It happens that i am building a house during this recession. the prices of building materials have increased astronomically due to the free fall of Naira majorly against the Dollar as we all know.
1. cement now costs 2160 (trailer load to the site in 2 batches)
2. a tonne of iron rod now as at 3 weeks ago i bought for 158,000 for 16mm, 12mm, and 10mm respectively.
3. roof sheets goes for about 4250-6500 depending on type n thickness, not to talk about tiles, and fittings. hmmmm
As much as i have no option but to continue with project, it is draining me fast. all prices are for Abuja. tips and ideas on how to save even a kobo will be appreciated.




@lalasticlala pls do the needful

d Lord is ur strength bro.

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@mufutau55, @Ytechconst @kolashangone @cribpark @toys2seven pls your inputs needed

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Ytechconst:


My brother....May God see you through this project because anybody building now is a powerful person, everything going up everyday, we also started a project first week of September we had to be reviewing the bill at each stage of procurement, variation showing at all stages.

As i have advised my client, we need to bring down the specification for finishing, not to the lowest though, but average, where we use Spanish tiles use first grade china tiles, where we use first grade British sanitary & Electrical fitting adopt first grade china fittings.

Also on the carcass i mean block work and concrete works, ensure their is a professional on ground to monitor concrete mix so that cement will not be over used, let 1:2:4 be 1:2:4 and 1:3:6 be 1:3:6 for concrete mix, for mortar mix let 1:6 be 1:6...All this so called casters with their battered head pan that does not measure the complete measurement of head pan will add additional 10 to 15 bags of cement to a concrete work that needs just 100 bags. Also structural drawings should be followed strictly so as to avoid over reinforcement in structural members.

To wrap it up, all we need to do is to monitor material usage to ensure their is no wastage.

All will be well by God grace my brother.

thanks for this invaluable advice, really appreciate it.

Monitoring!

I repeat, monitoring is key.

If you can, monitor your project first hand. For quite a number of reasons, your project manager might not be able to handle stuffs to the latter like you would.

And like I tell some of my clients, once you have a standing structure, the finishing (which is another project in itself) can come in one after the other.

Well done bro. God is your strength.

toys2seven:
Monitoring!

I repeat, monitoring is key.

If you can, monitor your project first hand. For quite a number of reasons, your project manager might not be able to handle stuffs to the latter like you would.

And like I tell some of my clients, once you have a standing structure, the finishing (which is another project in itself) can come in one after the other.

Well done bro. God is your strength.

Hmmm God really is because its just crazy(permit the use of word). i sure will. thanks for chipping in.