sunitex:
I will like someone with a good idea to help me out on how to build a low cost and strong one storeys building in Asaba, I have already secured a land and I have done surveyor but I have not gotten engineer with good structural design and secondly I would like the house to be for renting

For idea get a good symmetrical drawing all wall must b3 aligned ground and upper lesser cantilever this will make u have more axial load and lesser moment to deal with..

Get a good site personnel that can interprets structural drawing to it maximum this is very important. Because the drawing will be optimized to it minimum.

Tell Your structural the truth the steel you intend buying local or foreign all this will make you have a strong and economical frame ..

Modified hope you won't later rent it our for commercial purpose tell the designer your future plan as well because construction cost will differ

BrabusNG:
Our Design Process

Let me share this with freshers who want to make a difference in their world.

It’s from Advanced Baba Lati. Feel free to adapt.

We add value to others every day.

The construction drawing is paid for differently from the approval . This bill looks fine to be sincere

I remember few pages back a user is requesting for professional Number then this came to my mind you won't be on this thread na.

Structural drawing for a Residential building max of 1 Floor will cost you around 450k-560k ..

Foundation drawing for Gantries , LPG etc will cost 1m above

Sewage system, pool, generator house around 350k note this sewage system will be d small type.

Consultant on your project for a month cost around 450k to regulate your contractor..

The fee above is a true value of how consultancy charge ..

Most client will also request for a site personnel which will monitor contractor. This guys are contractor nightmare at times..

my point is this place is meant for contractor where past job and what they can do brings d job .

Mykel51:


Ok sir, can I space columns at intervals of 3.5m as against 3m ?

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For the fence yes of course and the 3metre is not a rule but a Nigeria factor.
And construction methodology to me .

Reason below
The column provided is meant to stiffened the wall along that part for lateral force like wind not to act all through it length and destroy it over night. If there's column at 3.5m spacing it means u stiffened each bay and failure will be minimal if there is.

Does long fence drag themselves in stack and slide down

Mykel51:
Hello Engineers, I m currently working on foundation for a fenced estate at Lakwe. Fence is about 300m in length.

What type of foundation is recommended between an Inverted T beam or a Rectangular beam ?

An inverted T beam will be fine likewise a rectangular beam in absence of some investigation go for an inverted T..

When a lady on heel step on u. U will feel a pain and react to such (regular beam ) if she's on slippers and jump on u self u may tell her one more time baby , reason the load is spread on larger area

n3xt:


The bolded part though.

Anyway, I’m selling blocks at 200 naira on my project only.

Hmm there's something I like about your style, you invest now and later on make an offer to your client using your strategic of money spent now is more valuable than money spent later in future.

Its more easier to work with discount for your client because of this..

Presently I buy blocks at the rate of 300 for 9inches client is the one supplying this block himself ..This said block must not fall on someone leg its mini rock

qwertyboss:

this guy doesn't help at all!
he doesn't even reply me...
this is very bad...
atleast a decent reply will do

You may try LinkedIn . Try and include kano in your query . u will know ongoing project and the one approved try and research on the company and apply or go to the site with your CV, you may likely mssg Engineers project manager etc about your interest kindly write internship boldly on it else it may be difficult.

anochuko01:

Lol wetin dey mapoly?

Yabatech and ilaro never turn university of technology, na mapoly them wan give. It's because of it's a state poly sha.

They wan gve or its already approved and in jamb portal..this is what people keep saying about private university before they came to prove all past glory out and rank best among other's..

BUSHHUNTER:
Mapoly

Glorified and advanced secondary school.

Una don start . A school approved to be a university of technology due to their facilities and level of her teaching staff .. Always trying to soil other institutions in mud

Greatest Mapaite. But mapoly get enough computer centre now . TETFUND is really doing great THINGS in mapoly ,

twinskenny:
very tricky around atan the driller did it twice here before he got stable water... about 70m

Her neighbour twice ..

The funniest thing about bore hole a compound adjacent mine at berger have done close to 7times now the next compound 3 times I think soil formation of my street get as he be ..
no one want to try much again due to similar case of collapsing we use well ..

.when other tenant complain landlord will insist he can't provide bore hole and it will sink and they will reference compound with stable own and street .

lightdream:

Please can you confirm cost for Atan, precisely Ajibawo.

My sister place at ONSe Ajibawo 160k 6-7month now

hakeem4:
How many suspended floors?

What grade of concrete was used?

Two suspended floors foundation only Grade 30
others are grade 25

present stage of work

contd

excavation stage to ground slab stage took roughly a week.. adhesive was used with the concrete and foundation is strictly grade 30 concrete with 50mm cover

50mm blinding
ground slab of 200m

hakeem4:
I am here to learn

boss of all bosses great work you are doing on your youtube channel and i gve kudos to you on that still your number one fan any day anytime

pic 1)Space management is very important for this site due to non availability of space this rubbles needs to be cart away, to gve space for workers and avoid accident on site

pic 2) excavation commence


pic 4 = base on uncertainty of building materials more workers needs to be engage on same scope to move the job fast

i have this thread created from foundation to ground floor column on another web page but will likely re share and continue from both ends..

