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🟩This site was a dumping site.. derelict 1.5 acre Quarry in the middle of a very leafy neighbourhood in Nyali.
It was an eye sore...
As a developer Arch. Dancan Odhiambo saw an opportunity of turning it into something memorable.
Here are photos of the ongoing works.
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🇰🇪Kenya : Construction of HHI's first greenfield hospital now complete. A landmark project for HHI, for Kenya and for the region.
AAR Hospital is one of a handful of secondary care large scale private hospitals set up in Nairobi since independence.
Egerton University to Launch Kshs.70m gate
Egerton University set to officially open its multi-million security checkpoint on 14th June 2019. The famous gate has been under construction for the past 2 years and is fitted with ultra-modern security features.
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🛣️A US based infrastructure asset company has submitted a proposal to the Ministry of Roads and Transport to develop the 450 kilometres Nairobi Mombasa Expressway into a 4-6 lane dual carriageway with 19 exits, 70 overpass and 20 underpasses for animal crossings.
A Kenya Urban
Rwanda to Build Africa's 1st Green City
Rwanda is set to have Africa's first green city housing environmentally-friendly mini-factories,fully electric vehicles & environmentally sustainable affordable housing on 620hectares in Kinyinya,Kigali. The $5bn project will begin in 2020
🏆International Berkeley Undergraduate Prize for Architectural Design Excellence 2020 ().
Congratulations to Elizabeth Njeri (Architecture
#JKUAT
)&Stephanie Wanjiru (Law
#Strathmore
) who got an honourable mention for the Essay: “For the love of Museums”
🛎️Marriott opens luxury lodge at Maasai Mara
Global hotel chain Marriott International has opened its first luxury safari lodge property in Africa at the Maasai Mara National Reserve.
The JW Marriott Masai Mara Lodge features 20 luxurious and expansive ensuite tents, all with
🚧Bill blocks Chinese contractors from projects below Sh20 billion
Foreign firms will be locked out of government contracts below Sh20bn if Parliament approves changes to the law that will hit Chinese contractors hard.
The Bill seeks to raise the limit for foreign firms bidding
🏚️Over 200 people ordered to vacate sinking building in Kiambu
More than 200 people occupying 40 units rental houses of four-storey buildings in Thindigua village, Kiambu town, have been ordered to vacate after one unit started sinking.
The rental houses were built and
🛒Biwott family sells iconic Yaya Centre mall to wealthy Kantaria family
The family of the late former powerful Cabinet Minister Nicholas Biwott has sold the iconic Yaya Centre shopping complex in Nairobi to a consortium of investors in a private transaction said to be valued at
🏭lTurkish ceramic manufacturer to invest Sh23b at Naivasha SEZ
A Turkish firm specialised in manufacturing building materials is expected to provide more than $146 million (Sh23.3 billion) in total funding to accelerate investment in the 1,200-acre Naivasha Special Economic
🚨We'll build without Nairobi County approval, architects say
Architects say they will advise their clients to proceed with construction regardless of authorisation from Nairobi County, whom they say is sabotaging the electronic approval system.
Through The Architects Alliance
🚲Sh30bn walkways, bike lanes plan to secure lives
Kenya will spend at least Sh30 billion annually to build walkways and bicycle lanes on all public roads if MPs approve a new Bill.
Under the Kenya Roads (Amendment) Bill, non-motorised transport (NMT) facilities will be set up
🏥Construction of Tenwek Hospital Cardiothoracic Centre is now at 62%!
The ultramodern hospital will offer a 176-bed self-contained surgical center equipped with cutting-edge facilities, including an endoscopy suite, heart surgery suite, and more!
#Tenwekcares
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MC:
🇬🇧 🇬🇭 Sir David Adjaye is one of the most accomplished architects of our time.
🇳🇬 He’s designing the Edo Museum for the Benin Bronzes the British stole.
🇬🇭 And 101 hospitals in Ghana.
