Posts by Michael Como
Alucobond Removal & Replacement 2 of 3
The NSW Government has introduced the Project Remediate Pattern Book which is the best-practice resource to help consultants replace combustible cladding such as alucobond. The book is a package containing a guidance document and technical drawings. The building in the picture is an apartment building – people’s homes. It was Project Remediate’s Global Façade Consultant [GFC],…
Read MoreFix a Blocked Sewer 1 of 2
After all that rain in early 2022, I noticed my sewer trap was overflowing. The next thing you know the waste in the bathroom was gurgling. Then I realised there must be a blockage of some sort in the sewer line, so I called the licensed plumber [my son], but he did not show up.…
Read MoreAlucobond Removal & Replacement 1 of 3
On 8/8/2022 at the base of a building in Ashfield Sydney NSW Australia workers started at the bottom part of an apartment building [peoples homes]removing the alucobond panels & I started taking photographs. With the recent twenty-three-storey Grenfell Tower apartment building fire in 2017, some seventy-two humans perished. Humans lost the homes they cherished. Ensuring…
Read MoreBiophilic Design 2 of 2
Studies have established that even looking at images or scenes of nature provides visual stimulation and stress reduction. Other research found the restorative benefits of simulated or small instances of nature. Green views, vegetation, and landscaping provide stimulation and create micro-climates. The implementation of outdoor learning structures such as tents was a decision at Rice…
Read MoreMould
Rain, rain, rain, La Niña > mould, mould, mould here in Sydney. La Niña is continuously ensuring large parts of eastern Australia are drenched with water over the summer, autumn and winter, according to the experts, the wet weather bomb is likely to continue into summer 22/23. Currently, as I write there is a big storm…
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