Curing slabs in the dry season
Keep the slab damp for a full seven days. Hessian and a morning soak beats plastic sheeting in our climate. #concrete #curing
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Curing slabs in the dry season
Keep the slab damp for a full seven days. Hessian and a morning soak beats plastic sheeting in our climate. #concrete #curing
Check your rebar before it goes in
Mill certificates matter. We rejected a batch last month that was 8% under weight. Weigh a metre and compare. #rebar #qaqc
Cement prices this quarter
Up again in Addis. Are people locking in prices or buying week to week? #cement #prices
Finished this villa in Bishoftu
Nine months from ground breaking. Local stone, aluminium windows, exposed concrete stair. #villa #residential
Best waterproofing for a flat roof?
Torch-on membrane or liquid applied? Roof is 180m² with three penetrations. #waterproofing #roofing
Formwork release agent saves you twice
Cleaner finish and the panels last another three or four pours. Cheap insurance. #formwork #carpentry
Are we over-specifying foundations?
Soil reports keep coming back better than the design assumed. Costing clients real money. #foundations #structural
Sequence your MEP before the screed
First fix everything, pressure test, then screed. Chasing a finished floor is a bad day. #mep #plumbing
Office fit-out, Bole
420m² over two floors. Acoustic ceilings, raised floor, all locally fabricated joinery. #office #fitout
Reliable scaffolding hire in Hawassa?
Need about 600m² for six weeks. Who have people used? #scaffolding #hawassa
Photograph everything before you close it up
Every wall, every ceiling void, dated. It has settled three disputes for us. #sitemanagement
Skilled labour shortage
Good steel fixers are booked months out. Are rates rising where you are? #labour #rates
Test your blocks, not the sample
Suppliers send their best block as a sample. Pull three at random from the delivery. #hcb #quality
Landscape handover in Debre Birhan
Indigenous planting, permeable paving, rainwater harvesting to a 20m³ tank. #landscape
Curing slabs in the dry season (2)
Keep the slab damp for a full seven days. Hessian and a morning soak beats plastic sheeting in our climate. #concrete #curing
HCB or solid blocks for a G+1? (2)
Building a two storey house in Adama. Contractor says HCB is fine for infill. Anyone regret it? #masonry #hcb
Check your rebar before it goes in (2)
Mill certificates matter. We rejected a batch last month that was 8% under weight. Weigh a metre and compare. #rebar #qaqc
Cement prices this quarter (2)
Up again in Addis. Are people locking in prices or buying week to week? #cement #prices
Finished this villa in Bishoftu (2)
Nine months from ground breaking. Local stone, aluminium windows, exposed concrete stair. #villa #residential
Best waterproofing for a flat roof? (2)
Torch-on membrane or liquid applied? Roof is 180m² with three penetrations. #waterproofing #roofing