🇹🇿 He was born in Tanzania so we claim him in EA
Via
@LarryMadowo
💰State to pay extra Sh4.7bn for botched JKIA terminal
The government will pay an additional Sh4.7 billion to two Chinese contractors as a part of an out-of-court settlement for the cancellation of a tender to build the second terminal at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport
💰Governors oppose Sh5m fine for late payment of contractors’ dues
Governors have opposed a section of a Bill that imposes a Sh5 million fine or five-year jail term on public officers who fail to pay contractors and suppliers on time.
The Council of Governors (CoG) said the
🎀Ruto officiates Talanta stadium groundbreaking ceremony
President Williman Ruto on Friday morning officiated the groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of Talanta Sports City at Jamhuri Grounds in Nairobi County.
The site has been earmarked as one of the stadiums to
🎀Construction Costs handbook launched
The long awaited 2023-2024 joint construction costs handbook between
@IQSK_Official
,
@PublicWorksKen
and
#Kenya
National Bureau of Statistics-
@KNBStats
has officially been launched today 25th May, 2023 by the Permanent Secretary, State
🇷🇼October Updates at the Amahoro Stadium of Kigali,
#Rwanda
Additional roof trusses are being raised and positioned, while the installation of MEP systems is taking place.
The finishing works have also commenced.
📸:
@CalvinMutsinzill
◼️Laxmanbhai: Founder of construction company dies
The founder of Laxmanbhai Construction Ltd Laxmanbhai Bhimji K. Raghwani has died.
Mr Laxmanbhai, who founded the company in 1953 passed on on Thursday, in India.
“It is with immense grief and sadness that we lose our largest
🟩Block A of the award-winning commercial and retail development by Gateway Real Estate Africa is 90% complete, with the first floor fully occupied and operational by CCI Global.
The first workers have settled in at CCI’s 5,000-seat call centre at Eneo at Tatu Central. CCI
🤑A contractor putting up a modern law court in Siaya has been ordered to refund Ksh 3.2 million that was meant to purchase water during construction after it was discovered that he used water from the court’s main connection.
🟨Westlands eviction probe:
Detectives probe eviction of Niraj Shah’s family.
Hired goons destroyed Shah’s home in Westlands.
Shah: We've lived here for over 40 years
Lariak properties claim ownership of the land
Parties to the matter ordered to appear in court
🥊As the construction industry supremacy battle between Engineers and Construction managers rages on , Construction Today asks: who qualifies to be a project manager?
🎀Makueni Governor unveils a realtime projects' monitoring portal
Governor
@GvnMutula
has unveiled a one-of-a-kind digital projects monitoring and tracking system which will give residents and other stakeholders real time information about the status of development in the
🛤️The SGR-MGR Link project in Mombasa will be completed by May 31st, 2024. The entire Link line is 17 kilometres. The project includes construction of new MGR passenger stations at Mombasa Terminus, Miritini, Changamwe West, Changamwe East, Shimanzi and the Mombasa Central
😠KCB seizes English point Marina over 5bn debt.
KCB Group has seized Mombasa’s English Point Marina and placed Pearl Beach Hotels,the real estate firm that owns it,under statutory management over Sh5.2bn debt.
The property consists of 96apartments, 8penthouses&a 26 room hotel
🟩Acorn To Build Sh1.88 Billion Student Hostels In Nairobi’s CBD
Student hostel developer Acorn is planning to construct a Sh1.88 billion student hostel along Kijabe Street in Nairobi.
Through Larch Properties LLP, the Qwetu and Qejani residence models will be constructed on
🚪Property developer Acorn set to transfer Sh3.5 billion hostels
Property developer Acorn’s student accommodation Development Reit is set to transfer two completed hostel properties valued at Sh3.54 billion to the developer’s Investment Reit by the end of this year following
🚨A building under construction has collapsed in Ruaka, near Fortune Club area this morning . The 6 story building has sadly collapsed over a neighboring residential home. Ambulance team already on site and rescue operations under way. More to follow.
