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Hello Please are you in Accra...if you can do some inspection for me on my project ...Thank you I am raising the footing now so please if u can visit and do the inspection for me🙏🏾
Can you share the cost of one board, I am not ready to build yet, but when I do I would like to compare cost. Also where did you purchase the plasterboard?
All I can see is more weight on the foundation columns as heavy tons of iron rods, including a huge amount of concrete, have been used. What kind of structural engineer are you? Learn to build light. All you have done here is to cost the financier more money as solid slab is not cost-effective for a 4 bedroom house. All that plywoods and tons of bamboo props is just waste of money. Lack of construction creativity on your part as you just presented the same boring and archaic technology being used by almost ignorant builder in Ghana. It sucks to see poor people being made to suffer more, all in the name of iron rods and concrete. You don't need all that heavy weights which comes with heavy cost. If you are a good structural engineer, you advise your client to use precast lattice girder beam and block slab. The welded lattice girders are not difficult to manufacture as Ghana has plenty of qualified welders. The moulds are so easy to make in machines abundant in Ghana. All beams can be manufactured onsite cured and installed, filled with hollow blocks or polystrene. These make the building light, as less weight on the foundation column. Ghana is a poor economy, so as a structural engineer, you must study these technologies and recommend them to your clients. Nobody is interested in dropping a bomb on this 4 bed room house that it needs a solid slab to save part of it. Prove to your clients that you can save them 30-35 percent compared to solid archaic slab. That's what i want to see. Dedicated the time to teach people how they can manufacture the beams onsite. IT IS NOT HARD AT ALL AS IT IS NOT A ROCKET SCIENCE.
You forgot to mention the differences in structural aspects of the two. Sheetrock is pressed together by machines with thousands of psi. And it has a layer of paper around the entire board, which makes 2 layers of paper your fastener goes through. So when you nail the board on the walls or screw it up to the ceiling, the board is adding strength to your structure from the inside. Also, it still takes very skilled artisian work to finish sheetrock. It can also take alot of time, because you have to go over every seam 3 or more times for a completely flat, smooth look. If that's not done you will definitely notice where the boards meet. The seams are not as easy to hide as you think, even with a really heavy or rough texture. If those 3 or more coats aren't done right you will see the seams, even underneath the texture. You just underestimate how long it takes to hang and finish sheetrock, it takes longer than you think in order to make it look really good. Only if the client doesn't care about it looking perfect, then the sheetrock can be done fairly quick
This is clearly oversolutioning. The rebars (iron bars) are excessive. Next time, hire a beninese or a togolese for a better material selection and usage. What I see here is ridiculously expensive.
Don't forget every building or structure has its own loading characteristics, you can't assume that all buildings are the same when it comes to the forces acting on them. Always consult the expert. Thank you
Rich man's project. The steel reinforcement could hold a 4 storey building. The ground and plinth beams plus foundation walling is unnecessary and way too excessive. Did you reach the rock layer underneath the clay soil??
Always good to see your videos, keep it up! 🙋♂️ Btw, are you currently seeking video editors or a thumbnail designer to enhance viewers, retention, or CTR? If yes, May I send you a previous work sample?
