EgunMogaji:


That's what they make because I have friends and neighbors in the construction industry here.

No construction worker makes $80 bucks an hour. Well, maybe in New York city with their mob stuff and building skyscraper. Just maybe.

EgunMogaji:


That's what they make because I have friends and neighbors in the construction industry here.

No construction worker makes $80 bucks an hour. Well, maybe in New York city with their mob stuff and building skyscraper. Just maybe.

4nobody4every1:
Hahahaha, Engineer without a degree, l will make an official report to EFCC, COREN and other relevant bodies Lol, your Engineer should be made to pay a fine of 50million Naira for constructing a building without a degree

mavverick:
Dont mind some of these so called Engineers, they poke fun at Baba Lati and co, and they forget that most Baba Lati's have been building houses before they were born, so a lot of experience.

twinskenny:
make I pack my load then

EgunMogaji:


I laff tire.

kopell:
I don't need to join issue with you, come to NYC asks for operating Engeneer hourly pay ok.

EgunMogaji:


That's what they make because I have friends and neighbors in the construction industry here.

No construction worker makes $80 bucks an hour. Well, maybe in New York city with their mob stuff and building skyscraper. Just maybe.

mufutau55:


LOL! 50million Naira fine? Nah to die be that o.

Hajji M.

kopell:
Check this out

mufutau55:


In my village, we still have some of the storey buildings by all the Baba Latis with pako decking and none of this building ever collapse o.
And we are talking about many, many years o.

Hajji M.

True, my late grandmothers house is still standing till date, it was built before l was born and it is still standing like the rock of Gibraltar without any structural problems, maybe it was aliens that constructed the house for her sef..Lol because there is no single crack and no maintenance whatsoever apart from the normal day to day cleaning and mopping of the floors

ceelog:
@Hajj and @Egun...you guys live abroad and I see on TV where vaulted wooden ceilings make a home very expensive and highly rated. But you guys don't include it in your personal builds. Is it the fear of heat? Would it not be reduced with a roof vent?.
I just love the vaulted ceiling idea. Builders what's your thought? Doable in Naija?

ceelog:
@Hajj and @Egun...you guys live abroad and I see on TV where vaulted wooden ceilings make a home very expensive and highly rated. But you guys don't include it in your personal builds. Is it the fear of heat? Would it not be reduced with a roof vent?.

I just love the vaulted ceiling idea. Builders what's your thought? Doable in Naija?

agarawu23:
i ain't even aiming going to US to hunt for my career job, i am going strictly for car biz and any job i do will just be to support my hustle. My dad has been going there to buy cars but he was refused last year when he was about to renew his visa so i am giving it a trial if i can be lucky.

agarawu23:
thats why i will go with baba mufu who grammar and certificate epp? EXPERIENCE AND DAILY PRACTICE is the key to hand work not only what u read or learn. physical practical is the main deal in construction.

there is one man called "jamajama" in an area i live then, you dont need a plan before he will give u what u want. just describe how u want it on the day of construction and this man will give u the best with his tape rule and IQ. he is a bloody illiterate.

abdulwastecx:


Building construction/civil engineering works like a pyramid. You need each member of these pyramid to deliver a good job.

we have the so called professionals, such as architect, civil engineer, quantity surveyor etc ( with minimum of 5 years university education). These people are trained to solve problem from conceptual stage, they need lots of theoretical knowledge than practical know how. It is a fact that they need about 75% theory to 25% practical.
for building construction, they conceive the design (the architect), they make it work by using mathematics, economics and understanding of materials properties (civil eng) that "your baba lati" cannot use, they estimate the cost of construction (QS).

Next in line are technicians' these are well trained personnel with 50/50% knowledge in theory and practical. they are trained to know enough in other to translate professionals designs into reality. The theory they know is for them to be able to understand professionals design and the practical they know is to be able to explain these design to the artisans'. A civil engineer, architect, surveyor with HND or OND are technicians.

We have the artisans; These are the people that do the actual work, these are the mason, brick layer, carpenters, painter, roofer, plumber, electricians etc. These men work based on instruction passed down by the technicians, they are employed to think or design but to perform task specify by those above. they need all the practical of this world and little theory to understand technical drawings and language.

