Laudbtc:
Hi guys, please I need a little bit of review on this before kickstarting.
It’s a 3 bedroom bungalow

Increase the size of the door connecting the foyer to the lobby to 1.2m.
Open a doorway (archway) between the dining and lobby so the lobby can be lit up
Personally I will close up the door between the kitchen and dining, open it to the lobby for sake of persons in the lounge or dining not peeping into the kitchen.
The door in the master room leading to the verandah should be moved to the right corner of the room so that the spaciousness of the verandah can be effectively utilized.
Lastly, you need a guest convenience.

Your design is okay.

More pictures

#Progress.
We quickly did casting of our first staircase for easy access to the first floor, this would eliminate waste of doing a wooden flight.

Iron works still ongoing.
Laying of nylon sheets on formworks.

More pictures.

Happy Sunday Nairalanders, we are still pushing on with our project, keep following for updates.

Slab formwork 90percent done, ready to receive nylon sheets. This is to help prevent loss of concrete nutrients.

Iron fitters are doing their work already, we are using TMT rods.

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We did 150mm (6inches) concrete thickness for the footings and 450mm (18inches) for the column base as stipulated in the design.

Thanks sir/ma for following our thread.

Hatesin:

The plan below is open for constructive criticism from the house.

Attaching your brief/requirements to this floor plan would have helped one in giving an objective critic of this work.

I have some questions for you please.
Where is the long passage leading to and why do you need 3ingress/egress for a five bedroom duplex?
The area marked red bounding the stair hall, what do you intend to do with it? The long projection of the stair hall changed the configuration of the floorplan making it look like an after thought.

The dining area is just a circulation space, I won't do it that way except it's for a free flowing design.
The store has no natural light.

Laudbtc:
Thanks guys for your feedback. This is the actual positioning of the diagram sent to me and it’s just a rough work which we are hoping to build on to get the perfect patch. Even other architects drawing pass through evaluation where which I’ve seen countless time and I’ll appreciate every contribution to this or remodeling. I don’t think there’s an indication for windows yet in the drawing

I will strictly advice you engage an Architect so your ideas can be refined and developed into something good.
Remain blessed sir.

Modified

From your space designation on the sketch I think you require the following
Entrance porch
Anteroom
Lounge
Kitchen
Dining
3 ensuite bedroom
Store
Laundry.
The width of the sketch says 42.5ft while the length says 52.5ft and your plot size is 50*100ft. Your setback from the approach and rear is more than adequate but on the left and right side you are only left with about 3ft3 on both hence not adequate. Spaces on the left and right side will experience poor ventilation and lighting and by that implication the design may not scale approval.

I won't talk about the functional flow, zoning and relationship of your spaces till you engage an Architect.

We are making progress.

Slab formworks on going.

Bending of stirrups.

Installation of precast columns.

The approach is gradually taking shape.

Updates.

Formation of the beam formworks for the suspended floor slab ongoing.

Our isolated columns are going to be precast. The moldings are ongoing too.

Fins are growing up.

kingsman042:


Thanks so much boss. Please are you a quantity surveyor or know any good one?

I am not one.
Good morning sir.

kingsman042:
Good morning everyone. I hope we are all doing well!

I’m about to start build 6 flats of 2 bedroom in Enugu, Nigeria and below is my engineer’s estimate for foundation, could you guys please analyse it and tell me if it’s too much and advise on what to remove or how much to negotiate for labour and supervision for example and if materials are too much or not… I will really appreciate it.

This is just for foundation.

S/N MATERIAL QTY UNIT PRICE AMOUNT
1 BLOCKS 4000 pcs 230 N920 000
2 SHARP SAND 7 trips N15000 N105 000
3 CEMENT 250 bags N3800 N950 000
4 GRANITE 5 trips N90000 N450 000
5 FILLING SAND 40 trips N15000 N600 000
6 BINDING WIRE 2 rolls N14000 N28 000
7 3" NAILS 2 bags N13000 N26 000
8 2" NAILS 1 bag N13000 N13 000
9 16MM ROD 50 lengths N7300 N365 000
10 12MM ROD 120 lengths N4350 N522 000
11 8MM ROD 30 lengths N2200 N66 000
12 10MM ROD 70 lengths N3800 N266 000
13 6MM ROD 1 bundle N45000 N45 000
14 ROPE 4 pcs N150 600
15 PEGS 4 bundles N800 3 200
16 2x2x12 50 lengths N300 N15 000
17 1x2x12 90 lengths N1200 N108 000

LABOUR N1 000 000
SUPERVISION N250 000
TOTAL N5, 732 , 800

I don't know the terrain of where you intend to build but I think 4000blocks is way too much for a 2bedroom block of flat (2 flats on the ground floor).

5trips of granite? How many tons per Trip? If his estimate is 10tons per Trip then that won't be enough for the foundation works.

He quoted 16mm,12mm,10mm,8mm,6mm. Nawao. I hope you have a structural design for this project, the sizes and numbers of reinforcement should be based on the structural design. The reinforcement quantity is inflated and I don't see the need for 8mm,6mm,10mm all at the same time. Get advise from a quantity surveyor biko.

Laterite of 40trips is Seems much, though depends on the height of the foundation you intend to build.

Labour and supervision charges looks okay but you can negotiate a little for it.

Lintel works ongoing.
We have started procurement of materials for the suspended floor slab.

Good morning great people.
The weather has not been so favorable but we are pushing it.
Column reinforcement are being installed and carpenters are preparing their formworks.

More pictures.

We are making progress on the erection of our ground floor walls.

More blocks will be delivered to this site tomorrow and erection of the walls will continue.
Please stay tuned.

Oversite concrete done.
Formation of ground floor walls ongoing.

Procured nig pipes and PPR.

Installation of waste pipes going on concurrently.

Concreting.

We are concreting already.
Procured nig pipes for wastes and PPR for supply.

MrDraey:
Good evening my ogas,

Please is this dangote's blocmaster a better choice for chocking and plastering?

Seller is recommending it as against the 3X

Both are of the same strength (42.5N) and will serve the same purpose.

Materials arriving site.

Blessedsunny2:

It depend on the plan of the building, a well-planned house should be fixed tiles first before installation of doors, if not you will been expecting rat visit

You are wrong.

rukyboy:



Isn't someone supposed to tile first before installing doors?

For doors which the leaf can be detached from the frame, the frames can be installed then tiling done before the door leaf is installed. This is mostly done for wooden doors. But for metal doors, one has to install the door fully before tiling.

We will be working on the approach risers and risers to the individual halls soon.

Good day good nairalanders.

We have successfully completed the earth filling and placement of rubbles as hardcore for this structure.
Iron fitting for beams to connect the columns together and placement BRC wire mesh ongoing.
Materials are being delivered to site for casting of the oversite concrete.

We budgeted
200bags of cement.
90 tons of granite.
80 tons of sharp sand.
14 rolls of 4mm BRC wire mesh.
85 lengths of 16mm for beams.
10mm available from the Left over purchased before.

All earth filling material was from the demolished building and some part of the excavated earth.

It has been raining since these few days.
Earth filling ongoing.
We may not be buying laterite as the rubbles and earth on site may be enough.

Charisdesigns:
Meanwhile, your honest review will be appreciated on this our design and build thread

https://www.nairaland.com/6781323/construction-droyal-apartments-charisdesigns/1

Good morning sir.
I am concerned about the electric wires I am seeing in the first picture.
Hope you have adequate setback for it?

Three bedroom apartment of five units.
Ground floor parking.
Boy's quarter.