Month: November 2011

Ceramic Tiles From The Tile And Carpet Centre Tile & carpet centre is a Kenyan company offering a wide range of interior design products. The company has been in the fore-front in offering home owners, designers, architects and developers a wide range of products to suit their individual needs. The company has streamlined its operations…

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Drainage And Waste Pipes General Industries Limited (GIL) began operations in 1972. It initially manufactured paper cones, composite cans and plastic items but later diversified to uPVC pipes in 1995. It has grown over the years with a marked growth after installation of computerised extrusion lines. The main material used is UPVC. UPVC (unplasticised polyvinyl…

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A-FRAME HOUSE DESIGN BY WWW.A4ARCHITECT.COM The A-Frame house design by www.a4architect.com has been designed to utilize a unique practical design that offers a solution to the Housing situation in East Africa. From A-FRAME HOUSE MAGNIFICENCE The House is strategically raised to offer a feeling of magnificence to the house occupants. This also enables the house…

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A4ARCHITECT.COM’s INNOVATIVE IDEA OF ONLINE NAIROBI CITY COUNCIL PLAN APPROVAL TO WORLD BANK FINALLY COMES INTO LIFE. ITS OFFICIAL –ONLINE BUILDING PLAN SUBMISSIONS AT NCC. Nairobi City Council has officially announced the closing date for manual Building Plan submission. All Submissions are now to be done online from12th January 2012. This paperless submission of Building…

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A4ARCHITECT.COM DIAMOND HOUSE This house has been designed to offer maximum space use incase the house owner decided to put more units in future. From DIAMOND HOUSE V 2.5 For the entrepreneurs at heart, a 1/8th plot can fit 2 Diamond house units each comprising of 3 bedrooms and still leave space for 4 No.…

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– CONSTRUCTION COST BREAKDOWN.     DIAMOND HOUSE BY WWW.A4ARCHITECT.COM     APPROXIMATE COSTS PER SUB-PHASE  AMMOUNT -LOW COST FINISHES  AMMOUNT -MIDDLE COST FINISHES  AMMOUNT -HIGH COST FINISHES   1 Substructures[Foundations]      216,766.44        324,198.93        431,631.42   2 Reinforced Concrete Frame[Ring beam]       79,252.80        118,531.60        157,810.40   3 Superstructure walling-masonry stone      …

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DIAMOND HOUSE-PHASE 1- CONSTRUCTION COST BREAKDOWN. PHASE 1-49M2. ONE BEDROOMED UNIT. PHASE 1 IS DIVIDED FURTHER INTO 13 SUB-PHASES. HOUSE OWNERS CAN CHOOSE TO IMPLEMENT THE SUB-PHASES DEPENDING ON THEIR FINANCIAL ABILITY.     DIAMOND HOUSE BY WWW.A4ARCHITECT.COM     APPROXIMATE COSTS PER SUB-PHASE  AMMOUNT -LOW COST FINISHES  AMMOUNT -MIDDLE COST FINISHES  AMMOUNT -HIGH COST…

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HOW TO CONSTRUCT YOUR HOUSE WITH 0% INTEREST RATE:STEP BY STEP CONSTRUCTION Currently, most banks have pushed up their borrowing rates to an average of 25% % p.a. This means that the cost of borrowing to construct buildings will be too high for many Kenyans. INFLATION Last month [October 201], the inflation rate in Kenya…

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DIAMOND HOUSE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT CONDITIONS OF CONTRACT Table of Contents 1 Definitions ………………………………………………… 15 2 Interpretation……………………………………………… 17 3 Language and Law ………………………………………… 17 4 Project Manager’s Decisions……………………………… 17 5 Delegation………………………………………………… 18 6 Communications ………………………………………… 18 7 Sub Contracting ………………………………………… 18 8 Other Contractors ……………………………………… 18 9 Personnel ………………………………………………… 18 10 Works……………………………………………………… 19 11 Safety and…

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HOW TO MAKE MAXIMUM USE OF A 1/8TH ACRE 50 X 100 PLOT FOR RESIDENTIAL PURPOSES. The average minimum size of a land subdivision in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, South Sudan, Somaliland, Botswana, and Senegal is 1/8th acre 50 feet by 100 feet plot size. From DIAMOND HOUSE V 2.5 This plot can be…

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