Research has shown that quite a number of people "especially in the Lekki axis"are making the mistake of building on unstable soil in that they buy a plot of land, sand fill and start construction works without doing the needful.
The effect of this poor decision/mistake is "Settlement" which more often than not eventually results in the collapse of the structure.
The mere fact that a building has been completed and occupants have taken it over does not mean that it was well built; it may still fail/collapse over time.

There is this trend of people buying plots of land, sand filling and developing it immediately - IT IS WRONG and i can't say it enough.
If you must develop immediately, then your foundation MUST go beyond the filling sand. You should ensure that the foundation gets to the stable part of the soil and this should preferably be done before the Land is sand filled.

Engineers will tell you that when you sand fill, you should give the land a minimum of 2 years to compact before you start construction works; to avoid settlement and eventual collapse.
All of the Engineers we have spoken to on this issue agree that most of the buildings springing up on the Lekki axis will in less than 10 years start experiencing problems of settlement which might lead to fatalities. They insist that as a matter of urgency, building regulations must be enforced to prevent a battery of building failures.

Attached are pictures for the foundation works of a five bedroom detached Duplex we did at Ikota on a very unstable soil. As is shown in the pictures, we consciously hit the stable part of the soil before placing our foundation.


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NOTABLE PROJECTS HANDLED
Supervision of the construction of FIRST BANK OF NIGERIA PLC, Akpakpava, Benin city for Ahimie & Associates.
Construction of two (2) units of four (4) bedroom semi detached Duplex, Treasure Gardens, Lekki, Lagos for Juan-Maze Ventures Ltd.
Block of four (4) flats at Ikota Villa Estate, Lekki, Lagos for Design Triangle Ltd.
Consultancy services at NOTORE CHEMICAL IND., ONNE, Rivers State for Design Union LLC.
Re – designing and renovation of SS James and Paul Catholic Church, Ajah for Ahimie & Associates.
Construction supervision for RAINOIL CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS, Lekki scheme 1, Lagos for AD Consulting Ltd.
Construction supervision of CORPORATE OFFICE at Lekki Scheme 1, Lagos for AD Consulting Ltd
Re-modeling and construction supervision of Citiserve Microfinance Bank,
Ikotun Branch, Lagos.
Re-modeling of Citi Assets and Citi Investments, Ikoyi, Lagos

Oya this should get to front page so that people can be informed.

architectB:


Attached are pictures for the foundation works of a five bedroom detached Duplex we did at Ikota on a very unstable soil. As is shown in the pictures, we consciously hit the stable part of the soil before placing our foundation.

Hmm, you mean you hit the stable part in these pictures? Hmmm....Ok o o o

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