obasoro olakunle

[Duru Bond @Bond_not_james]

Also for the people that keep talking about government regulation in real estate, you really think a government making this much money off buildings will want to the prices to go down?

A major revenue source?

Lol.

[obasoro olakunle @Asaph_Grace]

Did soil test for an Arc. on the mainland, he was sure that raft foundation. My report said pile. He was certain, he did another soil test boom, pile he would do. Like we say in geology, the earth is heterogeneous and does not respond to our emotion. #geotechnical #investigation

[Sir J (J9) @SirJarus]

One of my biggest financial miscalculations in my construction business happened in 2024/25.

Our first project on the mainland.

We wanted to buy a land. I gave the task of sourcing for the land to my 002.

We finally got one in Ketu.

One plot (almost 700 sqm). In a developed area. Tarred street. Sandwiched by already built houses. Land was overgrown with tall grasses but part of it visible from the road.

I visited it once myself on my way from the airport. I quickly stopped at Ketu to check the land.

I was ok with it.

Prior to that, all the 6 projects we had done were in Ajah (Island). All one-storey buildings. 4-5 units of terraces.

I had always believed lsland lands were "softer" and mainland lands "harder". All the places I had been to on the mainland had the type of soil I see outside Lagos - hard. Unlike Island that had sands.

So while making mental decision to buy that land, I had assumed the land was going to be my idea of typical mainland land - hard.

Different land (soil) type/density requires different foundation types.

All the 6 projects we did in Ajah before then, we did raft foundation. Raft foundation is mid-way between strip foundation (for naturally strong lands ) and pile foundation (for soft lands). Pile is the most expensive, followed by raft, then strip. In short, the "softer" the soil, the more expensive foundation is (which is logical).

I had assumed the Ketu land we wanted to buy would be stronger than the Ajah lands, so the worst case foundation-type scenario would be raft, the same foundation type we use for similar project size in Ajah.

To be 100% sure, I called one of our technical consultants to confirm raft foundation would work on that land. He confirmed knowing the land and the area well and gave a "yes".

All these happened within a week.

Based on this, we went ahead and paid for the land.

I also a mental calculation of what the project would cost based on my experience doing 6 of similar projects on the Island.

Then, work was about to start. We did land clearing and realized the land was swampy!

Totally different from my idea of mainland land in a built-up area.

We did soil test and the result showed us we needed to do pile foundation of 18 meter depth with 100 pile points. In layman terms, we needed to bury well-formed steel roll into 100 points on the land, with each roll buried 18 meter deep, as foundation for the structure. To build just one-storey building. That is what you typically need to "hold" like four-storey building in an area with stronger land.

That single realization cost us almost N100m more in foundation cost of that small project (5-unit terrace). Way more materials (steel, concrete, etc and special engineering contractor for piling work who comes with equipment)

Image 1 below is Internet explanation of piling process and image 2 shows some foundation types I mentioned.

[Son of David @DrOlusesan]

The very first sign that you are destined for greatness is your capacity to absorb betrayal without allowing it to poison your outlook on life. That is one of the deepest lessons from the crucifixion of Christ. A giant shouldn't notice it when kicked by a dwarf.

[Danny @Truth_matters20]

Women need to marry a man like this.

[John Piper @JohnPiper]

“If I, brothers, still preach circumcision, why am I still being persecuted? In that case the stumbling block of the cross has been removed.” Galatians 5:11

The requirement of one small law as the basis of our justification nullifies the grace secured by the cross.

Why?

Because its performance represents our insistence that our own will (Romans 9:16) make a decisive contribution to our getting right with God.

[Jurrien Timber @JurrienTimber]

Isaiah 40:8

[John Piper @JohnPiper]

“Pilate said to them, ‘Why? What evil has he done?’ But they shouted all the more, ‘Crucify him.’” Mark 15:14

When you don’t have an answer, amp it up.

[John Piper @JohnPiper]

The submission of the great.

“If I find favor in the eyes of the Lord, he will bring me back to Jerusalem and let me see both the ark and his dwelling place. But if he says, ‘I have no pleasure in you,’ behold, here I am, let him do to me what seems good to him.” 2 Samuel 15:25–26

[John Piper @JohnPiper]

“The righteous . . . is not afraid of bad news; his heart is firm, trusting in the Lord.” Psalm 112:6–7

Trusting the Lord for what?

How the bad will be turned for good. How Judas will serve salvation.

[John Piper @JohnPiper]

“Light dawns in the darkness for the upright.” Psalm 112:4

Wait for it. God’s delays are hard but work a weight of glory.

[John Piper @JohnPiper]

“Great are the works of the Lord,
studied by all who delight in them.” Psalm 111:2

[obasoro olakunle @Asaph_Grace]

@sodiq1313 @Roderickfacts I get your point..if other yoruba sub group doesn't understand what they speak then they're not yoruba or how is that yoruba? Research and travel is good.

[obasoro olakunle @Asaph_Grace]

@apantakuss2 @OneSodiqAlabii For years geotechnical research on pavement showed the reason for failed road. Late prof. Meshida developed laterilite and advanced concrete road since subbase fail quickly due to our geology. Concrete road is the way to go and we must quickly accept it.

[obasoro olakunle @Asaph_Grace]

@sodiq1313 @Roderickfacts None what we speak is close to Edo. Maybe you need to spend extended time there. To use the word "force" is not to understand the diversity of within an ethnic group. It does not end at Ife or Oyo. The would tell you their history of their movements from Ife and their spread.

[obasoro olakunle @Asaph_Grace]

@sodiq1313 @Roderickfacts I don't know which of SW state you're from. My language Apes has no resemblance with yoruba. It is a distinct language. My mum and my dad are within the same radius 40km and they don't speak same language or understand themselves. Yoruba is the only connection

[obasoro olakunle @Asaph_Grace]

@omoAlufa01 @sxdiqcarter_ Poor traveller live on assumptions. What binds Akoko is yoruba language apart from their own. Ibadan does not hear Akunnu or Ise. Within Kaduna too, Hausa language is the binding language..jaba, kamatun, kataf, etc

[Jurrien Timber @JurrienTimber]

How good is god man

[Arsenal @Arsenal]

The Arsenal. Your Premier League champions.

[Arsenal @Arsenal]

This belongs to all of us.

[John Piper @JohnPiper]

“The Lord has sworn
and will not change his mind,
‘You are a priest forever
after the order of Melchizedek.’” Psalm 110:4

There is only one in this “order.” The other was a picture.