gtb GDR for LSE., any info will be really appreciated

@topic,
work getting into the groove
client moving the goalpost everyday but we no fear them
looks like we will be more contractual now, no pally pally

I dey also find money to buy Range Rover Hse ooooooo

Hello People,

Happy New year to everyone and wishing you all excellent 2011

Congrats to Jarus and Netose

Was @ work from the 10th and i wondered if i should have even gone on holiday
looks like everything just stayed as they were
1st weekend and weekend work resumes, na wa ooo

@Netose, i just have a feeling you work for a guy called Jeff Imelt

@Ogami, yes ooo

European Partnership airline on sunday, work people never gree me pack yet!!

Well, its a shame that we can not nominate Oga Ajanle,

Can you stop being a mod for the duration of this excersice, collect your prize and continue as a mod??


Okay, second running is TKB417 aka Tosibe Killa Bwoi 419,

Reason - Insightful posts relating to all disciplines, and seems to know his way around business environment in different countries, which someday will benefit us all as we grow our market base.

Hes also ready to lend a hand when advice is needed as per career decsions and finances.

Best of all, the dude puts in an effort in helping people build a network base

PS - TKB, all this is for 3 bottles of Star when i enter gidi ooo

@tkb and all 13 month peeps, do not forget us ooo

@debosky, we still never arrange our outing oo, make we chop Dudley money small

@AJ, oga, dnt forget us in your travels,

@topic,
I am working this weekend as usual
but i just recently recruited an assistant, first time for me to be on the other side of the recruitment wall ie The Interviewer,
A naija came and i felt for him because he did not answer any of the questions properly and at some point had to ask me if i was listening to him (confession, i was thinking of naija and the mrs and he was talking beans)

so to cut the long story, i have settled for a lady who has 15 years experience and she will be my assistant, (i got about 5)
it makes me feel a little bit uncomfortable but i hope it works and i also learn from her

I am going to naija soon and no work for a whole month
I also want to go to the calabar carnival maybe on the 26 or 27,

whats the best network to use in naija, mtn or vmobile (dat was the name i knew) or glo,

@debosky
You will be duly notified when we get to the root of my always going into overdraft

@Wilife,
Welcome to this thread, i for like get one on one discussion with you as per naija
and also dont forget to give us gist of what goes on in your office

@thread
finally, my oga has seen that the work load is 3 much for me and i will soon get somebodi to work with me, hooray
Tmoni will be interviewing somebori,,,,makes me wonder
I also have to stop working weekends and get someting else doing ooo

Bharti Airtel bought Zains African operations

I do not know how they operate in India but they seem like decent operators and cost of calls are predominantly low in India

Just to inform you, if it was not for the South African government, MTN and Airtel would have merged together so it might have been an MTN name change

So chin up guys and enjoy every freebee promo, they offer this yuletide season

I am in total support of generating electricity through nuclear power

It is a clean and viable method, if managed properly

Although rather than a Russian company, I will suggest we disccus with Areva & Westinghouse (French & Japanese owned American company). these are experts in nuclear technology.

I believe it will also work well if the nuclear plant is situated in a relatively stable state like Ogun state which also has access to flowing water, to cool the reactors,

Security on the site will be fortified and maintenance will be initially udertaken by "expatriates" and later taken over by Nigerians.

It should also be a Private Public Partnership programme hence, it will be better managed, provide employement and boost the GDP of the country

@tkb417

The amount i told you is before tax and we never got to me fully explaining the tax regime, i am scared of the final discussion with the accountant, and i also live in surrey so the money dey go out as soon as it comes in,

I still dey look towards naija oo, if anybody wants to emply me


@topic
another weekend working again, i need to get some thing else included in my weekend.

@Jcob,
brother, please no vex say we never conclude our discussion, I have not been able to plan a full week and stick to it, hopefully we should get some discussion soon.

@debosky,
I was hauled back down south ooo, currently in sunbury so i dey ready anytime make we enjoy the remaining money wey dem no use do macondo clean up

@tkb,
no wahala, will get contact off folly,,,,,errrm, ma bb name is quite "interesting"

@thread
one minute, I am on a site up north, next minute priorities change and I am hauled back here
its hard for one to plan a whole week sha but we thank God, we are employed

Guys please tell me how much you have to earn per anuum to get N1m per month,

@ all, thanks for your responses and as mormal it has lead to other questions

1. If you say N10m per annum is approx 600k per month, then wats the tax status/ percentage in nigeria

2. It looks like i am selling myself short oo, to get N1m per month, how much per annum is that

3. I really belive in the other means of money dats the real reason i want to move back to naija, i am sure by month 9 my salary will go towards capital projects

@topic,
spent the whole day on site today in scotland
omo, scotland cold ooo and my sites are in the middle of nowhere, i hope u do not get pneumonia when i finish
looks like i may go down south sooner sha
I am in one of those oyinbo only towns, no dudu here
I recently got an sutomatic car at home and up here i have a rented manual, omo, me and gear 1 dey battle every day, gosh i shld neva have gone auto!!!

