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Mercury designs & engineering services

Name: Mercury designs & engineering services
Address: kampala-uganda, Kampala, 27177, UG
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01/06/2021

6. Durability and safety
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Concrete has a 1-3hour fire rating in its standard state and without fireproofing. This is good performance if a fire is to be extinguished or residents evacuated before a collapse happens. Also, good concrete made by experienced company, will require minimal maintenance and is not easily damaged by the elements.

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31/05/2021

5. Availability of materials and a skilled workforce to work the materials
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Concrete is a magnanimous material that it easily forgives an amateur with no concrete experience. There are many people in Uganda who can mix and apply concrete in construction. The materials that make concrete, too, can be found in all parts of the country. This can’t be said for steel and timber. You need highly specialized skills to make an MVP in steel and concrete.

31/05/2021

4. Value engineering
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Because formwork and construction equipment cost money, it is normally cheaper to standardize building elements to allow reuse. However, for concrete, one can maintain the standard sizes of structural elements (e.g; for columns) and reduce on strength (reduce on cement content or the amount and size of steel bars) in a structural element as the loads on the structural elements reduce (e.g., as you get closer to the top floors of a building). This is not easily possible with steel and timber.

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31/05/2021

CONTINUATION (WHY CONCRETE IS STILL PREFERRED)

3. Design consideration 2 (Aesthetics constraints)
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The architect may want a shapely building with smooth curves, flat plates for slabs and a concrete beauty façade with an in-situ made finish. Steel and timber, because they are produced in standard shapes that are not easily modified, tend to limit the designer on the aesthetic function. However, concrete easily assumes a shape of any mould since it is placed while still fluid (plastic) and allows multiple choices of finishing and facades.

31/05/2021

Dare to Conquer!

No player scored a goal while sitting at the bench. No hunter caught a game while sitting at home. You must wake up, gird yourself up, and get into the game for your game. David would not have knocked Goliath down with a stone while throwing those stones at birds in the bush. He had to be on the battlefield to embrace victory. You can't defeat "defeats" while you retreat. If a snail refuses to stick out its neck from its shell, how will it feed? Sometimes you have to leave your place of comfort to enjoy true comfort. Your dreams, aspirations, and the success you wish to clock all lies ahead at the places you fear to enter. The land of "milk and honey" did not chase Joshua and Caleb at home. While all men feared to enter, these men dared to conquer. Instead of being cold and freezing in life, be bold. More and more God told Joshua; "Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God will be with you wherever you go" (Josh. 1:9). God is with you! Pursue excellence. God loves you!

26/05/2021

WITHOUT THE MASK
(Who Are You?)

Are you wearing a mask? Wearing a mask is covering your true self, not wearing a mask is uncovering your true identity. You can look a certain way in social life & live another way in spiritual life. God is more concerned with you “bare-face” than your “covered-up” face. Why is the truth naked? It’s because it adds no color to itself. Living a “double life” is calling for a “trouble life”—don’t be lukewarm!

You wear a mask to earn good reputation in the eyes of men, you do not wear a mask to polish your character in the sight of God. Your reputation or character, which is much dearer? Your body or your soul, which is much worthier? Untie the mask, breath gently, & clear your vision. You came to reveal the “God’s image” in you, not to cover it up!

The “Behind the Scenes” of a drama is not seen by the audience, but seen by the director of the drama. The “Behind closed Doors” of a play is not seen by the spectators, but by the leader of the team. With all the unfolding drama & ongoing play, there is someone (God) controlling the events. Your “behind the scenes” & “behind closed doors’” life may not be seen by men watching you from a distance, but it’s visible to the director & leader of the universe—God. He looks behind the mask. God loves you! (1 Sam. 16:7)

25/05/2021

We have you covered with Architectural plans and construction even if it's your country home 🏘️🏘️🏘️. Trust us with your project. We are affordable and reliable.
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19/05/2021

