vincent muruga

i eat, sleep, talk, breathe football its my life am a self confessed addict...no rehab can manage this!!

[Amos Kibaru 🇰🇪 @akibaru]

Well, I can see today’s post has sparked a big discussion and is now trending across several construction forums.

Like I have always said, my work is to demystify the construction process.

I am not here to fight contractors, Fundis, engineers, architects or anyone else in the industry.

The goal is simple:

Let the customer understand what they are paying for, how different construction systems work, where costs come from, and what options are available.

Healthy debate is good for the industry because it forces all of us to explain our methods, defend our numbers and improve how we build.

At the end of the day, the biggest winner should be the informed client. 🫵🏽

That said today’s topic was 👇🏿

Today’s debate was simple: how should we manufacture a building shell?

Option 1 — Traditional site construction:
Deliver bits and pieces of raw materials from different suppliers to the site, then use Fundis and manual labour to manufacture the foundation, floor and walls one process at a time.

Excavate. Mix. Carry. Cut. Build. Backfill. Compact. Plaster. Chase walls. Repair. Repeat.

Option 2 — Factory manufacturing:
Manufacture those same structural components in a factory using machines, moulds, controlled processes and set production parameters, then transport the finished components to site ready for assembly.

So the debate isn’t simply stone versus precast.

It is:

MANPOWER vs MACHINE POWER.

Now compare the things that actually matter to the client:

Cost.
Speed.
Consistency.
Waste.
Labour.
Quality control.
Predictability.
Efficiency.

We accepted factory manufacturing for cars, furniture, roofing sheets, windows, doors and almost everything else we use.

Why should a building be the only product where we insist that bringing raw materials to a field and manually manufacturing everything there must automatically be cheaper?

A construction site should increasingly become an assembly point — not a manufacturing factory.

Manufacture under controlled conditions.
Deliver ready components.
Assemble on site.

That is the conversation.

Akibaru

[vincent muruga @beanmrefu]

G. O. A. T day

[vincent muruga @beanmrefu]

Wuod Mary day

[vincent muruga @beanmrefu]

Honest take away de ligt cannot anchor a back three

[vincent muruga @beanmrefu]

D'yani - Live a little

[vincent muruga @beanmrefu]

We've really matured as a football nation. Great win that has been

[vincent muruga @beanmrefu]

The BBC documentary that dropped a few hours ago and that speech the parallels and similarities!!

[Larry Madowo @LarryMadowo]

Ndo kudonjo.

@KenyaAirways wamecheza kama wao

[vincent muruga @beanmrefu]

Throttling in progress

[vincent muruga @beanmrefu]

A few years ago The Champions league Final was always staged on Wednesday nights.

[vincent muruga @beanmrefu]

The year has began

[vincent muruga @beanmrefu]

Whom the gods would destroy they first make mad

[vincent muruga @beanmrefu]

6th

[vincent muruga @beanmrefu]

Eerie so quiet. Is it the calm before the storm

[vincent muruga @beanmrefu]

Hahaha desperation written all over. Huyu hana card zingine za kucheza.

[vincent muruga @beanmrefu]

We are dealing with a mad man

[vincent muruga @beanmrefu]

Gaslighting Bure kabisa

[Larry Madowo @LarryMadowo]

We, the people of Kenya

[vincent muruga @beanmrefu]

And so it has begun!!

[vincent muruga @beanmrefu]

Hahaha they were bound to make a mistake. A bunch of fools.