Building in Nigeria; Raft foundation of a High-Rise Hotel in a Swamp. All you need to know. 

Weldone sir

Interesting! Sure looks to me like a solid foundation. Looking forward to the construction video for the rest of the building.

Great work,.

good analysis and work

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.

Wonderful video

Nice work

I will love to see this hotel when finished. Please post the finished product.

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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

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.

Great informative video. What is the thickness of the Reinforced raft foundation /footing?

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.

Building on a swampy area is a lot of money

Interesting video, pls can I know the cost for laying the foundation to dpc?

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

Why u guys did not do backfilling before casting

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