This building is a commercial build hence we have some of our structural member slightly robust than the average we see..
Building is place on a raft beam of 1.5 metres with 200mm footing to spread the load ..

n3xt:


Nice quote but I think you should look at the provision made for 12mm reinforcement.

At 3m interval, you’d require more than 15 columns on a 1800sqm land. 1 length of reinforcement will manage to give you 1 column.

You should also look at the amount set aside for iron bending and carpentary. I don’t see the OP spending anything less than 120k on both if he’s a bargain-hunter.

It’s like you omitted the cost of casting the almost 60 columns that the land will require.

The column is starting from d strip don't forget o .
Let assume 12m for reinforcements length
They bend about minimum of 300 inside the strip
300*4=1200mm

What he have left is 10800
10800/3 = 2700(2.7m)

Then he cast mass concrete off 300mm

Except he's dropping the rebar straight he can achieve 4 or reduce fence height ..

There r recommendations for that though ve stated one abve

n3xt:


For all it’s worth, will you consider putting a water tank on the roof of your penthouse?

What are the odds? Why will you not do it?

A water tank above a pent floor well it depends on what floor the pent is.. when pumping water there's this action that goes on with building which the user might passive (a form of vibration) this vibration effect detection is not same for everyone if person A does nt really feel comfortable with it person B may not feel this action at all so it depends on how sensitive your client is to vibration effect.. Though there r many damping options available to cushion this effect ..

You may engage the service of another supervisor and let the Architect visit to confirm they are building to his design flows and pay him for those visit and don't mind the person saying they can do it for 750 k its a 3 floor building with lot of commercial activities .

For you to have another great cost reduction in supervision is determined by how many month the project will last for ..

For people asking what is the work of the supervisor don't understand you are investing a huge some of money and any error may lead to collapse of building or a non aesthetic hostel which is more of a selling point to your hotel(business)

Take quote from other builder Engineer and architect and compare. If he stands on the 3m and u have it employ the service of 2 or the 3 of this people
A builder
A structural Engineer visiting & approval
An Architect more visit and approval

megacontrol:
Hello<

Do you supply rods?
If yes, pls state location and current prices.

Thanks

Good morning yes.
payment on delivery
current price local 285,000 per tonnes
TMT 335,000 per tonnes
price include delivery to site lagos '



We now offer a flexible option which is more cheaper you pay directly to the company i collect the teller and load your goods directly to site.
for this
TMT 320, per tonnes
local 270k per tonnes

binding wire is 8,000

whatsapp or call contact check my signature pls

uncleteeh:

Beware! Beware!! Beware!!!

you only typed beware sir, without giving proper reason just curious to know because this reply seems to confuse me more than the original poster self

Prices updates,,,

local #280,000
TMT #335,000



NB this local is not up to gauge this time around I will call 10mm (9) and 12(11) etc

raymondFirstborn:


The [b]structural engineer [/b]specified we break 700 - 750mm in. Which is what we did.

Then as per "hidden / concealed beam" , it's widely used globally and recognized by all construction regulatory Bodies. Hidden beams carry the same depth as the slab and proper calculations have been done in this case.

Following like I ve said for us not to derail this journal.
How much is block and cement along that axis

raymondFirstborn:


The pictures didn't do justice

Lol structural drawings properly followed.
Structural drawings done by a COREN Registered Engineer.
The cantilever in question is not load bearing, it's a balcony for the master's bedroom 5m long x 1.2m.
Hidden beams Y16(6nrs T&B) and we have both horizontal and vertical.

Most of us here are qualified builders.
I have a certificate in quantity surveying and Civil engineering .

There's nothing like hidden beam and the cantilever does not satisfy code requirements .
Truly you may follow the drawing but its wrong and satisfied by a coren registered engr is not a rule.

Reason he's trying to play safe with the hidden . he could have drop the beam and POP it underneath or satisfy the code requirements for the cantilever slab by returning the bar appropriately. I get he's trying to save cost by not wanting you to break the slab behind by almost 50℅

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Saying it's not load bearing is also bending the rules oo

By the way clean job following

n3xt:


Ohk! Thanks. If I'm doing volume, I believe I should get a good bargain.

Sure when we see how things unfold hopefully you get from us one day.

n3xt:
@amastermovic

Please kindly give updated prices of various sizes of iron rods (both local and TMT) as at today.

8mm
10mm
12mm
16mm
20mm
25mm

Thanks.

10,000 naira increase today on TMT

TMT 335k per tonnes
Local 275k per tonnes

Yesterday price
TMT 325k
Local 275k

For tomorrow only God knows that

Price include delivery to site when fuel price increases as projected both will inflate more on transportation and cost of production

project supervision Is around 5% of total project or 5% of stages you intend to do.. this can be negotiated

Price varies on scope and technicality of the said project