Building Technician's Diaries

The owner accuses the contractor’s employee to have known the error prior to the tender opening.

Pricing books are a direct easy to use method for applying rates. One possible method would be the use of independent pricing books. There are many options for pricing books, but the most popular and widely used within the construction industry are SPONS and Wessex. SPONS the cost data is updated yearly by Davis Langdon (AECOM) Common sources of published historical data used in industry include Spon’s Architects’ and builders Book and Laxton Building Price Book. Spon’s architects’ and builders book is one of the most detailed, professionally relevant sources of construction price information that is available. Laxton Building price book is very detailed and offers practical information and advice too. Other sources of published

Home Depot Inc., is one of the largest retail home improvement industry worldwide. Home Depot offers 2,275 stores worldwide. The company generates nearly $75 Billion in revenue annually. Home Depot was founded by Bernie Marcus and Arthur Blank. These two individuals originated there dream from a coffee shop in LA during 1978. Home Depot distributes varies targeting, segmentation strategies, and market research when selling products to consumers. Home Depot focuses heavily with DIY(Do-it-yourself) consumers. Home Depot implement their activities, distribution, and marketing home improvement ideas simple and proficient for consumers who enjoy DIY projects.

The selection and sequencing of topics reflect on the 6218 curriculum set by the awarding body, the curriculum is a Basic Construction Skills course built around various practical tasks for which there are unit credits attached to obtain the qualification.

Home Depot is an American based retailer of home improvement and construction products. Home Depot also offers services to its consumers. With its headquarters in Cobb County, Georgia, the company employs more than three-hundred fifty five-thousand people and operates two-thousand one-hundred sixty-four big-box stores across the world including, all fifty states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, Canada, Mexico and China (wikipedia.org). The Home Depot is the largest home improvement retailer in the United States and is the second largest retailer in the United States, behind Wal-Mart (wikipedia.org). The company employs more than three hundred thousand people in

Applying the knowledge gained from Units 1 & 2 is the purpose of Unit 3. Each sheet is explained in greater detail to determine the architect’s intent and the carpenter will answer questions based on this information. In addition, the sheets contained in the mechanical, electrical and plumbing sections are reviewed, but not to the degree

The MW-1 2003 Contract was developed and published by the Royal Australian Institute of Architects (RAIA) and the Master Builders Association (MBA). This contract is the revised edition of the original ABIC MW-1 2001 contract

Getting ready to do some home renovations? At Renewal by Andersen, we're committed to doing everything we can to help homeowners plan, and execute, successful home improvement projects that keep your family safe. That includes helping you gather the information you need about doing the job “right” the first time.  If you're planning to hire a contractor, but plan to do part of the work yourself, you may be wondering which construction projects require permits, and how to find out who is responsible for buying them. Most projects that involve plumbing and electrical work will require permits. The “permit system” ensures Long Island planned projects conform to the New York State Uniform Fire Prevention and Building Code requirements, and are

The building code (BCA/NCC) provides requirements for some locations in Australia to build houses above normal standard or with special precautions to combat extreme weather, natural disasters and other such events. Research and identify a locality in Australia which has these additional requirements for the construction of new houses and present a report detailing:

Published in 2008, the Building Information Modeling Protocol Exhibit by the American Institute of Architects was developed in order to establish guidelines on the use of BIM throughout a project. This is important in that it has addressed several outstanding questions such as, the responsibilities for each element of the model, the authorized uses for the model, the extent to which users can rely on the model, the management of the model, and who takes ownership of the model. After developing a model for a dormitory building that belongs to the Polytechnic Institute of New York University, several examples can be shown that help support the compliance of the Building Information Protocol Exhibit.

There are urgent calls for the building industry be renovated, as Auckland Council’s failing up to 40% of its building inspections. Auckland Council building control manager, Ian McCormick, says the push for Auckland to ramp up its housing supply is putting the construction industry under pressure, and seeing the quality of work take a dangerous dive (Tibshraeny, 2015). Shoddy buildings are going up in Auckland as the council struggles with "significant" quality issues including unskilled construction workers without proper supervision. The warning comes as more land is opened up for development in an effort to take some heat out of the property market. In this essay I will talk about the reasons and causes of the shoddy buildings increased, the quality of home buildings regulated in New Zealand, the measures to improve the situations and the key elements of the quality system for building of a residential home.

As an aspiring Architectural Technologist I will be expected to possess a variety of skills which are valuable for any Architectural Technologist position. I will be studying and evaluating a building design of the Engineering and Computing Building, Coventry. I am to assess the structure, identifying, why the building was designed in the way it was, the impact, challenges and purposes. This will allow me to understand the integration of architectural and structural design.

Chapter 4 attracts the geometric substructure to organising forms and spaces of a building. It formulates supplementary principles that can be utilized to form rules behind a building. Order refers not to geometric balance, but to a condition that each part of a whole is exactly partial with reference to other parts and to its purpose so as to produce harmonious arrangement.

Welcome to The Five! Every two weeks I will present you with a list of five things that pertain to the architecture and engineering world. This blog will serve as a valuable resource for those in the building industry, designers, and owners alike. It is my intent that you will find the information useful in your daily business practices.

In this assignment I will be looking at the structure and activates of the construction and built environment sector. These particular roles all play a massive part into the construction and maintenance of a building. Such as house Building which may be funded by a government grant, a private investor or a mixture of both. Schools & Hospitals are mainly funded by government or a PFI contract. Industrial & Commercial Accommodation may be funded by private company for their own use or letting them out to other companies. Utilities may be funded by the local councils with a combination from the government to supply the houses and building with adequate means of water and gas and sewers along with civil engineers to construct road and access to buildings. Reclamation may be funded by a private investor to develop land for means of building on. This may also incorporate the demolition of building and areas of land which could be make way for new developments. Building Maintenance & Facilities Management can be controlled by a private company working for a government origination.