Location: Ogun State
Project Description; A private luxury hall needs to be doubled for an upcoming event. Owner wants his friends to as much as possible not know he has expanded the hall capacity except by size.
Duration; 2 months, mid August to mid October, 2012.
Construction and Project Management Portfolio handled by Rich Ruler Ltd.
Pros; A bungalow project, length was the same but width had to be doubled. simple you would say but not quite.
Cons; some of the finish items couldn't be sourced locally; took time and we had to find another way to make sure the hall was functional and met required criteria for the upcoming event. ofcourse you would not get some 1980 materials in 2012 but we tried matching as much as possible.
A simple expansion/movement joint was created between the old and the new building underneath then tiles laid on top.
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RichYoungRuler
for Rich Ruler Ltd.

week 1
work begins with demolition
windows,double swing door,anti- burglar bars, granite tiles on the floor and wall marble both internal and external all had to go!!!

After salvaging what could be salvaged, removal of windows,doors and anti-burglar bars. i called for a bobcat to demolish and excavate since i knew time wastage was going to derep me with this client.

Got zinc panels to hoard the existing area and also to protect the floor marble tiles. Got a JCB for clearing and excavation, then manual labor to trim. there are columns involved in the existing building, those happened to be structural because there is a roof deck but because we are having light weight roof this time the columns become non- structural and purely aesthetic cos we need them to mirror the existing onto the proposed.

I'm elated to seeing this equipment in use, especially the Bobcat.

It is my dream to have one in Nigeria, it's an exceptionally useful equipment that has many applications.

Pic shows yours truly in one that I rented for my backyard renovation here. I fell in love with it.

Looks like a nice project. I like the challenges that you faced and would have shown professionalism after you completed it. Time and materials matching.

EgunMogaji:
I'm elated to seeing this equipment in use, especially the Bobcat.

It is my dream to have one in Nigeria, it's an exceptionally useful equipment that has many applications.

Pic shows yours truly in one that I rented for my backyard renovation here. I fell in love with it.

Looks like a nice project. I like the challenges that you faced and would have shown professionalism after you completed it. Time and materials matching.

I just like this man EgunMogaji, I hope to meet U someday. U r such a great person, U r d type that should easily say been there done that and actually mean it. A real multipurpose machine it is.
EgunMogaji,Nice photos, thanks. i like those other machines(esp the mini-cooper) too...$ talks.
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RichYoungRuler:
After salvaging what could be salvaged, removal of windows,doors and anti-burglar bars. i called for a bobcat to demolish and excavate since i knew time wastage was going to derep me with this client.

Nice action against time.

Dats must have cost you a lot of research work and thinking, nice work richyoungruler

Looking at the concrete boulders brought out you can tell a whole lot of money was pumped into this house and one would have been wasting one's time attempting to use manual labour.
During excavation some terrible soil was encountered along with refuse, which on enquiry i was made to understand there was a pool there before and when it was no longer needed was filled with all sorts. my decision was to excavate to firm soil and fill with some concrete hardcore then with sharp sand which is expected to penetrate the voids created by the boulders then i would fill with water to increase the sand's density so it can sink well into voids. i decided to use sharp sand as that would not create the kind of voids that laterite would create thereby causing cracks in the future and the rains are still here during construction.

more progress photos

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Week 2
Backfilling
Compaction
levelling
Compaction
Damp Proof Membrane Laying
Blinding

more progress photos...
we worked at nights at times.
1. DPM( thick nylon)
2.Blinding
3. laying of A142 wire mesh
4. Concreting: 1 no concrete mixer was used.

Regards,
RichYoungRuler
for Rich Ruler Ltd.

During Concreting ...

Week 3
1. Blocksetting
2. Rebars/formwork/casting of columns
3. Formwork/Rebars and casting of lintels and overhang( lintels shoots out on either side)

Week 3 Cont'd
I didnt cast no roof beams again because i was using light weight aluminium trusses and also light weight aluminium roof covering but one thing i did do was to short columns(linked to lintels) where i had steel tapes like ''oja agba'' to anchor roof members down to the structure.

week 4
1. blocksetting to lintels cont'd ad finished
2. terrace concreting
3.fabrication of aluminium roof trusses

week 4 cont'd
Roofing Carcass
Roof Covering
Roof insulation

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Week 4 cont'd
1.Roof Covering
2.Window aluminium sub-frames installation.
3. electrical works

I hereby certify you as a USA class builder.

I'm satisfied by what I see.

EgunMogaji:
I hereby certify you as a USA class builder.

I'm satisfied by what I see.

Thanks Boss Egun, na Grace o as I'm just a regular builder.

1. Aluminium fascia
2. Fixing of internal wall marbles

RichYoungRuler:

Thanks Boss Egun, na Grace o as I'm just a regular builder.

1. Aluminium fascia
2. Fixing of internal wall marbles

May I contact you for a quote for my roof.

I'm looking for a zero story perfect job. I know you can do it but not sure if you take a small job like that.

It's on my small 3,500 sq ft residence.

Week 5
1. Internal marble laying cont'd
2. Exterior wall marble laying
3. M n E cont'd

progress photos...

EgunMogaji:


May I contact you for a quote for my roof.

I'm looking for a zero story perfect job. I know you can do it but not sure if you take a small job like that.

It's on my small 3,500 sq ft residence.

Thought u've roofed the garage already and on the main building now?
No job is too small or too big Boss. PM or straight on your thread?

RichYoungRuler:

Thought u've roofed the garage already and on the main building now?
No job is too small or too big Boss. PM or straight on your thread?

I'll pm you. This is for the main house, the piece de resistance has to be crowned perfectly.

More progress Photos
i learnt something new whilst on this project. Plastering and tiling was done almost concurrently as opposed to the more common method of plastering and rubbing so as to allow the surface to be a bit rough for adhesion of cement and tiles over it. The plastering was done and some metal fasteners were fixed( because of the weight of marble) and then the marble were adhered to the surface after the addition of cement paste as usual.

Progress made;
Installation Of Windows
Fixing of marbles cont'd;

Progress Photos and report;
scenario...the initial building has a roof deck before the aluminium roof which houses birds, reduced the sound effects of rainfall and also acts as thermal insulator. Now, we cannot have another slab for time constraints and we ended up using vitapur insulation which was going to do exactly what we needed, thermal insulation and helps with sound as well because of the sprayed foam.
Electrical works continued,tiling of internal columns started.

progress photos
let's see the joint on this side of the building
tiling of column sides cont'd
terrace tiling
electricals cont'd
EgunMogaji,thank you for the mention.

Finishing Stages
Bulk heads used to mirror the deep and large sized beams supporting the slab on the existing build.
At this point it was clear the floor marbles were not going to arrive the country before the intended use of the hall. A mentor,Mr.Bisi decided it was best to screed the floor with lean mix concrete that can be easily taken off when required. the plan was to screed and then have a rug laid on both areas.

Progress Photos Cont'd...
Suspended Ceiling Installation and floor screeding