@ OP thanks for such an awesome thread! I am a construction professional like yourself, except that I work in the Northeastern part of the country.

What company do you work for? Does the name start with a T ? Or are you with a regional company? You don't have to answer my question with specifics. Also, what is your role on the project? Field engineer, superintendent, project engineer? Would love to know.

My first construction related job was at a hospital. I remember mocking up a PACU unit for the doctors and nurses to review, a birthing room (they had a bathtub type of thing for giving birth in the water, can't remember the exact name) and also some masonry mockups for exterior wall. Fun times.

justokey:

^^^^^^

yes we use the British system in naija, the ground floor is usually not counted.

this is layman talk, a surveyor told me. A storey is a building with one floor. When floors are being counted, you count from the first floor ignoring ground floor while with storey you count everything. I used to share your view until I was corrected by a man trained at the university of London and a fellow of NIESV for over 30years.

Haribo:

@ OP thanks for such an awesome thread! I am a construction professional like yourself, except that I work in the Northeastern part of the country.

What company do you work for? Does the name start with a T ? Or are you with a regional company? You don't have to answer my question with specifics. Also, what is your role on the project? Field engineer, superintendent, project engineer? Would love to know.

My first construction related job was at a hospital. I remember mocking up a PACU unit for the doctors and nurses to review, a birthing room (they had a bathtub type of thing for giving birth in the water, can't remember the exact name) and also some masonry mockups for exterior wall. Fun times.

It's a joint venture agreement between my company and another regional contractor,   but in the scheme of things as it relates to the project, i am a project manager.

spyder880:

Quick question bros, what is an Auger cast pile and what is its function in the building, this will help us understand how the materials used there compare with what we use here.

@spyder880, the response is accurate. The auger is basically a huge screw with a hollow spine. It drills to the required depth, concrete is pumped into the hole via the spine and as the auger is being retracted, the hole fills up with concrete, Feel free to ask any more questions,

Auger casting piles,

After the auger is removed and the hole is filled with concrete, then the reinforcing steel cages are dropped into the hole. Then the centralizer bar (see pic) is dropped in the center of the cages. These rods are about 2.5inches in diameter,

blink182:

this is layman talk, a surveyor told me. A storey is a building with one floor. When floors are being counted, you count from the first floor ignoring ground floor while with storey you count everything. I used to share your view until I was corrected by a man trained at the university of London and a fellow of NIESV for over 30years.

Naa. It is a matter of convention. The counting in most Europe  and UK is different from that of America: There are two major schemes in use across the world. In one system, used for instance in the majority of Europe, the ground floor is the floor on the ground and often has no number or is assigned the number zero. Bolded is from the wikipedia. You can get more information from there and many sources.

yes we use the British system in naija, the ground floor is usually not counted.

this is layman talk, a surveyor told me. A storey is a building with one floor. When floors are being counted, you count from the first floor ignoring ground floor while with storey you count everything. I used to share your view until I was corrected by a man trained at the university of London and a fellow of NIESV for over 30years.


There is a way the America try to abolish certain things that is British origin and try to make it simpler. British refer the first upper floor as the first floor, while Americans refer the ground floor as the first floor.

Therefore, the on-going construction in British English, it is a 9-storey building while in America English, it is a 10 storey building.

This thread is like watching Mega construction on discovery only its interactive. Thanks all. Points noted. Best thread I've encountered here.

richyk2:

yes we use the British system in naija, the ground floor is usually not counted.

this is layman talk, a surveyor told me. A storey is a building with one floor. When floors are being counted, you count from the first floor ignoring ground floor while with storey you count everything. I used to share your view until I was corrected by a man trained at the university of London and a fellow of NIESV for over 30years.


There is a way the America try to abolish certain things that is British origin and try to make it simpler. British refer the first upper floor as the first floor, while Americans refer the ground floor as the first floor.

Therefore, the on-going construction in British English, it is a 9-storey building while in America English, it is a 10 storey building.

True. Nice thread anyway.

I can see that I am already fascinated by the op's narrations.
I hope to love this thread.

well done kez

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Nice work@ poster and thanks for the information, one love 9ja.

Jps1:

Nice work@ poster and thanks for the information, one love 9ja.

Fidelo726:

I can see that I am already fascinated by the op's narrations.
I hope to love this thread.

well done kez

Thanks man, Na God!!

@Poster: Nice job! Will be watching your thread!

To perpetual controverts: Don't derail thread with useless arguments about conventions. Poster said he is US, not British and if you want that, please open your own thread!

Why don't you do this in Nigeria?

Nice thread I must say and nice work going on there.
   Pls get across for the processing of your Bilding Plan Approvals and Titled Documents( C of O, Gov.'s Consent, Regularisatn Cases etc), within Lagos,Ogun and Abuja.
   I work as a Town Planning officer/consultant.
    My email is  select500@yahoo.com
    Cheers!

igbo2011:

Why don't you do this in Nigeria?

Didn't you see the price tag, abi you go fund am?

I think the company starts with the letter m and the building is in the state that starts with letter L.
Thats me being cheeky. Any way nice one OP.

The drilled pier is different in that the drill bit is about 5ft long and drills progressively. As in it drills to its length and then is pulled out, the soil is dumped in a heap and then it is inserted again to drill another 5ft. This process is repeated until the required depth is achieved. In this case, 65ft. After which the reinforcing steel is installed, and then concrete is pumped in via a concrete pump truck. They are usually thicker in diameter and shorter in length than the augered piles.

The blue tank in the second picture contains a slurry mixture which is used to hold the walls of the hole in areas where the water table occurs before the bottom of the hole.

Steel installation

@ haribo, you can email me at winextracash@yahoo.com and i can provide alittle more info, Cheers!!

THANK YOU OP!!!!!!
NICE THREAD MAN~!

Impressive.

blink182:

Didn't you see the price tag, abi you go fund am?

Labor is cheaper in Nigeria so it should be cheaper. Also we have a lot of natural resources so cheaper resources. THe project would be cheaper in Nigeria.

@Kez007, nice explanation about the drilled piles, I was about to ask what will hold the soil in place while the drill goes in and comes out to empty the sand, thanks for the fluid explanation, but what of place where the ground water is much, will this fluid hold back the water from flowing into the hole and possibly loosening some soil wall that will fall into the hole. Also, how is the rods inserted up till 65ft below the surface? I am sure machines handles those also. You are doing great, thanks.

Are zombies gonna infest this hospital like they did in The Walking Dead Season 1?

@OP nice thread, for ur building structural designs and detailed drawings contact una boy, delivery period is under 4 days for any building, designed to bs code, i.e 8110 and 5950 and other applicable bs codes, alpontif@gmail.com