@tkb,
I dey ooo, na husstle we dey husstle oooo
meanwhile, i dey in bb with Follypimpimg, if okay with you, will ask for your PIN so you go shed small light on the tenure, rates et al as per the mortgage thingy



@topic
I spent the whole day on site surveys in scotland, gosh see cold wan kill person then rain wet us badly and wind finished us off
and i got a whole week up here, man person suppse get handbag for every city ooo (ok, I digress)
I am in a bed & breakfast @ the moment, I dey fear ooo, all dis kain "no black person town"

offtopic,
i know this has been asked alot of times on nairaland but can a young man survive in nigeria on 750k per month, bearing in mind rent, car , generator, diesel, family etc, some kain descions floating around

Hello peeps,

Congrats to tkb, dont forget us

Congrats also to cecegorz, as per the eardrum thingy, mine clears off when i pinch my nose and blow, i think that makes the pressure in your ears adjust to cabin pressure (not sure though)

@Topic
Afta almost 8 months of design, time to build, we have found out that so many things have to be "re-designed", see early warning notice flying left, right & centre,
We have been working non-stop to get the stuff up to speed and I am hoping our programme has adequate float

I seriously doubt us meeting our "drop dead" date and we got massive liquidated damages, may next year will be an interesting month to say the least,

suppose to see accountant sometime this month for VAT returns and possibly profit accrued for the year, i am soo scared the guy might say all the remaining money for bank na for "mama charlie", chai, i will just run back

offtopic
was asking around with regards to getting a mortgage in naija and the interest rates are unbelievable, even the tenure is kinda limited
I know UBA used to have this Non Resident Nigerians stuff, anybody got any idea or a better deal with regards to mortgages

chai, i dey fear to go office tommorow now

Time to show them bleeping rat eating scousers where to stick it,


Glory Glory!!!!

Berba to score 2 goals

Hello people,

Project is moving into Procurement and Construction phase, and with all the wahala we had in Design, I am not really looking forward to this phase because this is when the site boys and buyers come together on our head and more than often rip out a lot of "fancy" design elements for cost purposes or value engineering,

We have been working 7 days shift for the past 2 weeks, even into the night, Boss just sent email, one of our subbies has gone on hols without informing me (am their first line of contact), someone's head will be my breakfast tommorow morning

We get to agree construction schedules & cost this week with client and partner companies, some "raised eyebrows" and intense negotiations involved. Will be living from suitcse this week, I supose find Okpeke to accompany me

I am thinking of doing a course in Cost Engineering in order to progress as a Project Controls or Project Services

@tkb417, City boys dey only go slow after hitting a certain target, come share small with us here, meanwhile, we suppose all go OT together someday, me, you, chamotex,

@debosky, since you moving into my zones now, lets organise a meet and drink,,,,,did not get to exchange contact details @ the do

Wish you all a nice week!!!

Hello Peeps,

I am not sure if i have posted on his thread before, apologies if i have

Nice to see a thread with people involved in projects and look a it from a "wholistic" view, not sure if you guys have done this but i will like to hear from people how "difficult" people find it to change from "business as usual" to project management phases or gates,

besides, which people will be attending the Global PMI congress, will be nice to meet a fellow naija person there

@Thread,

hello everybody,
normal work on going here except some devil brother guy who does not want to approve our design,
he has been doing "shakara" for us, now he is surprised that his companies directors are leaning on him
they told him that if he does not approve it by friday, he should not bother coming in to work on monday. power pass power

as usual with all EPC jobs, when your work moves from design to construction, another basket case opens up

@netose,
the stuff the guy is holding us on is with regards to electrical ooo, impedence, supply fault current, drop volt calculations, switch gear, earthing etc,
my head wan scatter, i feel like telling them that i get homeboy for nairaland wey fit run this calculations

yes. Linked in will be good for you at this stage, you will make contacts and see people who might inspire yoy i.e with their CVs or job spec
lets yarn ODS sometime soon

@all,
is anybody a member of PMI here and if you are, will you be attending the Global Congress next month in washington
Will be nice to know somebody before you meet other people there

I saw Anogiri last week sunday at the crack ya ribs show

It made me like the d guy more, i absolutely love his mannnerisms and body movement

I think his music is a combination of high life and hip hop which means he can sell to different classes of peeps

I wish him well

I J for short,
Make you carry me go

@id

Ok, u are the nairaland winner but the cocobar winner was that girl, the lepa one with (kere ynash)

is it me or did u feel the DJ came alive @ the end, maybe trying to entice us to come again next week,


@folly,
kilon shele

Hey peeps,

nice meeting ya'll and somehow disappointed nobody got "legless"

as for the dancing, big competition btw chamotex, id and folly

and the winner is that other slim gal who wanted to kill us with alanta (am sure u all knw her )

much respect to all the ladies, and folly and sagamite

i do not think i will be out of order to also suggest a winter meet up too, cold works wonders guys!!

@netose,
I just read an article on thisday with regards to Goodluck shedding more light on handing over power sector to the private sector on the 26th,
I will advise you to take notes of companies in that meeting / conference and things can gear up from there

Also read about a new/ modified national grid, looks like its time for Power Bigbois

@sagamite, just seen your PM

bros, i dey for Go-Karting, then dinner then clubbing, then (afta d club shenanigans)


Possible dates plss, summer don dey over ooo

@ everyone

I do not know what i have done wrong but my post seems to have been deleted twice

Its on profile and I am sure i have not got any "french" words in it

@netose,
you can check my profile for what i wrote with regards to my job as a project planner
do not know whats wrong with the website