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Anti-Terrorism Architecture in Kenya.
Securing buildings against terrorism needs all solutions from security experts e.g RECCE Company, sociologists to give solutions to prevent radicalization and architects to design safer buildings. Terrorism is now becoming a usual occurence worldwide and there seems to be no immediate remedy in the near future, hence need to secure oneself in advance. There are…
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Building Structural Safety in Kenya.
Recently,there has been several occasions of buildings collapsing in Kenya. A building has just collapsed in Roysambu today 2nd April 2015. There are several reasons to this. 1. Government, represented by the County Government Planning departments, is not doing enough to enforce developers to use qualified consultants to design and supervise buildings. With rampant corruption,…
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Gabbion Walling
Gabbion walls are used to retain soil from steep embankments . They are also used to create extra strong walls for buildings. They are usually 2 meters long by 1 meter high by 1 meter wide. For retaining wall structures, its best to step them by 1 foot depth. Buildings such as the Fort Jesus…
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Local Construction Materials in Kenya.
Local construction materials available are abundant. These include building sand, masonry stone, ballast, timber, cement, ceramic tiles, paint, steel rebar and clay/concrete roofing tiles. These offer a source of employment to hundreds of thousands of Kenyans. In the stone mining and extraction industry alone, we can guestimate at least 10000 people employed directly in Juja,…
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Anti Seismic Buildings
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Real Estate investment in Kenya.
Availability of Land for Real Estate Development . Land for Real Estate investment is available. Upmarket land for investment in Nairobi city CBD is available in Upper Hill, Westlands and Kilimani areas. Middlle class market land is available in surburbs 30 km radius from CBD in areas such as Rongai, Ruai, Ruiru and Kiambu. Low…
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Upper Hill 0.5 Acre Joint Venture
Cost Item Kshs % Land 300,000,000.00 21.9170076 Preliminary 14,080,000.00 1.028638223 Construction 704,000,000.00 51.43191116 External Works 105,600,000.00 7.714786674 Contingency 70,400,000.00 5.143191116 Marketing 48,000,000.00 3.506721216 Financial Charges 126,720,000.00 9.257744009 Total 1,368,800,000.00 100 Financing Plan Kshs % Developer 384,480,000.00 28.08883694 Debt Finance 704,000,000.00 51.43191116 Presales 192,000,000.00 14.02688486 Total 1,368,800,000.00 93.54763296 PROFIT TOTAL SALES FOR 15 floors 1,920,000,000.00 TOTAL…
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National Bank of Kenya Construction Financing
At A4architect, our architectural service includes negotiating for financing with leading Kenyan financial institutions for Joint Ventures or Construction loans. 1. National Bank has a wide range of options for getting a home. Learn more about what NationalHomes offers. 2. Through National Amanah, National Bank offers a Shari’ah compliant mortgage product to enable you own…