Continuation

1. The cost of a structure
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The cost of a building is the sum of its material, equipment, labour and financial costs. Material costs include the actual cost of matter and all its handling up to site and before site labour can process and assemble it on the building. Equipment cost includes all costs of hiring and buying machines, tools and other instruments necessary for the labour to prepare the site and assemble building components/materials. Labour costs includes the cost of consultants, surveyors, project managers and site workers that are directly involved in design, setting out and construction works. Financial cost includes the direct cost of money (assume it’s a loan) and the loss in revenue due to delays in completion of a project. In Uganda, labour tends to be the least cost in all forms of construction. It is the material, equipment and financial costs that dominate the overall cost of a building. In Uganda, concrete is cheaper and has a low demand of equipment compared to steel. However, because it takes a lot of time to complete a concrete structure, concrete has a higher financial cost if the developer has used borrowed money or is exposed to alternative projects that need the same money. Still, the benefits on material and equipment tend to cancel the financial cost on must construction projects in Uganda.

18/05/2021

Building with concrete, steel or wood; what really guides the choice for a Ugandan
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Listed in subsequent posts are the major factors that control the choice of a construction technology if you are to construct in Uganda.

07/05/2021

ISHMAEL OR ISAAC?
(Be The Best, Not The Second-Best)

A wise man once said; “No one remembers the second astronaut who landed on the moon, only the first”. Why opt to be the second-best when you can be the best? You can never be the author of your own story if you settle to be just a character in someone else’s story. Search within yourself and know what you want, what you want to achieve in life and go after it. Never surrender your dreams and aspirations for something less than you deserve. If a warrior lays down his arsenal because he’s afraid to fight, he’ll be captured and will spend the rest of his life as a slave.

You can settle disputes, settle at a new place, but never settle for something less. One of the reasons why Jesus is coming again is that He’ll never settle for a fallen world but only for the perfect world which He first created. Having had nothing, Daniel opted for vegetables which he liked than the king delicacies which he disliked (Dan. 1:8).

Instead of embracing life as it is, fight for a life as it should be. Don’t settle for an Ishmael—something less, when God has an Isaac—something best, for you. Don’t give mediocrity a chance. Never compromise. Never lower your standards. God wants you to be the head not the tail, God wants you to be above not beneath. “Higher than the highest human thought can reach is God's ideal for His children” (EGW). Be the best version of yourself not the second-best version of yourself (James 1:12). God loves you!

29/04/2021

DRY SHRINKAGE CRACKS IN CONCRETE

These cracks are a result of too much water added at the time of mixing concrete. It’s never a good thing to add a lot of water while mixing concrete. The cracks are classified as drying shrinkage cracks. They appear starting from the exposed surface of fresh concrete as it dries. This specific slab also experienced excessive bleeding. Concrete bleeding is a condition where water separates from the heavier concrete materials and settles on a surface of a freshly placed slab. The water quickly evaporates depending on the weather conditions. You notice the graphic of this surface is like that of a drying clayey soil surface. It’s because the bled water from the fresh concrete tends to rise with finer materials (cement and fine dust) which, on drying, further encourage cracking. Fine materials tend to lack volume stability and to encourage cracking. This is why we have large stones (aggregates) in concrete. The big stones give volume stability and also bulk the concrete to make it cheaper. It also appears that the stones segregated and settled at the bottom of the concrete slab. A segregated concrete is a weak concrete with inconsistently distributed performance properties. A high water content also encourages segregation. This picture has been downloaded off the internet but the problem is common on your construction sites.

The bigger trouble is that such a slab will easily allow water to permeate through it. This implies that, unless one waterproofs early enough, the slab will have a high maintenance cost and will fail due to rusting of the steel bars in its ribs and beams. It will be hard to paint it’s soffits (ceilings of lower floors) since water will always easily leak from bathrooms through the slab to the ceilings and walls of the lower floors.

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