It felt like a long weekend after the block days we had last week, which makes the routine of waking up early, peak-hour traffic, and the job of sitting infront of the computer all day, all the more daunting.... but i guess its part of life ay...
the week started off at bull-blast, because of the fact that i had missed 2 days of work last week and it was my job to make sure i catch up on all outstanding work.
the first project of the week was 'House Rumbelow,' a log cabin in the Cederberg that was to be re-drafted, as the previous architect's drawings of the extension was not approved by council, yet building had already been completed.... We had a variety of old and existing plans to work with, and was my job to compile these new plans for approval by council, showing the extension as if it was still to be built. Included in these plans, were the floor and roof plans, all elevations, sections, the door and window schedule, drainage section, as well all the general notes. It took me 2 days to complete this project, which meant one more project scratched off the 'to-do' list :)
i then continued with the drawings for house Smith, after Enrica had met with the clients and discussed some changes.
Wednesday was the Receptionist, Tammryn's, last day at work, as she had resigned a month ago... so i decided to have a party the day she left ;) i brought the Starbucks coffee, and tammryn brought the cupcakes that she had baked the previous night.. hmmmmm :) although id only known her for about 2 months, we had gotten to know each other quite well, and every day was a laugh and a half with the two of us in the same room.. but she is quite crafty, and wants to go into the crafting business of making mosaics and paintings, so i wish her well
i then realized i had forgotten to do the area calculations for 'House Rumbelow,' and quickley went back to the drawing and completed this. these calculations included: the coverage, bulk, area of new work, etc. where i had to get the mathematical part of my brain working again,, lol
Friday had eventually come, and the previous year's student was kind enough to come into the office and show me how to go about setting up for the PSS portfolio, as i was not sure of what was needed..
i could say its been a pretty good week after all!
Tuesday, 17 April 2012
Monday, 12 March 2012
Week 9
NOTHING sounds nicer than 'a 3 day week...'
knowing that it was going to be a short week because of the university block on the Thursday and Friday, made the week seem to go by all the more faster :)
The week started off with me having to draft up two different layout options for House Smith of the ground floor entrance, landscaping, concrete canopy, second floor bathroom, dressing room and bedroom layouts and to prepare these for the client.. Enrica had had a meeting with The Smith's and a few changes were then made to both options 1 and 2. I then went back to the computer and drafted up these changes.. I had been working with the architect with regards to this project and the design elements, and found that i was actually having a part in the entire process of the project from design to drafting, it was a good feeling :) Enrica is now to have another meeting with them to finalise any changes and decide on an option or whether to incorporate one option into the other, which i think will be the case.
Because of the new laws, etc, regarding departures, an 'Application of Notice,' is now to be pasted against the wall/window of a house that has departures and it about to begin construction. this notice is to state all the departures, and stating all information such as application number, project address, departures, and for further queries, contact numbers. this form has to remain up for 30 days and a photo has to be taken of the form against the building for submitting to council, with the date on the photo as proof of notice being placed on house. So it was my job to head over to House de Nobrega ( major renovation project in Melkbosstrand) paste up the form against the sliding door that faced the road, allowing all passer-bys to be able to view, aand ensure i had taken good enough photos that could be added to the forms which were to be submitted to council. it ended up being a nice outing away from the office, and seeing that construction had already begun, made it all the more exciting as i had helped with some small design aspects of the house, and had drafted up quite a bit, pix of progress will be posted up later
i was then given a new project, House Rumbelow, which was a log-cabin in ElandsBay that was to be extended to accomodate a third bedroom, bathroom, and a new living area.
The reason for me having to have done this project, was that plans the owner himself, had done previously were not approved by council. alot of work needed to be done, and all this meant re-drafting as the plans were all hand-drawn......
many things such as building lines, sections, site plans, window sizes, etc had been ommitted, and was my job to go through the feedback form from the council and 'check' off everything i complete as i go along.
work began slow, as neither plans, sections, nor elevations corresponded at all, and was my job to keep in contact with the owner and clarify with him as to what the existing structure was composed of. It was nearing the end of the week, and i still hadn't gotten all the answers i needed...
