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We have paid for a lot of materials needed for the first floor partitioning walls of this building, the blocks will be delivered today and my workers will start taking them upstairs for our use soon.

Nice one sir

What spacing did you use for the 12mm rod decking reinforcement (Longitudinal and transverse)

It looks like 200mm (8 inches) from the pics posted though

Inception:
Nice one sir

What spacing did you use for the 12mm rod decking reinforcement (Longitudinal and transverse)

It looks like 200mm (8 inches) from the pics posted though

We used 150mm x 175mm (6"x7" )

Weldone oga spyder, is it possible to tell us the cost of this decking, material and workmanship sir

davle:
Weldone oga spyder, is it possible to tell us the cost of this decking, material and workmanship sir

I will give a list later today, already moving to site now.

spyder880:


I will give a list later today, already moving to site now.

Thanks, this will be helpful to us

We have started working on the block walls of this building, more pictures later.

List of Materials and workmanship for the construction of suspended slab for a double wing of 2 bedroom flats at Asaba.

1. 1x12x12 wood (345) x 1300 = N448,500
2. 2x2x12 wood (100) x 350 = N35,000
3. Long bamboo (178) x 400 = N71,200
4. 1x9x12 wood (10) 1,100 = N11,000
5. 1x6x12 wood (75) 650 = N48,750
6. Bag of 3" nails (2) 13,500 = N27,000
7. Half bag of 2" nails N8,500
8. Roll of nylon sheets (6) 7,000 = N42,000
9. 16mm rods (80) x 6,262 = N501,000
10. 12mm rods (245) x 3,522.24 = N862,950
11. 8mm rods (45) x 1733.33 = N78,000
12. Roll of binding wire N13,300
13. Electrical pipes, boxes,gum etc. N122,053.75
14. Bags of cement (181) x 3450 = N624,450
15. Trips of sharp sand (7) x 19,714.28 = N138,000
16. Trips of chippings (6) x 60,000 = N360,000
17. Carpentry N130,000
18. Iron fitters N120,000
19. Electricians N60,000
20. Concrete casters N250,000
21. Site foreman 20,000
22. Security man N20,000
23. Transportation and loading N47,950

Grand total N4,052,953.75

Promise kept, I will be around to entertain some questions. Thanks all.

Edit: Cost prices in fractions indicate that we bought several quantities at different times and at different prices, so you are likely seeing average costs as unit prices in some materials.

spyder880:
List of Materials and workmanship for the construction of suspended slab for a double wing of 2 bedroom flats at Asaba.

1. 1x12x12 wood (345) x 1300 = N448,500
2. 2x2x12 wood (100) x 350 = N35,000
3. Long bamboo (178) x 400 = N71,200
4. 1x9x12 wood (10) 1,100 = N11,000
5. 1x6x12 wood (75) 650 = N48,750
6. Bag of 3" nails (2) 13,500 = N27,000
7. Half bag of 2" nails N8,500
8. Roll of nylon sheets (6) 7,000 = N42,000
9. 16mm rods (80) x 6,262 = N501,000
10. 12mm rods (245) x 3,522.24 = N862,950
11. 8mm rods (45) x 1733.33 = N78,000
12. Roll of binding wire N13,300
13. Electrical pipes, boxes,gum etc. N122,053.75
14. Bags of cement (181) x 3450 = N624,450
15. Trips of sharp sand (7) x 19,714.28 = N138,000
16. Trips of chippings (6) x 60,000 = N360,000
17. Carpentry N130,000
18. Iron fitters N120,000
19. Electricians N60,000
20. Concrete casters N250,000
21. Site foreman 20,000
22. Security man N20,000
23. Transportation and loading N47,950

Grand total N4,052,953.75

Promise kept, I will be around to entertain some questions. Thanks all.

Edit: Cost prices in fractions indicate that we bought several quantities at different times and at different prices, so you are likely seeing average costs as unit prices in some materials.

Thanks for this sir

spyder880:
List of Materials and workmanship for the construction of suspended slab for a double wing of 2 bedroom flats at Asaba.

1. 1x12x12 wood (345) x 1300 = N448,500
2. 2x2x12 wood (100) x 350 = N35,000
3. Long bamboo (178) x 400 = N71,200
4. 1x9x12 wood (10) 1,100 = N11,000
5. 1x6x12 wood (75) 650 = N48,750
6. Bag of 3" nails (2) 13,500 = N27,000
7. Half bag of 2" nails N8,500
8. Roll of nylon sheets (6) 7,000 = N42,000
9. 16mm rods (80) x 6,262 = N501,000
10. 12mm rods (245) x 3,522.24 = N862,950
11. 8mm rods (45) x 1733.33 = N78,000
12. Roll of binding wire N13,300
13. Electrical pipes, boxes,gum etc. N122,053.75
14. Bags of cement (181) x 3450 = N624,450
15. Trips of sharp sand (7) x 19,714.28 = N138,000
16. Trips of chippings (6) x 60,000 = N360,000
17. Carpentry N130,000
18. Iron fitters N120,000
19. Electricians N60,000
20. Concrete casters N250,000
21. Site foreman 20,000
22. Security man N20,000
23. Transportation and loading N47,950

Grand total N4,052,953.75

Promise kept, I will be around to entertain some questions. Thanks all.

