The company
A design office and a site team, in Akwa
Nouboudem Construction BTP is an independent company based on rue Équinoxe, in Akwa. It opened its first site in 1995 and puts eleven to fifty people on a project: draughtsmen, site managers, masons, formworkers, steel fixers, tilers, plumbers and electricians.
Office fit-out under way, partitioning and joinery.
What we bring
A design office and a site team, in Akwa
A contractor is judged on three things: what it prices, what it holds to, and what it says when something unexpected happens. We price from our own drawings, which removes half the unpleasant surprises; we coordinate the trades ourselves rather than subcontracting down a chain; and we have done this work without a break since 1995, which is easier to check than a promise.
How it works
From drawing to handover
Six stages, in the order they arrive. The first two are the ones most contractors do not do themselves.
Survey and sketch
We come and look at the plot. What you want, what the ground allows, what the regulations permit. You leave with a drawn direction and a first order of magnitude.
Drawings and calculations
Architectural drawings, working drawings, structural sizing and renderings. This is our original trade and it does not leave the house: it is what stops you discovering a problem once the concrete is poured.
Bill of quantities
Item by item, quantities and unit prices. A lump sum always hides something; a line per item of work can be compared, argued over, and held to.
Earthworks and foundations
Setting out, excavation, formwork, footings and ground beams. The most invisible stage of the job, and the one that decides everything after it.
Walls, roof and waterproofing
Frame, floors, masonry, roof structure and waterproofing. The building comes out of the ground and is made watertight, which stops the clock on decay.
Handover
Snagging, testing, as-built file. We do not leave a site on a list of outstanding items.
Who we work with
Our clients
Private individuals, businesses, architects and developers. We also build to a third-party architect's drawings.
Contact
Tell us about your project
Tell us what you want to build and we will call you back. The first conversation and the site visit commit you to nothing.