I knew that Wednesday was going to be a long day, as my boss always has the excuse of 'you need to make up for the time that you are going to be away at university...' which always makes me feel alot better.. pfft!!! so the day went by realy slowly with me having to continue with previous projects, until i was asked to help Enrica with the admin of all outstanding projects... i thought this was going to be a quick meeting, just getting the feeling of how the admin works when it comes to piling together forms to be submitted to council. the new regulations ,meant that a LARGE number of forms are to be submitted together with the drawings of a project, and what a mission having to get all these forms together. sometimes i could just get lost in the amount of forms i have to work with, ai.. i had begun the meeting at about 1pm,, and by the time i had walked out of Enrica's office, it was just after half past four! shocked as i was, not having realized how fast time had flown, and that i was four hours behind on drawing work, i started stressing, and Enrica was wanting me to still complete work before i could leave the office, and this would take me to past 6. I had needed to get home as i was still in the need of completing a project for university that was due the next day, so i informed the boss of this, and she was ok and let me off :)
It was now back to uni. and the awesome feeling of seeing all your old friends again, felt realy good, especially the break from the pressurized office environment..
we were handed out a program of the next two days and could see what would be expected of us till that 4'o'clock sign-off on friday.
although i knew these two days werent gonna be all fun and games, i was still pretty excited. we had recieved a number of hand-outs to projects, sat in on a few lectures, had a few lunch breaks, and after 2 days, it was weekend!! A LONG DESERVED WEEKEND!!!!!
knowing that it was going to be a short week because of the university block on the Thursday and Friday, made the week seem to go by all the more faster :)
The week started off with me having to draft up two different layout options for House Smith of the ground floor entrance, landscaping, concrete canopy, second floor bathroom, dressing room and bedroom layouts and to prepare these for the client.. Enrica had had a meeting with The Smith's and a few changes were then made to both options 1 and 2. I then went back to the computer and drafted up these changes.. I had been working with the architect with regards to this project and the design elements, and found that i was actually having a part in the entire process of the project from design to drafting, it was a good feeling :) Enrica is now to have another meeting with them to finalise any changes and decide on an option or whether to incorporate one option into the other, which i think will be the case.
Because of the new laws, etc, regarding departures, an 'Application of Notice,' is now to be pasted against the wall/window of a house that has departures and it about to begin construction. this notice is to state all the departures, and stating all information such as application number, project address, departures, and for further queries, contact numbers. this form has to remain up for 30 days and a photo has to be taken of the form against the building for submitting to council, with the date on the photo as proof of notice being placed on house. So it was my job to head over to House de Nobrega ( major renovation project in Melkbosstrand) paste up the form against the sliding door that faced the road, allowing all passer-bys to be able to view, aand ensure i had taken good enough photos that could be added to the forms which were to be submitted to council. it ended up being a nice outing away from the office, and seeing that construction had already begun, made it all the more exciting as i had helped with some small design aspects of the house, and had drafted up quite a bit, pix of progress will be posted up later
i was then given a new project, House Rumbelow, which was a log-cabin in ElandsBay that was to be extended to accomodate a third bedroom, bathroom, and a new living area.
The reason for me having to have done this project, was that plans the owner himself, had done previously were not approved by council. alot of work needed to be done, and all this meant re-drafting as the plans were all hand-drawn......
many things such as building lines, sections, site plans, window sizes, etc had been ommitted, and was my job to go through the feedback form from the council and 'check' off everything i complete as i go along.
work began slow, as neither plans, sections, nor elevations corresponded at all, and was my job to keep in contact with the owner and clarify with him as to what the existing structure was composed of. It was nearing the end of the week, and i still hadn't gotten all the answers i needed...
