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July 27th, 2014 by 'Kayode This article is to open your eyes to multiple options you have in concrete facial (parapet). Concrete facial (parapet) is used in modern day buildings to substitute facial boards which is common in older buildings. Determine the type of design you wish to use, what we see mostly is concrete facial with one or two steps at the base and top with curve at the center connecting the two ends. But concrete can be molded to any shape desirable, so the need for the designers of building to come up with other interesting designs apart from what everybody is used to. Aside having curved sides, you can also have beveled/triangular shape and other kinds of shapes. Determine the numbers of planks and other materials needed. Planks are in length of 3.6m or 12ft, since the facial is placed round the perimeter of the building, calculate the perimeter, multiply by 3 ,then divide by 3.6m or 12 feet to get the total numbers of planks of 1by12 you will need t...

July 28th, 2014 by 'Kayode For a tropical region, a cool interior with continuous flow of air is desirable because of high humidity and intense sun rays that generates a lot of heat which makes the occupant uncomfortable. Generating cooler air through mechanical/electrical means can be expensive as well, but you can do a lot to reduce the heat in your home. The general concept is to keep the air moving. Providing a shade porch-A porch will help break the sun rays and reduce its penetration into the interior. Choose sites and orient your house to take advantage of the naturally occurring wind flow. That is more openings should be along the inward and leeward side of the wind. You can make your windows tall on opposite sides of the room to give good cross ventilation. You can also create a smaller opening directly up on top of the normal bigger ones in the room-This is called “stack effect” whereby hot air generated from the ground naturally moves up to be replaced by coole...

July 28th, 2014 by 'Kayode There is always a confusion in choosing who to handle or supervise a project especially for a newbie property developer. Questions have been raised severally on who should handle individual projects, however building types will determine who you should use as an arrowhead onsite. The larger your project, the more the numbers of professionals and technical people you are expected to have on your building site. For smaller projects like 2 bedroom bungalow any of these professionals are okay for it, there is no need to have more than one professional on site for small projects. A young architect, builder or structural/civil engineer can on their own supervise any bungalow with little or no supervision. But when it is a storey building especially a multi-storey building or duplex, then you need the input of the architect not only as the designer but also on site as the overall supervisory officer, in some cases they may supervise on secondary role ba...