Posts Tagged ‘custom home builder’
Alucobond 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…
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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 MoreUltra High Rise Project 2 of 2
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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Introduction Owing to the fame of Australian Complex Constructions Sydney P/L in the Asia-Pacific region the project client has invited us to tender for the construction of Como Towers (the building has a great name) and at the same time provide some basic information. What an opportunity it is! Project Concept An ultra-high rise…
Read MoreSmoke Alarms
Australian Building Codes require smoke alarms to be installed into new granny flats which are no bigger than 60 sqm here in Sydney, NSW, Australia. In NSW licenced electricians have to install smoke alarms and self-certify as well. Note the photo is only an example. I am an NSW licenced building surveyor or basically a building…
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