I knew that Wednesday was going to be a long day, as my boss always has the excuse of 'you need to make up for the time that you are going to be away at university...' which always makes me feel alot better.. pfft!!! so the day went by realy slowly with me having to continue with previous projects, until i was asked to help Enrica with the admin of all outstanding projects... i thought this was going to be a quick meeting, just getting the feeling of how the admin works when it comes to piling together forms to be submitted to council. the new regulations ,meant that a LARGE number of forms are to be submitted together with the drawings of a project, and what a mission having to get all these forms together. sometimes i could just get lost in the amount of forms i have to work with, ai.. i had begun the meeting at about 1pm,, and by the time i had walked out of Enrica's office, it was just after half past four! shocked as i was, not having realized how fast time had flown, and that i was four hours behind on drawing work, i started stressing, and Enrica was wanting me to still complete work before i could leave the office, and this would take me to past 6. I had needed to get home as i was still in the need of completing a project for university that was due the next day, so i informed the boss of this, and she was ok and let me off :)
It was now back to uni. and the awesome feeling of seeing all your old friends again, felt realy good, especially the break from the pressurized office environment..
we were handed out a program of the next two days and could see what would be expected of us till that 4'o'clock sign-off on friday.
Week 8
The week started off to many Council visits. I took Enrica's car again, and made a visit at the city of cape town council, where i had to submit plans of House Groeneweg, which Xavier had been working on for the past while. the same day i had to get to the Blaauwberg council to collect some departure forms for the Pool house i am working on for House Schrauwen. this would be the last phase before the plans could be submitted.
I then managed to complete the council drawings for House Thompson. where an existing patio was to be enclosed with a boarded roof and alluminium stacking doors. the final drawings turned out pretty well, and i was again impressed with the work i had done.
i was then given the task of taking over the drawings of House Myburgh, that previous students had not completed.. the house was quite complex, and situated in the Golf Estate of Sunset Links... revisions had to be made, and because the house was unfamiliar to me, it took me a while to get the drawings up to scratch. but after a few changes, i could see the house coming to life.. changes i had to make to the drawings included the enclosing of two 1st floor bedroom balconies with boarded roofs and alluminium sliding windows, adding of allumium canopies along the house as this was a house prone to getting golf balls in the windows atleast once a week, aswell as playing around with the landscaping. This project is still in progress :)
with regards to the Spearhead Business park project i had been working on, after the engineer had seen the drawings and had a meeting with Enrica, it was deduced that our proposed brickwork on the 1st floor was to be too much of a strain onto the ground floors walls and was to be converted to dry-walling. i had done this change, and the plans were then ready for submittance.
To another good week :)
I then managed to complete the council drawings for House Thompson. where an existing patio was to be enclosed with a boarded roof and alluminium stacking doors. the final drawings turned out pretty well, and i was again impressed with the work i had done.
i was then given the task of taking over the drawings of House Myburgh, that previous students had not completed.. the house was quite complex, and situated in the Golf Estate of Sunset Links... revisions had to be made, and because the house was unfamiliar to me, it took me a while to get the drawings up to scratch. but after a few changes, i could see the house coming to life.. changes i had to make to the drawings included the enclosing of two 1st floor bedroom balconies with boarded roofs and alluminium sliding windows, adding of allumium canopies along the house as this was a house prone to getting golf balls in the windows atleast once a week, aswell as playing around with the landscaping. This project is still in progress :)
with regards to the Spearhead Business park project i had been working on, after the engineer had seen the drawings and had a meeting with Enrica, it was deduced that our proposed brickwork on the 1st floor was to be too much of a strain onto the ground floors walls and was to be converted to dry-walling. i had done this change, and the plans were then ready for submittance.
To another good week :)
Monday, 5 March 2012
Week 7
The week started off with me having to finish the 'pool house' drawings for House Schrauwen, as the client was keen to have the plans submited and approved by council ASAP.
this just meant i had to add some final notes to the drawings, correct some mistakes i had made regarding line-weight, hatching style and colour. Once these were complete, the client was able to collect one set of plans, get the neighbours to sign, return the plans to us, and subit it to council. This is where the waiting game begins. I must say, it's one of the projects ive done that i feel the most proud about, and look forward to seeing the final product knowing i was involved in the design and drawing process :)
I then continued with the Carport drawings for Mr Aldera, and this too was nearing completion. before i could carry on with the drawing, i had to research the joinery details for this type of carport, to be able to understand how it works, thus enabling me to be able to put it all together on a drawing.
On Tuesday I was asked by Enrica to go with her to the site of a proposed commercial/residential building and to help her collect a few measurements that she was missing. these included locating and drawing out the positions of the existing trees, as these are milkwood trees, and almost impossible to have removed, and thus would remain on the plans of the proposed building. This was to be a 3 storey building, consisting of retail on ground floor, offices on the second, and residential on the third floor, and is situated in Table View.
