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Steps to Supervising your Storey Building Project to Save Cost/Materials/Time

TRENCH EXCAVATIONS
PAD FOUNDATION




REINFORCEMENT AND PLUMBING
CASTING
BLOCK WORK AND FACIAL

APPROACH VIEW



When you have decided to invest your hard earn money in a building project or to supervise a building contract, one of the major worry that will envelopes your mind is how to go about it -save cost of materials, cost of labour, and the total site management of  time and resources. It is important to try minimizing loss to contractors/workers/labourers from stage of site clearance, foundation, wall erection to finishes.
From this write up, i will discuss and guide you on how to supervise a storey building, assuming a fairly stable soil that can allow for a pad foundation,
(see Pad foundation : http://constructionindustrysecrets.blogspot.com/2015/02/foundation-type.html)  and acquit with the stages of storey building project.
Below is the guide list, enjoy as you follow.

Case study: A Two (2) storey building (A ground floor and a top or suspended floor)
                                                               

S/N

CONSTRUCTION STAGES

MATERIAL REQUIRED
1.
Get A genuine Plot Of Land
Money (i.e. Naira/Dollars)
2.
Do/get the Survey Plan For the Plot.
( From a Registered Surveyor)

Money (i.e. Naira/Dollars)
3.
Do/get the Building/Architectural Plan.
(From an Architect/Builder/Civil Engr/Draft Men)

Money (i.e. Naira/Dollars)
4.
Structural –Reinforcement Design and Detailing.
(From a Civil/Structural Engineer)

Money  (i.e. Naira/Dollars)
5.
Clearing of Site.
(By Labourers)

Cutlass, Money etc
6.
Setting Out
(By Competent Builder/Architect/Engineer)
Profiles, Wooden Pegs, Baton, Nails, Rope, Square etc. Money
7.
Digging-Trench/Foundation Excavation.
(By Labourers  & Competent  Supervisor)

Digger, Shovel, Money
8.
Casting/Blinding of Foundation + Pad Footing, Column Reinforcement Erecting
(By Mason, Labourers   &  Competent  Supervisor)

Cement,Aggregates,Water,Mixer,Iron Rods/Reinforcements, Money
9
Foundation Block Works/Block Setting out
(By Mason, Labourers   &  Competent  Supervisor)

Blocks, cement, Block ,fine Aggregates, Water, Money
10.
Laterite Filling
(By Labourers   &  Competent  Supervisor)
Lateritic Materials, Boulders/Hard Cores, Stones, etc. Money
11.
Compaction/Ramming
(By Labourers  and Competent  Supervisor)

Rammer, Water, Money
12
Casting Oversite Concrete/German Floor/DPC, Plumbing (installation & erections of PVC Drain Pipes & Fittings)
(By Mason, Plumber, Labourers  & Competent ) Supervisor)
Hardcore, DPC Membrane/Nylon (optional),
Wood/Plank,PVC Pipes and fittings,
Fine And Coarse Aggregates, Water, Money
13
Block Wall on Concrete/ German Floor  To Window Base Level
(By Mason, Labourers   &  Competent  Supervisor)


Sharpsand,Block,Cement,Water
14
Block Wall from Window Base To Lintel Level
(By Mason, Labourers   &  Competent  Supervisor)

Blocks,Sharpsand,Cement,Water,Money
15
Lintel + Column erection & casting
(By Mason, Carpenter, Iron Bender, Labourers  and Competent  Supervisor)

Wood/plank, Iron Rods,Nails,Cement, Aggregates, Binding Wire, Water, Money
16
Block Wall  after Lintel
(By Mason, Labourers Competent  Supervisor)

Blocks,Sharpsand,Cement,Water,Money
17
Head Beam + First Floor Concrete Decking, Plumbing & Electrical installations.
(By Mason, Carpenter, Electricians, Iron Bender, Labourers  and Competent  Supervisor)
Wood/plank, plywood(optional), DPC Membrane/Nylon ,PVC Pipes and fittings, Electrical cables and box fittings, Rods,Nails,Cement,Aggregates,Iron Rod, Binding Wire, Water, Money
18
Block Wall On Deck Floor to Window Base Level
(By Mason, Labourers Competent  Supervisor)

Blocks,Sharpsand,Cement,Water,Money
19
Block Wall From Window Base to Lintel Level
(By Mason, Labourers   &  Competent  Supervisor)

Blocks,Sharpsand,Cement,Water,Money
20
Lintel+ Column erection & casting
R (By Mason, Carpenter, Iron Bender, Labourers  and Competent  Supervisor)
Wood/plank, Iron Rods,Nails,Cement,Aggregates,Iron Rod, Binding Wire, Water, Money
21
Block Wall  after Lintel
(By Mason, Labourers Competent  Supervisor)

Blocks,Sharpsand,Cement,Water,Money
                                
                          FOR MORE OR HIGHER STOREY OR FLOORS, REPEAT   STEP 17 – 21
22
Roof Beam + Concrete Facial/Parapet (Optional).
(By Mason, Carpenter, Iron Bender, Labourers  and Competent  Supervisor)
Wood/Plank, Plywood, Iron Rods,Nails,Cement, Aggregates, Binding Wire, Water, Money
23
Roof (Skeleton) + Ceiling nagging (Optional)
(By Carpenters and Competent  Supervisor)

Wood/Plank, Nails, Money
24
Roof covering
(By Carpenters and Competent  Supervisor)

Aluminium,stone coat Roofing Sheets, Money etc
25
Installations
(By Carpenter,plumber,Electricians, Labourers, etc.Competent  Supervisor)

Electrical cables,PVC pipes and fittings Pipes and Doors,windows,money etc.
26
Plaster of Paris (P.O.P)  (Optional)
(By P.O.P Specialist and Competent  Supervisor)

P.O.P Materials, Money
27
Finishes.
(By Mason, Carpenter, Painters, Tilers, Labourers, etc. Competent  Supervisor)
Plaster sand, Sharp sand, Cement, paints,Water,Money








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