Some call it Alucoboard, Alucobond, acoboards, acobond or while others just call it cladding boards. They are all referring to aluminium composite panels. ALUCOBOND which is manufactured by 3A Composites® just happens to be among the oldest brands in ACP and made the early entrant into the Nigerian building industry. So the name of the…
Called the ‘Digital Center’. Designed and constructed by Kontekture for UBTH staff cooperative society. It is a 2-storey container building. The upper floor is a hall and event space, while the ground floor is a digital store. In all, 12 units of 40ft high-cube shipping containers were used for the project. We have used shipping…
This container house project is a 2-storey building comprising a 4 bedroom duplex with all rooms en-suite. A kitchen, living space and a terrace. It was executed in 2017, with an effective work period was 3 months. The land was quite swampy to start with, and according to the client iy took over 210 trips…
The Gulf’s diplomatic crisis is not hurting Qatar 2022’s preparations, a senior Qatari official has claimed as the organising committee revealed the design for the first demountable World Cupstadium. The Ras Abu Aboud Stadium is the seventh of eight World Cup venue designs to be announced and the 40,000-seat ground will host games up to the quarter-final stage. However,…
Our new construction project is fast sprouting out of the. This project is a 3 bedroom terrace twin-duplex built entirely with shipping containers. Shipping container housing in Nigeria is fast growing, the purpose of this blog post is to show and not just tell you what the project is about, so I will keep you updated…
16 Things You Should Know About Shipping Container Housing In Nigeria If you are looking at alternative home construction methods, converting shipping containers into homes can be a valuable opportunity because they are strong, portable, and easy to construct. They are basically cheaper and can be built so fast. If you are considering a shipping…
Believe it or not, there was a time when shipping container homes seemed like nothing more than a novel idea. While many saw the sustainability benefits from building a home with recycled shipping containers, most thought they looked much too ugly to call home. Well thankfully there are talented designers out there, with a much…