Month: September 2019
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Ngara Nairobi. Shopping Mall and Residential Apartments.
The shopping mall will comprise a supermarket on the ground floor area wish floor space of approximately 1500m2. There will be shops on 1st and 2nd floor of approximately 1400 m2. 3rd floor will be residential units totaling 900m2. 4th floor 600m2 5th floor 500m2 6th floor 400m2 7th floor 300m2 8th floor 160m2. Total…
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Rotary Club of Ngong Hills Boda Boda Shed Costs.
Final Report. Rotary Club of Ngong Hills Boda Boda Shed Costs. 19th September 2019 1.Brief Development. The project was conceptualized after meetings between Rotary Club of Ngong Hills and Ngong Boda Boda Sacco members at Ngong town . The initial meetings with Ngong Bodaboda Sacco chairman and members were initiated by Past President RCNH Irene…
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Bedsitter Apartment Architectural Designs in Kenya.
Bedsitter apartments are in high demand around urban areas in kenya due to their low rental costs to tenants. Kenyan population has majority in the below 35 years of age, who find bedsitters very optimal for their living. In areas such as Rongai, Eastlands, Thika road, Dagoretti, developers prefer bedsitters due to the high demand…
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How Ngong and Oloolua forest contributes to Rainfall and Athi River Source
Trees provide low temperatures that are needed to help the clouds to form precipitation. This precipitated rain is then drained into the ground and released as rivers towards the lower areas , in this case,Athi River flow towards Galana Malindi , Indian Ocean. [googlemaps https://www.google.com/maps/embed?pb=!1m18!1m12!1m3!1d130954.10678162526!2d39.98991327874543!3d-3.1403916073002733!2m3!1f0!2f0!3f0!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!3m3!1m2!1s0x0%3A0x0!2zM8KwMDknNTIuMSJTIDQwwrAwOCcxNy45IkU!5e1!3m2!1sen!2ske!4v1568728112537!5m2!1sen!2ske&w=600&h=450] Tree canopy shields the sun , creating a shadow that…
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Apartment Flats vs Maisonettes. Return on investment.
Careful architectural planning is required to determine the best return on investment between Apartment flats compared to maisonettes. Example. Assuming a hypothetical example of a narrow plot of land eg Off Outer ring road, Baba dogo area where we have plots measuring a 1/4 of an eighth, this plot can be designed into a 5…
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Comparison of Prefabricated Building wall panel costs, Kenya
Prefab Panels. Prefabricated wall panels are constructed using expanded polyesterene sandwiched between cement plaster or metal sheets. The EPS expanded polyesterene with cement plaster costs approximately kes 1900 per m2 in Kenya. The EPS steel sandwich panels costs around kes 1700 per m2 in Kenya. The cost of the EPS polyesterene 50mm thick is kes…
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½ acre on arboretum drive asking for 300M, ½ acre Ngong road asking for 250M, 2 plots on river road CBD @140m
½ acre on arboretum drive asking for 300M, ½ acre Ngong road asking for 250M, 2 plots on river road CBD @140m
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How to get rid of termites in a building.
During the construction of a building’s foundation, anti termite chemical is applied on the foundation soil blinding to act as a poisonous barrier. During the laying of the dump proof membrane and BRC for the ground floor slab, the architectural drawings specify the anti termite chemical application and the architect ensures that this is well…
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Karen , Nairobi Commercial Developments.
Karen area of Nairobi is zoned by the County Government of Nairobi to be developed as only one single dwelling per half acre plot. This zoning has resulted in very low density hence less traffic and minimal sewerage disposal and garbage dump disposal issues. This has in one way created very high demand for land…
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Tensile fabric tents
Hyperbolic tensile sail canopies provide a cost effective and aesthetic method of providing roof shelter to a building. These can be single or double or a multiple depending on the size of surface to be roofed. The structure can be architect designed to be very simple so as to allow for lots of movement below.…