🎓We wish to congratulate all the Architects and QSs who graduated yesterday during the Board of Registration of Architects and Quantity Surveyors 10th graduation ceremony held at
@SafariPark_H
⚖️High Court agrees to hear Sh339 million tender case against KICC
The High Court has agreed to hear a Sh339 million compensation claim filed by a contractor against the Kenyatta International Convention Center (KICC) after the cancellation of a tender for the installation of a
💼Two firms win Sh3bn Mombasa road tender
Two Kenyan companies have won a Sh3 billion tender to rehabilitate the lower section of the 27-kilometre Nairobi Expressway road damaged during the construction of the double-decker road.
Kenya National Highway Authority deputy director
🟥Mystery Of Ksh.9.26 Billion Bunge Towers Yet To Be Completed 14 Years Later
It is one of the buildings that form part of the city’s skyline; Bunge Towers is home to soon-to-be offices for members of both the National Assembly and the Senate.
It will also house committee rooms
🇷🇼October Updates at the Amahoro Stadium of Kigali,
#Rwanda
Additional roof trusses are being raised and positioned, while the installation of MEP systems is taking place.
The finishing works have also commenced.
📸:
@CalvinMutsinzill
🟩Student wins grant to build nightclub in Kenya
A University of Brighton student has won a grant to build a nightclub and music studio in his native Kenya.
Jesse Mugambi graduated with a degree in
#architecture
and is now studying for a master’s degree in sustainable design at
🏗️KENHA Procures Bridge Inspection Truck
KeNHA has procured a Bridge Inspection Vehicle in an initiative aimed at ensuring all bridges are properly inspected and maintained.
📈How KeNHA, Kura inflated prices for 26 road projects
Kenya’s road agencies, including the Kenya National Highways Authority (KeNHA), are on the spot for supervising cost overruns for at least 26 road projects and overshooting their budgets by more than Sh20 billion, leading to
Mr Okemwa, who was working with Arprim Consultants says more is yet to come in the metropolis��� skyline. “The design of CBK Pension House is made up of two curved structures, the leaning (in opposite directions) a semblance of two old pensioners whose backs are bent with age.
⚡Plumber electrocuted at construction site in Lavington
A 19-year-old plumber was electrocuted as he drilled holes for plumbing at a construction site in Valley Arcade area, Nairobi.
The body of Joash Kiprotich was found moments after the electrocution on Wednesday evening,
Uganda constructs largest sewage treatment plant in East, Central Africa
The Govt of Uganda through the
@nwscug
has constructed a sewage treatment plant that will treat over 45milllion litres of waste water daily and generate 621KW of biogas electricity
@CESP_Africa
@Ecosave
🛫Plans Underway To Construct Modern JKIA Terminal - Transport CS Murkomen
The government has announced plans to construct a modern terminal at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA).
Transport Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen made the announcement yesterday as five
🏗️What a turnaround. Plans have been approved to re-start
#construction
work on Saudi Arabia’s 1-kilometre tall Jeddah Tower, but this time upside down, embracing a dramatic "inverted" design that will see the structure taper outwards as it rises
#AFD
🔴Likoni floating bridge to be ready by November
Work on the Sh1.7b footbridge will be completed in four months.The new crossing channel links Mombasa island to the mainland to the south.
The bridge being done by CRBC through KENHA starts at Liwatoni in Mombasa Island.
1/4 Today,
@PSCharlesHinga
signed a project agreement with EPCO Builders Limited that will see construction of 5360 housing units in Mavoko, Machakos County. The proposed social and affordable housing project will be undertaken by a local developer.
#affordablehousing
🏗️Savannah raises Sh65bn for set up of clinker plant
Savannah Clinker has received funding amounting to Sh65 billion ($500 million) for construction of a new clinker factory as the race for control of the crucial cement-making raw material heats up.
Savannah Clinker, an
#ArchitecturalShowcaseKE
Proposed CBK Pension House.
In downtown Nairobi, another landmark — the CBK Pension House adorns the city skyline. It is the newest beauty, standing shoulder to shoulder with Times Towers.