THE CONSTRUCTION OF DADREG ECD CENTRE FOR CHILDREN REHABILITATED FROM THE DUMPSITE
THE EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT CENTRE REPORT
The Early Childhood Development Centre is a project that will provide children below six years working or accompanying
their mothers in the dumpsite an opportunity to have space where they can learn, play, counselled and given medical
attention enabling them to grow healthy away from the toxic wastes from the dumpsite. The children who spend much of
their time accompanying their mothers in the dumpsite are exposed to a much greater health risk from the toxic waste in
the dumpsite.
This project is expected to contribute to improving access to adequate early education, effective and relevant education,
sufficient nutrition, adequate health care and protection for children between 0 and 6 years old. The Centre will be
designed in such a way to accommodate children with disabilities including safe playing spaces. At the ECD Centre, there
will be teachers, nutritionists, counsellors, social and healthcare workers to oversee the development of these children in
holistic ways.
Early Childhood Development Construction Report
The construction work of the Early Childhood Development Centre started very late due to unavoidable circumstances.
This includes getting construction permissions from the County Government, passing of drawings and site visit by the
authorities issuing construction permits.
However, even when the construction work started, we were confronted with the fact that the site once acted as a
dumping site for developers who used to construct residential houses within Dandora. This means that we had to hire
bulldozer to dredge the foundation to the level where hard-core was found to make the building strong. This again was
based on the recommendation by the agency issuing construction permits in the city.
Despite all this, we have tried our best and the construction work has come up very beautifully. We are hopeful that
when it starts to rain again, we shall be able to move very fast with the work. This is in spite of the fact that much of the
funding would reach us to roofing level. We have ambitions plan to have the construction work go up to level three given
that we do not have much land and foreseeing the number of children who are coming to seek for education through the
temporary structures we have since put up.
Bulldozer at site digging out the wastes
Construction site after waste was removed.
Setting up the pillars to make the foundation strong
Re-filling the site with hard core materials
Casting the foundation before re-filling
Laying the foundation at the casted foundation
Re-filling the casted foundation
Murram compacted ready for foundation setting
Foundation footing
Walling starts
Construction stage as at present
Challenges DADREG has faced in constructing ECD
1. Dredging the construction site: We never thought that setting up a foundation was going to involve dredging the
whole site. It took 20 tones Lorries to go 29 trips to clear the wastes. It also took 20 tone Lorries to go 30 trips to
bring in hard core to fill in the dredged site where waste soils were removed. The excavation costs,
transportation, refilling and foundation setting were very high as they were never part of the budget that we
presented. Thus it eats in our budget line.
2. Construction Permits: It took DADREG four months to receive the construction permit. This really took allot of
time to settle and start the construction work.
3. Drought: Since October 2016, Kenya has been experiencing long dry spell. This has meant that we are to stop the
construction work due to lack of water.
EXPENDITURE:
Total grant from the Lara Jones Charitable Foundation was £19,851 (Kshs.2,818,842)
NATURE OF WORK
DONE
Detail
Units
Preliminary drawings
and approvals by
county government
As per our statutory requirements,
we needed approvals of our
drawings from a locally registered
architect who registers our works
with the county government to
meet the required building codes
structurally as well as
architectural.
Statutory charges for site board
( This was paid by DADREG)
Unit costs
197,500.00
Sub Total
1.
EXCAVATION/
SETTING OUT
Sub Total
Costs
197,500.00
The site had previously been used
as a dumping ground and hence
more work was involved in the
excavation works to reach the
actual depth for foundation bases.
Costs were charged by the county
government for soil dumping.
(This work was subcontracted
because of the nature of works and
equipment involved)
Hiring 1 excavator (bulldozer) to
excavate and load wastes into
trucks.
Transport of wastes to the government
designated site, including dumping
charges (20 trips of lorries)
310,000
310,000
6,000
120,000
430,000
2.
FOUNDATION
FOOTING/
COLUMN
BASES
This process involves mixing mortar
(sand, cement and ballast) to form
a firm face so as to prepare to lay
the foundation bed and column
reinforcements. As recommended
by the structural Engineer.
Hire of mortar to smoothen the
hardcore & smoothen surface
54 bags of cement
Y12 Steel (20 m)
4,000
710
1,200
38,340
24,000
Sand (3 lorries)
24,000
72,000
Ballast (4 lorries)
32,000
128,000
550
2,400
1,200
17,600
2,400
10,800
Y8 Steel (32m)
Binding Wire
Labour (1 foreman) x 9 days
Labour (8 casuals) x 7 days
850
47,600
72
344,740
79,200
Sub Total
3.
FOUNDATION
WALLING
Setting and laying building blocks
9by9 as recommended by the
engineer.
Building block 9by9 (1,100 stones)
This is the process of filling the
foundation area with murram,
compacting and leveling to prepare
for the ground floor slab
Contract for re-filling (murram)
Labour (I foreman) x 4 days
Labour (7 casuals) – to spread the
murram ready for compacting x 4
Cement (94 bags)
Sand (2 lorries)
Labour (1 foreman) x 9 days
Labour (7 casuals) x 6 days
710
24,000
1,200
850
66,740
48,000
10,800
35,700
240,440
280,000
1,200
850
280,000
4,800
23,800
Sub Total
4.
BACK FILLING
Sub Total
5.
CASTING
SLAB(GROUN
D)/COLUMNS
308,600
To prepare the surface for casting,
We use a polythene sheet as an
under slab vapor barriers and BRC
145 for reinforcing the force spread
and firmness of the floor slab.
Hire of mortar mixer
Hire of vibrator machine
Cement (158 bags)
Sand (5 lorries)
Ballast (3 lorries)
Y8 (25 M)
Labour (foreman 1) x 3 days
Labour (casuals 12) x 1 day
21,000
8,000
710
24,000
32,000
550
1,200
850
Preparing boxes for the columns
poles and trappers for the
verandah.
Polythene sheet (2 rolls)
Binding wire (2 rolls)
Wooden Planks (hiring)
Y12 Steel (40 m)
3,500
2,400
7,500
850
21,000
8,000
112,180
120,000
96,000
13,750
3,600
10,200
384,730
7,000
4,800
7,500
34,000
Y16 Steel (20 m)
1,200
24,000
Nails 3 inch (2kg)
Nails 4 inch (3 kg)
Labour (foreman 1) x 1 day
12
16
1,200
24
48
1,200
850
10,200
Building stones (6 by 6) 640 units
54
91,972
34,560
Building stones (6 by 9) 2,100 units
62
130,200
710
1,200
850
119,280
14,400
76,500
374,940
Sub Total
6.
FORMWORK/
REINFORCEME
NT FOR
COLUMNS
Labour (casual 12) x 1 day
Sub Total
7.
WALLING
Sub Total
TOTAL AMOUNT
Building the walls and partitioning
of the building as illustrated on the
architectural drawing. The walling
was done at least 7 courses
Cement (168 bags)
Labour (1 foreman) x 12 days
Labour (casuals 9) x 10 days
2,175,422