Well done Engr This is near perfection ❤. I've worked with my engr in a similar waterlogged terrain b4 using same slab&beam raft fdn. The experience was wonderful. Looking forward to more of your videos. Bravo 👏
Thank you very much Engr. I really appreciate you for making this video. Ebuka Stanley is my name, a graduate of the department of Civil Engineering, Michael Okpara University of Agriculture in Abia state, Nigeria, with quality experiences in both field and office work I will be very grateful if i can work with your company. Please remind me anytime there's an opening sir. Thanks in anticipation.
This is an excellent exposé of the great professional and high quality work done by the Umek team. Welldone guys. Looking forward to the continuation of the video for the rest of the project.
I must say that diligence is a virtue and it was fully explored at work execution here on this site. Indeed the terrain is a very challenging on, but you tried your best to overcome them. However, the only suggestion or question I would have made is to comment thus: "Would there have been any difference in the challenge with swampy terrain if this foundation-to-DPC basement work was executed during the dry season - say, in the months of November to February?" Probably a consideration to be assessed in future projects. Thanks for sharing, and wishing you all the very best.
Hi, I don’t do site investigation myself, but I know they bore holes at least 3 different points on the ground to collect samples, which they analysed and then wrote a report based on their findings…
Good work done… my question is, why was the constructed raft foundation up till the 2.4 meters height not sand filled before casting the DPC? Just curious…
So if you watched the full video you would understood we introduced a basement there, so the whole of the foundation was used for offices, storage, gym and other things that could have occupied space on the ground floor.
will the basement house toilet or bathroom facilities, if it does how will poop be flush you to the septic tank i know there is this gadget for that but need some enlightenment
For this particular construction, no however just as you rightly said, there is a machine that could be used to pump out any waste water from the basement, even if we choose to put conveniences there, that was not the choice for this particular project…
Methinks this is overkill and antiquated. why not follow the bridge model of sinking footings and then building a decking over the sunk footings? That would be much cheaper and safer too. We must endeavor to improve on our skillset and not be stuck on a time warp.
Thank you for your comment. That makes sense, however, I am not a structural engineer and would only follow the recommendations of a structural engineer, who has studied the soil structure of the building site and calculated the load due to the building before making such recommendations… they could be method in his madness…
At the time we did this project, it was over 22million, that was due to the type of foundation used... yours will depend on your site location/type of foundation design and how many floors you would go...
I'm not a civil or structural engineer, but I have an observation to make. Even though the foundation has been laid, it appears to me that the continuous flow of water from the neighbouring property will continue to impact the building during it's life cycle. Why not tackle that fundamental issue?
Well done Engr
This is near perfection ❤.
I've worked with my engr in a similar waterlogged terrain b4 using same slab&beam raft fdn. The experience was wonderful. Looking forward to more of your videos. Bravo 👏
Thank you
Interesting! Sure looks to me like a solid foundation. Looking forward to the construction video for the rest of the building.
Thanks for your comments… will definitely upload them as we progress…
Thank you very much Engr. I really appreciate you for making this video.
Ebuka Stanley is my name, a graduate of the department of Civil Engineering, Michael Okpara University of Agriculture in Abia state, Nigeria, with quality experiences in both field and office work
I will be very grateful if i can work with your company. Please remind me anytime there's an opening sir.
Thanks in anticipation.
@@onwenukaebuka3749 send us an email on umekrealestates@gmail.com with your CV. If of interest, we will contact you for further discussions…
well done sir
am a piling contractor and i have a sound and reliable rigs and we also carry out soil investigation.thank you sir
Noted sir…
This is an excellent exposé of the great professional and high quality work done by the Umek team. Welldone guys. Looking forward to the continuation of the video for the rest of the project.
Thanks boss… definitely will do that…
I will love to see this hotel when finished. Please post the finished product.
Definitely will show it…
Good job my man.
I’m following your project and I’m wishing you all the best.
Keep it going I’ll contact you soon from USA. Stay safe
Thank you… will be standing by
Weldone sir
Thank you
Great
Thank you
this is great and lovely sir
Thank you
Nice work
Thanks
I must say that diligence is a virtue and it was fully explored at work execution here on this site.
Indeed the terrain is a very challenging on, but you tried your best to overcome them.
However, the only suggestion or question I would have made is to comment thus: "Would there have been any difference in the challenge with swampy terrain if this foundation-to-DPC basement work was executed during the dry season - say, in the months of November to February?"
Probably a consideration to be assessed in future projects.
Thanks for sharing, and wishing you all the very best.
Thank you for your wonderful comment… yes the work was actually started during the dry season (November)…
Great work,.
Thank you! Cheers!
good analysis and work
Thank you
Wonderful video
Thanks
This site investigation means geotechnical investigation or called geotech.
Hi
Thanks for yhe video
Please can you tell us your site investigation process?
Did you use borings or just physical observation method? 2:07
Hi, I don’t do site investigation myself, but I know they bore holes at least 3 different points on the ground to collect samples, which they analysed and then wrote a report based on their findings…
@@UmekRealestate oh great!!!
Thanks
Really love the video and will definitely rewatch and ask questions in the comment if there's any.
Thank you
Good work done… my question is, why was the constructed raft foundation up till the 2.4 meters height not sand filled before casting the DPC? Just curious…
So if you watched the full video you would understood we introduced a basement there, so the whole of the foundation was used for offices, storage, gym and other things that could have occupied space on the ground floor.
will the basement house toilet or bathroom facilities, if it does how will poop be flush you to the septic tank i know there is this gadget for that but need some enlightenment
For this particular construction, no however just as you rightly said, there is a machine that could be used to pump out any waste water from the basement, even if we choose to put conveniences there, that was not the choice for this particular project…
Why u guys did not do backfilling before casting
I we deeded the side clear to ensure water is not sipping into the basement before backfilling…
Cellular raft foundation
Great informative video.
What is the thickness of the Reinforced raft foundation /footing?
After the blinding, the raft foundation was another 300mm (1ft)
Methinks this is overkill and antiquated. why not follow the bridge model of sinking footings and then building a decking over the sunk footings? That would be much cheaper and safer too. We must endeavor to improve on our skillset and not be stuck on a time warp.
Thank you for your comment. That makes sense, however, I am not a structural engineer and would only follow the recommendations of a structural engineer, who has studied the soil structure of the building site and calculated the load due to the building before making such recommendations… they could be method in his madness…
How do you make a recommendation without visiting the site or doing a a geotech survey? Rule of thumb? Naaa!
U would have have pile method instead of the raft
Thank you for your comment... that was one if the options. However for some reasons, raft was a prefer3d option ...
Interesting video, pls can I know the cost for laying the foundation to dpc?
At the time we did this project, it was over 22million, that was due to the type of foundation used... yours will depend on your site location/type of foundation design and how many floors you would go...
I'm not a civil or structural engineer, but I have an observation to make. Even though the foundation has been laid, it appears to me that the continuous flow of water from the neighbouring property will continue to impact the building during it's life cycle. Why not tackle that fundamental issue?
The water from the property as later stopped from coming into the site, thanks for your suggestion
Building on a swampy area is a lot of money
So true… thanks for your comment
Cellular raft foundation