Xavier, the other draughtsman, is busy with this project, and drawings are coming along pretty well. alhough the Client keeps setting deadlines, the deadlines are always pushed forward as the deadlines are impossible to make with this size project....
Because Tamryn, the receptionist, had resigned and would be leaving soon, i was told that it would be my job to take over her duty of fetching Enrica's kids from school some days of the week, and that i would have to travel all the way to Bishops in Rondebosch to fetch them.... i wasnt too sure where Bishops was, so Tamryn asked if i wanted to join her when she fetches the children again. So i went with her to get my head clear on the directions.
House McIver was an upmarket home situated in the estate "Sunset Links" which i had started drafting from original hardcopy plans, and on-site measurements. Additions were to be done to the front and back portions of the house, so i was to ensure that the measurements to the areas around the parts that were to be worked around, were accurate. There were one or two measurements i didnt have, and asked if Enrica could get those few measurements for me sometime as she lives on the same estate. After recieving those measurements, i could ammend the drawing accordingly, and have it ready for the design process :)
later in the week, i was asked to submit plans at the City of Cape Town, and this meant another scenic bus trip :) i dont mind these cause its nice time spent away from the office for a bit.
on the bus, there was this incident thal lightened my whole week. sounded alot funnier in person, but heres how it went........
shortley after having gotten on the bus, i noticed these 3 girls talking to a foreigner about Cape Town and all the touristy attractions to see. then the foreigner ( i think British ) asked the girls what there was to see in Johannesburg, the girls looked at one another and were all like "uh......." Couldnt help bu overhear and break out in laughter!! the girls then looked at me and also started laughing, knowing that i had found it quite funny how they responded.. and it was pretty true.. there isnt much to see in Jo'burg! haha
We had to get to council by 12, as the town planner we had spoken to previously and had organised to drop the plans at, was only at the counter till 12.. it was about 10 to 12, and we started shuffling towards council to ensure we dont miss the deadline which would result in a waste of a day to town... We arrived at council just as Ben Schoeman, the planner we had planned to meet, was packing up and getting ready to leave, we managed to grab him before he could, but said he wouldnt have time to look at the plans on counter, but would have a look at them in his office, and call us reg. anything further... This ended up being a quick visit town, but meant going back to the office earlier than expected... a nice walk around town woulve been nice though ;)
i was also asked to research pool table sizes, table tennis board sizes as well as the area required around them. i had to then draw these out onto the master drawing sheet so that it was available if ever needed.. Enrica was quite happy with my findings
till next week !
this just meant i had to add some final notes to the drawings, correct some mistakes i had made regarding line-weight, hatching style and colour. Once these were complete, the client was able to collect one set of plans, get the neighbours to sign, return the plans to us, and subit it to council. This is where the waiting game begins. I must say, it's one of the projects ive done that i feel the most proud about, and look forward to seeing the final product knowing i was involved in the design and drawing process :)
I then continued with the Carport drawings for Mr Aldera, and this too was nearing completion. before i could carry on with the drawing, i had to research the joinery details for this type of carport, to be able to understand how it works, thus enabling me to be able to put it all together on a drawing.
On Tuesday I was asked by Enrica to go with her to the site of a proposed commercial/residential building and to help her collect a few measurements that she was missing. these included locating and drawing out the positions of the existing trees, as these are milkwood trees, and almost impossible to have removed, and thus would remain on the plans of the proposed building. This was to be a 3 storey building, consisting of retail on ground floor, offices on the second, and residential on the third floor, and is situated in Table View.
Xavier, the other draughtsman, is busy with this project, and drawings are coming along pretty well. alhough the Client keeps setting deadlines, the deadlines are always pushed forward as the deadlines are impossible to make with this size project....
Because Tamryn, the receptionist, had resigned and would be leaving soon, i was told that it would be my job to take over her duty of fetching Enrica's kids from school some days of the week, and that i would have to travel all the way to Bishops in Rondebosch to fetch them.... i wasnt too sure where Bishops was, so Tamryn asked if i wanted to join her when she fetches the children again. So i went with her to get my head clear on the directions.
