Qs Lanre 👷

Project manager by day,Builder & creator by night. #Construction Expert | Interior design & Construction reality

[Qs Lanre 👷 @lanrycool]

Everything you need to know if you're planning a building project

1) The planning phase is everything.
Every decision made before construction saves you 10x the cost of making it after.

2) Permits and approvals protect you not the builder and not your connect.
You get them always.

3) The budget you have is not the budget you need. Add 15–20% contingency. It's not pessimism. It's experience.

4) Light matters more than finish.
A home with bad lighting in great tile will feel worse than a home with good lighting in basic tile.

5) Layout outlasts everything.
you can change your floors but you cannot easily change how a home flows.

Get the layout right first.

6) Your home should serve your life not social media and not your neighbor.
The best home is one that works for the people inside it.

I post the truth about building and design. Everyday.

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@imran_services Bad construction.
It's supposed to have 4 support

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I noticed the ground floor columns are few and beams have longer span.

Dear professionals architect, structural engineer, quantity surveyor, builders, project manager, site engineer, supervisor

Whats your assessment?

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@imran_services I keep saying that we are a reflection of our leaders. The leadership problem we have is first and foremost a people problem.

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How to prevent your block wall from cracks

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@sultan_kachi 100% this.
Bad formwork is the reason you see honeycombing in columns, misaligned beams and concrete surfaces that need plastering to hide what's underneath.

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A luxury house does mean pop ceiling and Carrera floor tile with spot lights

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@AkinOkeni01 Exactly reduce spacing and allow for expansion joint.

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How to prevent your block wall from cracks

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@AkinOkeni01 Thank you great builder

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I asked a simple question on a thread and Grok confirmed what anyone who's read NIS 87:2007 already knows.
35 blocks per 50kg bag of cement for 6-inch solid blocks is a lean mix.

It saves cement on the day you're molding. It costs you the structural integrity of the wall for the next 30 years.

This is exactly why we have block density tests, slump tests and compressive strength. Because concrete lies to your eyes.
I've supervised enough projects to know that the cheapest thing on a building site is also the thing that fails the most quietly. By the time the wall cracks the block supplier is three jobs away.

What ratio does your block supplier use?

[Mr Concrete @AkinOkeni01]

The standard ratio to mold a building block is ratio 1 : 24.
- One bag of 50kg cement must be used to mould 24-27 pieces of building blocks .

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@AkinOkeni01 @YoungAlino @grok I don't argue too when you're busy with construction reality on site.

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@AkinOkeni01 We can both agree Standard does not exist in Nigerian dictionary

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@AkinOkeni01 @YoungAlino @grok what does the Nigerian construction block standard say?

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@one_miloo Give me 5 million and I will deliver this house.

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How to make concrete in 60seconds

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Exactly this and since we are on the topic this are the areas in your home that actually need waterproofing treatment.

Foundation walls- first line of defence against ground moisture rising into your structure.
Ground floor slab. That German floor sitting directly on the ground needs a DPM beneath it or damp will work its way up through your screed and tiles.

Toilet floors- water sits here daily, one bad seal and it is seeping into the slab below before you notice anything.
Upper floor lobby and corridors. High traffic wet zones that most people treat like dry areas until the ceiling of the room below starts staining.

Overhead tank area. Constant water contact and minor spillage every time the tank fills. Ignoring this one is how you end up with a wet ceiling that nobody can explain.

Concrete roof sits exposed to rain year round. Without waterproofing here and your top floor becomes a slow leak waiting to happen.

Waterproofing is not expensive at construction stage. Fixing damp after the fact is a different conversation entirely.

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@HabeebOmosidi It's a human behaviour 😂

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Only in construction people think they can do part of the jobs themselves.