Week 15

after eventually having completed the council drawings for House Smith, Monday came, and i could print up the sets oof plans for council, together with all the admin work and documentation, and get it ready for the following morning's submission. This submission resulted in a departure (when building work encroaches the building line) and we then recieved the relevant documents and were told which neighbours needed to sign the consent forms. the departure was for the new concrete canopy that was to be cast on top of the new front entrance of the boundary wall, as this canopy projected over the building line. I then returned to the office, and Enrica took over the documentation and contacted the client and informed her of the departure fee and the forms needed to be signed by the neighbour. once these forms were completed and the fee paid, we could then submit the plans to council... its always a relief seeing a completed project be taken out of your hands and you can now focus on the other 10 projects you're busy with.. :)

I've finally gotten the hang of the submission forms required by council when submitting building plans.. i can now put together all the paperwork with my eyes closed, cause thats how good i am. lol

the week consisted of alot of driving around for the Enrica as she was too busy to take time out for driving her kids from place to place.. so it was my job to fetch Enrica's oldest son, Matthew, from school, take him to the orthodontist, wait for him there, then on to the dermatologist and to then drop him at home.. these errands can take a few hours away from my day at the office, which is sometimes a good thing, but when you have work piling on your desk, every bit of time wasted out of the office is crucial! this always ends up with me having to catch up on the work till after 6 the evening.

Some of the other projects i worked on during the week included some more drafting of House Labuschagne, Project Nebula ( parking and signage plans ), House Myburgh ( a project in Sunset Links, an estate in Milnerton, which i had to take over and complete. this included making a few changes, such as the adding of a new elevation showing a proposed screen wall being built along-side the plot, as this house was next to the golf-course and was permanently being damaged by the flying glof balls. I also had to make a few changes to the door and window schedule as what was on plan, did not match the elevations, which might have not matched the schedule, etc. The extended garage felt a bit bare, so to create a more exciting facade, pot plants of reeds were placed on the concrete roof, behind the parapet all along the garage, and the bare windows behind these planters were made more exciting through the adding of fake american shutters the the facade.. these all resulted in a good finish :)

I then recieved the brief for House McIver, which stated the following:
* to raise the level of the existing covered patio to match that of the inside of the dwelling
* to close of the covered patio with a stacker door on the front side, and the side to be closed off by a fixed glass panel and some brickwork
* the exisiting fireplace was to be removed and a smaller gas fireplace was to be installed, with the gas bottle to be placed at the back of the house
* a new boundary wall was to be built at the back of the house together with a gate leading out onto the golf-course.
* on the inside of this boundary wall was to be a vegetable garden
* a new wood storage and concrete counter was to be built at the back of the house
* the area around the wood storage was to be paved with the pavers removed from the covered patio
together with the requirements of the client, i would have to complete drawings of the following: floor plan, atleast one elevation, a section through the new enclosed patio, as well as the door and window schedule

Quite a week it's been to be honest... so time to reward myself with a good weekend ;)