House McIver was an upmarket home situated in the estate "Sunset Links" which i had started drafting from original hardcopy plans, and on-site measurements. Additions were to be done to the front and back portions of the house, so i was to ensure that the measurements to the areas around the parts that were to be worked around, were accurate. There were one or two measurements i didnt have, and asked if Enrica could get those few measurements for me sometime as she lives on the same estate. After recieving those measurements, i could ammend the drawing accordingly, and have it ready for the design process :)
later in the week, i was asked to submit plans at the City of Cape Town, and this meant another scenic bus trip :) i dont mind these cause its nice time spent away from the office for a bit.
on the bus, there was this incident thal lightened my whole week. sounded alot funnier in person, but heres how it went........
shortley after having gotten on the bus, i noticed these 3 girls talking to a foreigner about Cape Town and all the touristy attractions to see. then the foreigner ( i think British ) asked the girls what there was to see in Johannesburg, the girls looked at one another and were all like "uh......." Couldnt help bu overhear and break out in laughter!! the girls then looked at me and also started laughing, knowing that i had found it quite funny how they responded.. and it was pretty true.. there isnt much to see in Jo'burg! haha
We had to get to council by 12, as the town planner we had spoken to previously and had organised to drop the plans at, was only at the counter till 12.. it was about 10 to 12, and we started shuffling towards council to ensure we dont miss the deadline which would result in a waste of a day to town... We arrived at council just as Ben Schoeman, the planner we had planned to meet, was packing up and getting ready to leave, we managed to grab him before he could, but said he wouldnt have time to look at the plans on counter, but would have a look at them in his office, and call us reg. anything further... This ended up being a quick visit town, but meant going back to the office earlier than expected... a nice walk around town woulve been nice though ;)
i was also asked to research pool table sizes, table tennis board sizes as well as the area required around them. i had to then draw these out onto the master drawing sheet so that it was available if ever needed.. Enrica was quite happy with my findings
till next week !
Tuesday, 21 February 2012
Week 6
So it's been just over a month at Linden Projects, and things are still going well.
This week i had joined up at the tennis club, and practices were from 5 on certain days, and because work only finished at 5, and still travelling an hour in traffic on my way home, i thought it best to ask Enrica(my boss), if it was possible to change my hours from 8 -5, to 7 -4. I would benefit traffice wise, and also be able to make tennis. So i spoke to her and she was realy cool about it, i didnt even have to give reason..
starting at work at 7am, meant it was still cool-ish in the morning, allowing me to enjoy a hot cup of coffee with biscuits before i am to start work.. its the routine now of how my days start :)
the week started with me having to work on House Thompson, where an existing patio was to be enclosed.. i had to redraft the house as soft-copy plans were not available.. ive also been put on phone-duty alot more often lately, because of the receptionist and her castings and errands she has to run for the boss. this has made me a lot more comfortable with the phone, i now enjoy calling clients, engineers, municipality, etc.. just helps improve my communication skills benefitting me in the long run.
one example of a phone call during the week went like this:
Brad: Linden Projects, Brad speaking, good morning..
Lady: Hi, can I speak to Enrica?
Brad: Sorry, Enrica is in a meeting, can i take a message and she will call you back?
Lady: Ask her to phone Anita back
Brad: Sure will do
Lady: No you wont phone me back, you dont have my number?!
Brad: We do have your number on the system, right infront of me now, but i will take your number anyway.....
