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Tower crane on site with the Westlands skyline behind.
Construction Log · The Dagaz

We communicate immediately and directly.

Every month, Joseph K. Otieno, MICE — Site Engineer for The Dagaz — publishes a phase report. Photographs, milestones, a one-page narrative, signed. We do not edit these for marketing. We publish them because publishing them is the contract — and because the gap between promise and delivery should not exist.

CONSTRUCTION · LIVE FROM SITE

Site, on camera.

We publish the build to the public, every working day.

CAMERA GOES LIVE Q3 2026
Wide angle of the western wing of the superstructure, including the tower crane and slab decks.

Camera goes live with the first concrete pour above ground · published from this page.

Today on site

Floor 9 slab cure · western wing

Cure-cycle in progress. No concrete placement today; site cleaning and rebar prep on floor 10.

Signed by Joseph K. Otieno, MICE — Site Engineer.

Next milestone

Tower-crane jump

Wk of 8 June 2026

Sequenced from the published programme. Floors 13–15 follow over the eight weeks after the jump.

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Superstructure · Floors 9–12 cast

Concrete arches under construction at the lobby level.

Floor 9 slab cast on the western wing on Monday, with the eastern wing following on Wednesday. Concrete supplied from two batching plants on rotation to maintain placement temperature; cube samples lodged with the laboratory for 7-day and 28-day strength results. Slump and air-content checks logged at every truck. Floors 10–12 are sequenced over the next eight weeks; tower-crane jump scheduled for the second week of June. Façade brick samples from Petersen Tegl arrived from Denmark this week and are mounted on the mock-up wall at the site office for architect sign-off against the approved tonal range. Site noise stayed within the agreed window; one neighbour call logged on the construction line, answered the same morning.

Signed off — Joseph K. Otieno, MICE — Site Engineer

Superstructure · Floors 5–8 cast

Concrete arches under construction at the lobby level.
Tower crane on site with the Westlands skyline behind.

Floors 5 through 8 cast over the quarter. Formwork stripped on floors 5–7; surface inspection signed off against the published tolerance schedule. Two non-conformances noted on the level-7 western slab edge (minor surface honeycomb, < 5 mm); rectification completed and counter-signed by Knight Mwangi Quantity Surveyors as part of the milestone payment release. Mechanical, electrical, and plumbing first-fix coordinated floor-by-floor with the architect's coordination drawings. Schüco glazing system test panels delivered to site for the level-3 mock-up.

Signed off — Joseph K. Otieno, MICE — Site Engineer

Superstructure · Floors 1–4 cast

Concrete arches under construction at the lobby level.

Lower-tower floors 1 through 4 cast over Q4 2025. Stair cores climbing one floor ahead of slab pours. Tower crane jumped twice on schedule. Cube tests at 28 days returning consistently above the design strength threshold. Architect's site visit on 8 December reviewed the level-2 typical-floor mock-up — joinery datum lines, tile setting-out, and ceiling cove uplight cassettes — sign-off issued with two minor revisions to the cove return at the kitchen island.

Signed off — Joseph K. Otieno, MICE — Site Engineer

Ground floor · Lobby formwork & podium slab

Tower crane on site with the Westlands skyline behind.

Ground-floor lobby formwork erected, including the falsework for the triple-height atrium void. Podium slab poured in two halves to manage the spiral-stair penetration. The water basin pit was set out and waterproof-tanked this week ahead of the first lobby blockwork. Façade structural steel for the entry archway was lifted into position on Friday afternoon; tolerance check passed against the architect's setting-out drawing.

Signed off — Joseph K. Otieno, MICE — Site Engineer

Substructure · Basement structure (P1–P3) complete

Concrete arches under construction at the lobby level.

Basement levels P1, P2, and P3 structurally complete. Ramp slabs cast and cured. Basement waterproofing system applied and tested to the architect's specification; punch-list issued and closed. Lift pits cast and inspected. Mechanical plant rooms set out and made ready for first-fix services. Site is dry, level, and ready to climb above ground.

Signed off — Joseph K. Otieno, MICE — Site Engineer

Substructure · Foundations + raft slab cast

Concrete arches under construction at the lobby level.

Raft slab cast across the full footprint over a continuous 24-hour cycle on 26 February. Concrete supplied from three batching plants on rotation; placement temperature monitored throughout. Cube samples lodged for 7-day and 28-day strength results — both returned above design. Pile-cap-to-raft junctions inspected and signed off. I was formally appointed Site Engineer for The Dagaz on 1 March 2025 and have countersigned the substructure record back to mobilisation as part of that engagement.

Signed off — Joseph K. Otieno, MICE — Site Engineer

Substructure · Excavation complete (-11.5m, P3 level)

Construction progress framed against the Westlands skyline.

Bulk excavation reached design level (-11.5m, P3 floor) across the full footprint. Soil bearing capacity verified by independent geotechnical report and reviewed against the structural engineer's assumptions. Sheet piling on the western and northern boundaries completed and instrumented for monitoring during raft pour. Dewatering wells commissioned on the eastern boundary. The site is dry, level, and ready for blinding and rebar.

Signed off — Joseph K. Otieno, MICE — Site Engineer

Mobilisation · Hoarding, site office, tower crane base

Tower crane on site with the Westlands skyline behind.

Hoarding installed along Raptor Road frontage and the two side boundaries. Site office and welfare facilities commissioned. Tower crane base poured on 14 August; crane scheduled for erection late September. Construction phone-line live: any neighbour reporting noise, dust, or traffic concerns can call the published number — every call is logged and answered within the working day. Plot LR No. 1870/IV/237 boundary survey re-pegged and counter-signed against the title plan.

Signed off — Joseph K. Otieno, MICE — Site Engineer

An Invitation

Walk the site with the architect.

Reservers and serious enquirers receive a private site walk with Lars-Henrik Mortensen, our Principal Architect, at major construction milestones — by appointment, hard-hat issued at the gate.