Tutorial: How To Calculate The Number Of Bamboo Required For Construction Of Decking

For those building Duplex and other mansions requiring Decking or Slabs, one question you must provide a very accurate answer to is "How Can I Calculate Materials Required For Decking", this is because in decking construction, Nails, Plank (1 x 12), Bamboo or bush wood (Usually Rubber) are required in large quantity and knowing how to calculate these materials for your decking is therefore very important.

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Tutorial: How To Know My Inverter Rating And Loads It Can Carry

In Nigeria, As a Nigeria i have seen businesses collapse simply because the power required to run such businesses aren't there or are too expensive to the owners. You can just imagine that an average home with the intention to live a comfortable life with power all night long would spend at least 30,000 on a monthly basis running a petrol or diesel generator just to be able to provide the needed energy for the home.

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Tutorial: Size Of Rooms And How to Locate A Room In A Residential Building

As a Nigerian Draftsman, having a good knowledge of the standard sizes of rooms and where they are usually located in a building is very important as far as the planning of a residential building is concerned. 

This is because while a spacious room affords occupants the needed space for movement, sunlight and natural air also find their way into the rooms and these are very important for ventilation.

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Safety: General Safety Tips You Must Know As A Human

Today on Building Contractor Secrets, i would like to discuss a few safety tips as it applies to every human out there. This is going to be very helpful to you as a Construction worker, as a resident and as a person.

On This post, you're going to learn a few safety tips as it applies to all of us. We all need these safety tips as they help us run our daily tasks without injury, without loosing our lives.

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Safety: What is Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)

Today on Building Contractor secrets, i would be talking about safety. i will be dealing on the importance of Personal Protection Equipment or PPE as it is called in some places. I will also cite examples of these protective equipment. You will understand examples of eye protective equipment, Head, foot, hand and body protective equipment.

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Tutorial: How To Calculate The Amount Of Water Required For a Cubic Meter Of Concrete

Once again on building contractor secrets, i want to hammer on another important aspect of concrete that should never be over looked. I want to teach us how to calculate the volume of water required for a cubic meter of concrete. This is very important as a concrete mix with less water results to flash setting which actually doesn't speak well for the strength development in concrete.

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How Can I Set Out A Building Plan On Ground

As you know, before the erection of walls, it is right for a proper plant to be designed. A plan that would ensure the walls are standing at the right points, it is also important that the walls are set out to stand in the right angle as this not only makes the work easy, but also improves the aesthetics of the building. Sometimes you can just imagine a wall with bendings here and there. That would be such a boring sight right?

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A-Z About Project Management

Today On Building Contractor secrets, i would like to talk about Project management. On this post, you will be learning the basic terms as applicable to project management and in another post, i will be solving some problems in project management using either CPM. PERT to help you see where these terms can be applied.

What Is Project Management?

Project management is simply that discipline that involves the initiating, planning, executing, controlling and closing the work of a team in order to achieve specific organizational goals and meet specific success criteria.

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What Is The Cost Of Molding/Buying 500 Sandcrete Blocks in Nigeria?

Before anything, I want to say a big thanks to those who always make out time to visit Building Contractor secrets, those that calls and texts to make one inquiry or the other have actually continued to make me understand that I do communicate here. That this blog and the efforts as regards making fresh content is not a waste at all. It is for this reason that I have decided to hit another important aspect of your construction. 

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How Can I Install Solar Energy System In My Home

Today On Building Contractor secrets i am going to talk about Solar Power, the benefit of installing a solar power system in your home and i will also give you details that could help you contact a very good agent or dealer when you want to install a solar Power System in your home but first. I am will also answer some important questions that may come to mind as you read through this post.

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Different Types Of Foundation

On this article, i have decided to describe the different types of foundation in construction. This will also help you as a home owner know the exact type of foundation currently on your building, it will also show you the different types of concrete foundation applicable to construction.

What is a foundation?

According to a Post i made sometime ago, i defined a foundation as one of the most important stages in a building construction, it is also the lowest part of your building and the most important element in your substructure.

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