Alucobond Removal & Replacement 2 of 3

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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],…

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Fix a Blocked Sewer 1 of 2

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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.…

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Biophilic Design 1 of 2

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Mental well-being is all about coping with stress, being able to work productively and contributing to the community. Mental health and resultant depression are the worldwide leading cause of disability. Climate change and Covid 19 are determining a host of mental health challenges and public health threats that people are experiencing are basically some of…

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Woodworking Skills 2

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Recently on 31/12/2021, I was commissioned by a family member to cut slots in the top of sample blocks of wood to enable a table number card with a menu to stand upright view for an upcoming wedding party. The slot had to be on the rounded edge of the block. On 1/1/2022 I made…

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Ultra High Rise Project 2 of 2

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Australian Ultra High Rise [UHR] Development Key Transition Drives UHR development is generating differing views and unhappiness among all types of Australians. Suburbs with leafy green canopies are transformed by skyscrapers jutting into the skyline. ’Fears leafy suburbs will become concrete jungles’ (ABC 2019). ‘We’re trading backyards for balconies and courtyards, and this has resulted…

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