(this was quite a funny start to the week as i had spoken to this lady (Anita, part of the body corp of one of the projects we are working on) quite often, so how she could think we wouldnt have her number was quite strange)
i had eventually earned enough trust from my boss, when i was asked to go to council, and the post office to mail off stuff, and was told to take my boss's Audi A3... i was shocked at first, that she was allowing me to use it, but i agreed, and went with it, with these words at the back of my head "if you get a speeding fine, it's on your head..."... I drove realy cautiously and at the mall i parked miles away from the nearest car, lol, just to ensure nothing happens to the car. eventually got the feel of the car, and was up for another trip,,,, :)
The previous week, i had taken plans to the City of CT to be submitted, but because the house was quite complex, and lots of details on the plan needed to be clarrified, i couldnt submit the plan, and was asked to email the head planner and book a pre-consultation meeting between my boss and some of the head planners, just to go through the plans together, and clear any discrepencies.. I emailed the council the previous wednesday, and it was tuesday already and we had heard nothing. our client was getting realy frustrated as his plans were just standing for a week, and he wanted to ge the plans approved asap! so i decided to call the council back and find out why they arent replying to my mail, and when we'de be able to see them. i called the lady i had previously emailed, and when i told her who i was, she acted all apologetic saying she so sorry she hasnt gotten back to me, but just waiting on a planner to get back to her and will call me in 5 minutes... 24 hours had passed, and i had had it up to here with the council, i then called AGAIN!! this time i couldnt get hold of her, and just as i starting stressing on my clients behalf, the planner had phoned my boss, and eventually managed to organize a meeting for the upcoming friday.. which i was excited about as id never been to one of these meetings before... so we will see what happens
This week i was still working on The "Spearheads" project, which involved an empty office block in an office park being renovated and made suitable for an Internet Service Provider. Alot of drafting was involved, as well as the layout of drainage, and aircon onto the plan. another project House Schrauwen, was on the top of my priorities list, was quite an exciting one which i am invloved int the drafting and designing of, where a pool house was to be built in the backyard of an exsiting house. something that would change the lifestyle of the family completley! i was so excited about this project, and cant wait to see the final result built :)
Visiting council on friday ended up being one LONG story.. we ended up leaving there with no further progress than where we were last week this time! there were a few pieces of info missing, on the architect's side, and title deeds werent clear as to what the restrictions were, thus confusing the planners abit... this all had to be sorted out before we can head back to council yet again... so back to the office, and back to the phone
what a week it was indeed, and am sure next week will only get alot bussier....
till then :)
This week i had joined up at the tennis club, and practices were from 5 on certain days, and because work only finished at 5, and still travelling an hour in traffic on my way home, i thought it best to ask Enrica(my boss), if it was possible to change my hours from 8 -5, to 7 -4. I would benefit traffice wise, and also be able to make tennis. So i spoke to her and she was realy cool about it, i didnt even have to give reason..
starting at work at 7am, meant it was still cool-ish in the morning, allowing me to enjoy a hot cup of coffee with biscuits before i am to start work.. its the routine now of how my days start :)
the week started with me having to work on House Thompson, where an existing patio was to be enclosed.. i had to redraft the house as soft-copy plans were not available.. ive also been put on phone-duty alot more often lately, because of the receptionist and her castings and errands she has to run for the boss. this has made me a lot more comfortable with the phone, i now enjoy calling clients, engineers, municipality, etc.. just helps improve my communication skills benefitting me in the long run.
one example of a phone call during the week went like this:
Brad: Linden Projects, Brad speaking, good morning..
Lady: Hi, can I speak to Enrica?
Brad: Sorry, Enrica is in a meeting, can i take a message and she will call you back?
Lady: Ask her to phone Anita back
Brad: Sure will do
Lady: No you wont phone me back, you dont have my number?!
Brad: We do have your number on the system, right infront of me now, but i will take your number anyway.....
