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Budget for a Nursery School in Lenkisem – Kenya

Alarico Valls de Moraes

How I don't have details about the ground I made some considerations:

• Foundation type “radier” like lage armed measuring 10,00 m x 17,00 m and 10cm of depth – reinforcing steel 6,3mm each 15cm in both directions (served as a sidewalk):
• Walls with concrete blocks:
• Roof with tiles of fiber cement – 6cm oh thickness, supported in a wooden structure (guides) 15cm and rafters of 5cmx 7cm;
• Doors and windows with iron;
• Floor with cement smoothed, using the same radier;
• Electrical installation with 6 points of light.

List of Material and Costs:

• 1. Foundation
  • Steel 6,3mm: 200 steel bars
  • Annealed wire: 20 kg
  • Cement: 100 bags
  • Sand: 15 m3
  • Gravel 12m3
• 2. Walls
  • Concrete blocks 1700 -39x19x14
  • Sand: 1m3
  • Cement:5 bags
  • Steel 10 mm, 10 bars ( )
• 3. Roof
  • Wooden guides, 1x15 cm x 4,50m : 100 units
  • Rafters: 5cm x7 cmx5 m: 35 units
  • Nails: 17 x 27: 10 kg
  • Fiber cement tiles: 2,44 m x 1,10 m: 70 units
  • Roofing screws: 222 units
  • Ridge tiles: 30 units
• 4. Miter
  • Openings: iron window, 2m x1,60 m : 5 units
  • Iron door : 2 units, 0,90 x 2,10
  • Glasses: 3mm, 16m2
• 5. Electrical installation
  • Double wire, 2x2,5mm: 150 m
  • Switch triple: 2 units
  • Wallbox: 10 units
  • Pvs BOX : external, for distribution center; 1 unit
  • Single phase circuit breaker, 15A: 4 UNITS
  • Insulating tape: 3 units
• 6. Painting
  • Sealer, 5 gallons
  • Paint for the walls, the most cheaper, 5 gallons
  • Solvent: 1 gallon

The total cost of this material in Brazil is: US$ 20,000

Contribution: Pedro Alexandre Pitella - Civil Engineer