Edit: Cost prices in fractions indicate that we bought several quantities at different times and at different prices, so you are likely seeing average costs as unit prices in some materials.

Will I be correct to say you use the 1×6×12 for the deck surrounding.

davle:


Will I be correct to say you use the 1×6×12 for the deck surrounding.

Yes, I also use it for the staircase risers.

We worked in this site on Friday, more pictures from our work here when day breaks.

Good night my people.

Good morning this morning,

More updates from this our building site yesterday.........

Upstairs wall partitioning...........

Looking at the house from the road as we work on the walls......

spyder880:
List of Materials and workmanship for the construction of suspended slab for a double wing of 2 bedroom flats at Asaba.

1. 1x12x12 wood (345) x 1300 = N448,500
2. 2x2x12 wood (100) x 350 = N35,000
3. Long bamboo (178) x 400 = N71,200
4. 1x9x12 wood (10) 1,100 = N11,000
5. 1x6x12 wood (75) 650 = N48,750ls.

Where are you buying 1x12x12 board for ₦1300? I got 1x12x16 for ₦4200 lol, what is actually the big difference? It really getting funny?

omanzo02:


Where are you buying 1x12x12 board for ₦1300? I got 1x12x16 for ₦4200 lol, what is actually the big difference? It really getting funny?

I bought it from Asaba there, at that building materials market, Timber section at the express road. I will call to know what the cost is as at today.

spyder880:


I bought it from Asaba there, at that building materials market, Timber section at the express road. I will call to know what the cost is as at today.

Seem woods are cheaper in Asaba region compare to Warri, Sapele and Benin. I keep hearing hand vs machine saw wood, it's strange handsaw that requires more effort is cheaper than machinesaw, sometime they think everyone are mumu! Lol

omanzo02:

Seem woods are cheaper in Asaba region compare to Warri, Sapele and Benin. I keep hearing hand vs machine saw wood, it's strange handsaw that requires more effort is cheaper than machinesaw, sometime they think everyone are mumu! Lol

machine saw should be more straight than handsaw. It's not the efforts but quality of finished products

michlins:
machine saw should be more straight than handsaw. It's not the efforts but quality of finished products

Dude, where I am, anything made by hand is 4 times costly than machine produced, that's the hard reality, mechanical finished product are standard while manual labour product are regarded as special product.

omanzo02:

Dude, where I am, anything made by hand is 4 times costly than machine produced, that's the hard reality, mechanical finished product are standard while manual labour product are regarded as special product.

I don't know where you are but am telling you market reality and how they charge here.

michlins:
I don't know where you are but am telling you market reality and how they charge here.

I am only emphasising the value for labour! Beside, the price discrepancies is way too high between 1x12x12 and 1x12x16 in the same Delta state

omanzo02:

Dude, where I am, anything made by hand is 4 times costly than machine produced, that's the hard reality, mechanical finished product are standard while manual labour product are regarded as special product.

I understand your point of view but you need to account for the tradesmen performing does job where you are "compa" to our tradesmen in Nigeria.

I am sure where you are people take pride in their work, are meticulous, working with precision aimed at delivering a durable and professional product...

Our 9ja people will just do the job jaga jaga... then when you complain they get angry.. turn to emotional blackmail.. ehn ehn because you are a big man now you think I will be here slaving for you... or they say oga na so they dem do am... or complains that the work is too difficult or worse yet abandon the work half way through.

Some of our tradesmen lack the patience and the skill to do their jobs effectively.

omanzo02:

Dude, where I am, anything made by hand is 4 times costly than machine produced, that's the hard reality, mechanical finished product are standard while manual labour product are regarded as special product.

I understand your emphasis..based on handmade and mass production...mass production are mostly cheaper due to lower overhead because of quantity....not sure it is same criteria with the machine cut and handcut with wood in Nigerian scenario

Offloading more iron rods here, we're going to use these for our columns and beams reinforcement works starting this afternoon,

More pictures later.

More pictures from our work on this block of flats here..........

Places we had cast with concrete, we are removing the wood.........

Beams, as seen from the top of the building.......

The work done so far, more work is already underway in this site this morning...........

We will head straight into the decking of the second floor as soon as we complete this first floor walls.