The past 3 weeks I have been quite busy, one of the projects Ive been working on is the kitchen layout for
Somerset road in Harfield Village, it’s very small alterations that we are
doing such as moving a wall here and there, we were under a bit of pressure to
get the drawings out as soon as possible as they want to get the project on the
road, the kitchen cupboard guys want to start as well, I think the final
project will look quite nice.
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| A pump was required to get all the rain water out of the excavation |
We have been keeping an eye on a project that is starting to
get built after 5 years of fight with council and the client. The previous
plans where approved for the project but we are still in the process of
approving the updated ones. The clients wants a huge basement which he wants to
use as storage. I have been on site a few times the past 2 weeks watching the
excavation taking place; it’s a huge hole, quite incredible actually, really cool seeing the whole project going up from the start. Here are some pics
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| The large basement which was excavated in 4 days! |
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| They were starting to excavate for the footings of the basement |
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| The machine that makes it all happen! |
The past weeks of heavy rain have been a bit of worry but
there’s been a pump onsite just in case. The current building that stands there
has heritage value so the external skin needs to be preserved, that’s why
designing for the client has been such an issue, as well as the property is not
zoned as a business zoning but as a residential zoning which has added to the
fights with the committee and council.
Another project Noel and I have been visiting a lot is the
town houses on Princess road, its coming alone quite nicely, the 2nd
floor is going on already, nearly ready for the roof.
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| View on top of the 1st floor |
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| The laying of precast concrete slabs, they rest ontop of the brickwork or in I beams |
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| I beam clearly showing how the floor slab is supported |
Berco has been another project that I’m mostly dealing with,
there are fire regulations that the building doesn’t comply with, and as Berco
is taking over majority of the half empty building its vital that the fire
regulations comply. We went to visit the building the other day to see where
there are fire hoses and extinguishers and also to see if it matches with what
the plans from council says. Which is doesn’t. We are going to the fire chief
sometime this week.