Note: there are overlaps due to several years of working an artisan may become a technicians, but it is very unlikely for either artisan or technician to become a professional without more formal education.

AZUH:
I don't know why some people will be so wicked . Someone will spend millions of naira to build a house . Just to raise dpc will be the contractor problem. Fantastically corrupt contractors .

AZUH:
@egunmojagi, please look at that house on my profile and see if you can do anything to it . Are you a contractor or an agent ? Or money lender ? I don't understand much you said you have contractors who I can trust .i m confuse with that .

erico2k2:

Car biz??
bro invest your cash in real estate instead, take it form ME a person who did car Biz for 12 years.

EgunMogaji:


Read my signature.

Online, I know the builders that I can trust and sleep well at night. Offline, I know none and therefore, I MUST be an embedded part of my construction - no matter how long my construction takes (been accused of laying one block a year ).

Were you present during construction? Not that you had to be but just curious. Also, is your builder from here (you don't have to out him).

abdulwastecx:


Building construction/civil engineering works like a pyramid. You need each member of these pyramid to deliver a good job.

we have the so called professionals, such as architect, civil engineer, quantity surveyor etc ( with minimum of 5 years university education). These people are trained to solve problem from conceptual stage, they need lots of theoretical knowledge than practical know how. It is a fact that they need about 75% theory to 25% practical.
for building construction, they conceive the design (the architect), they make it work by using mathematics, economics and understanding of materials properties (civil eng) that "your baba lati" cannot use, they estimate the cost of construction (QS).

Next in line are technicians' these are well trained personnel with 50/50% knowledge in theory and practical. they are trained to know enough in other to translate professionals designs into reality. The theory they know is for them to be able to understand professionals design and the practical they know is to be able to explain these design to the artisans'. A civil engineer, architect, surveyor with HND or OND are technicians.

We have the artisans; These are the people that do the actual work, these are the mason, brick layer, carpenters, painter, roofer, plumber, electricians etc. These men work based on instruction passed down by the technicians, they are employed to think or design but to perform task specify by those above. they need all the practical of this world and little theory to understand technical drawings and language.

Note: there are overlaps due to several years of working an artisan may become a technicians, but it is very unlikely for either artisan or technician to become a professional without more formal education.

abdulwastecx:
[color=#006600]. Your bloody illiterate boss may be know how to build (due to experience ) but know jack about civil engineering and cannot rubbish even an undergraduate civil engineering ( structural option) both in analysis/design and execution civil engineering work

EgunMogaji:


I'll just tell you the design that I have for my garage apartment.

The ceiling is 12 coaches high which is about 12 feet, that's pretty high. I'm not using POP so I'll loose very minimal height for the actual finished ceiling. Heat trap will not be an issue because there will be a solar powered whole house fan that vents directly into the attic. There will be two gable vents on either side of the attic wall where the hot air should naturally escape.

I'm also using casement windows that have projections at the top. These type of window will allow me to at least crack open the projected windows during inclement weather or at night. That in conjunction with the whole house fan will make sure that air is moved throughout the house.

You should go for whatever design, style that floats your boat. It's your house and you won't be asking anybody to finance it. If you get a good Architect and a builder that doesn't think he knows what you need more than you then you'll be okay.

Costwise, windows design is the same price, whole house fan is maybe $150 and gable vents can be constructed by local artisan. I talked to my local welder and he thinks he can make the whole house fan. My stuff might look expensive but they really aren't. I just have a knack to thinking outside of the box, and I take my sweet time.

EgunMogaji:


The highlighted confuses me. Are you missing a specific word?

I can now understand why quality of finished houses is rather low in Nigeria.

agarawu23:
lekki homes that collapsed recently were built by the so called civil engineers who spent years in university learning about building construction.

Company's that are giving my boss contract know the road to get civil engineers but they dont look at their side. (He has his records). The building I showed is just "one" of his job i fully work with. He has a lot of on going jobs even bigger than those I upload here and in neighbooring countries. NO CIVIL ENGINEER can rubbish him when it comes to construction even if they have PhD.

Experience is the best teacher sir

abdulwastecx:


Yes sir 'NOT'

ceelog:


What do u mean by solar whole house fan? One big fan or more than one fan? Any pics?

I love your practical window concept...most guyz use windows with that upper part fixed.