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Week 2 Project I · Ìbẹ̀rẹ̀

Machinery on site. Piling next.

The piling rig and concrete pump arrived this week. The site is cleared and walled, foundations begin in earnest. First soil samples are with the structural engineer.

Piling rig and concrete pump on the Ìbẹ̀rẹ̀ site at week 2

Drilling on the foundations starts next, beginning with House 001, Àríkẹ́. We are using a piling-and-spread-footing approach because preliminary soil tests showed compact lateritic clay across the eastern boundary, with softer fill in the centre of the plot.

Workers on site: foreman plus four labourers, with the piling crew on day rate. The structural engineer visits twice a week. Materials are being staged in the south-west corner, kept dry under tarp.

Next Monday we expect to publish the first foundation pour photos.

Week 1 Project I · Ìbẹ̀rẹ̀

Site fenced, gated, and ready.

The perimeter wall is complete. The site office container is in position. Timber and blocks are staged for the foundation crew. Workers on site this week setting up the upright supports for what comes next.

LivMalik site at week 1: perimeter wall complete, container office in place, neighbouring homes behind the wall

The finished houses you can see behind our wall belong to the neighbouring compounds. We introduced ourselves to three of the four direct neighbours this week. A build is a relationship with the neighbourhood it sits in, for as long as it takes, and the houses you can see behind our wall are the neighbourhood we are joining, not the standard we are setting.

Before any work began, the full title chain was verified with Bashmash Solicitors. The Certificate of Statutory Right of Occupancy (Volume 3053, Page 60), the Ministry of Lands sub-division approval (reference LLA 0647/T/21), and the Deed of Assignment in favour of Adebayo Adekola all confirmed in writing. Governor's Consent application is in progress in parallel.

No construction work happens at LivMalik until the legal foundation is sound. That principle holds for every project we ever do.

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