(this was quite a funny start to the week as i had spoken to this lady (Anita, part of the body corp of one of the projects we are working on) quite often, so how she could think we wouldnt have her number was quite strange)
i had eventually earned enough trust from my boss, when i was asked to go to council, and the post office to mail off stuff, and was told to take my boss's Audi A3... i was shocked at first, that she was allowing me to use it, but i agreed, and went with it, with these words at the back of my head "if you get a speeding fine, it's on your head..."... I drove realy cautiously and at the mall i parked miles away from the nearest car, lol, just to ensure nothing happens to the car. eventually got the feel of the car, and was up for another trip,,,, :)
The previous week, i had taken plans to the City of CT to be submitted, but because the house was quite complex, and lots of details on the plan needed to be clarrified, i couldnt submit the plan, and was asked to email the head planner and book a pre-consultation meeting between my boss and some of the head planners, just to go through the plans together, and clear any discrepencies.. I emailed the council the previous wednesday, and it was tuesday already and we had heard nothing. our client was getting realy frustrated as his plans were just standing for a week, and he wanted to ge the plans approved asap! so i decided to call the council back and find out why they arent replying to my mail, and when we'de be able to see them. i called the lady i had previously emailed, and when i told her who i was, she acted all apologetic saying she so sorry she hasnt gotten back to me, but just waiting on a planner to get back to her and will call me in 5 minutes... 24 hours had passed, and i had had it up to here with the council, i then called AGAIN!! this time i couldnt get hold of her, and just as i starting stressing on my clients behalf, the planner had phoned my boss, and eventually managed to organize a meeting for the upcoming friday.. which i was excited about as id never been to one of these meetings before... so we will see what happens
This week i was still working on The "Spearheads" project, which involved an empty office block in an office park being renovated and made suitable for an Internet Service Provider. Alot of drafting was involved, as well as the layout of drainage, and aircon onto the plan. another project House Schrauwen, was on the top of my priorities list, was quite an exciting one which i am invloved int the drafting and designing of, where a pool house was to be built in the backyard of an exsiting house. something that would change the lifestyle of the family completley! i was so excited about this project, and cant wait to see the final result built :)
Visiting council on friday ended up being one LONG story.. we ended up leaving there with no further progress than where we were last week this time! there were a few pieces of info missing, on the architect's side, and title deeds werent clear as to what the restrictions were, thus confusing the planners abit... this all had to be sorted out before we can head back to council yet again... so back to the office, and back to the phone
what a week it was indeed, and am sure next week will only get alot bussier....
till then :)
Monday, 13 February 2012
Monday, 6 February 2012
Week 4 - Orientation
So this was to be a short work week, because of the orientation that was going to take place from the wednesday to the Saturday on Campus...
the week started off pretty smoothley, having to draught up proposed offices to be used by an internet service provider, completing the door and window schedule, as well as pdf'ing the drawings and sending them off to the body corporate as these offices are located inside a business park..
On tuesday i was asked to double check the window and door schedule of a previous project, as the client had come back to us saying that the windows and doors on plan and elevation did not match those written in the schedule, so that took me a few minutes, and minor changes, before i could cross it off the list. For the same project, the client had asked if we can now add a basement level below the front porch which could be used for the storage of canoes, wetsuits, etc. So working together with the plan and creating a section, i tried as much as i could to get this store room onto paper. thing is, the site had quite a slope, an existing driveway was in the way, and the amount of space needed for the amount of steps needed was not enough.. So i ended up asking the main draughtsman to give me a hand, and before i knew it, it was 5'o clock, and knowing i wasnt gonna be in the office for the next few days meant this project would have to stand, and i would be falling behind, knowing that come Monday, i would have a large amount of work waiting for me on my desk.......
It was pretty cool going back to campus the next day, as we could hook-up with all the guys we'd made friends with last year :) i wasnt that excited at first about the orientation, as i was hoping it wasnt going to be a waste of four days and that i would regret leaving the office for it...
but it turned out okay :)
On Wednesday we were introduced to some of the 2nd year lecturers and co-ordinators, we had to stand up infront of the class and introduce ourselves, aswell as shown how the online media work and told how important it is to keep up-to-date with our online blogs. We then later watched a powerpoint on South african history and also a dvd on the Baths by Peter Zunther.
the week started off pretty smoothley, having to draught up proposed offices to be used by an internet service provider, completing the door and window schedule, as well as pdf'ing the drawings and sending them off to the body corporate as these offices are located inside a business park..
On tuesday i was asked to double check the window and door schedule of a previous project, as the client had come back to us saying that the windows and doors on plan and elevation did not match those written in the schedule, so that took me a few minutes, and minor changes, before i could cross it off the list. For the same project, the client had asked if we can now add a basement level below the front porch which could be used for the storage of canoes, wetsuits, etc. So working together with the plan and creating a section, i tried as much as i could to get this store room onto paper. thing is, the site had quite a slope, an existing driveway was in the way, and the amount of space needed for the amount of steps needed was not enough.. So i ended up asking the main draughtsman to give me a hand, and before i knew it, it was 5'o clock, and knowing i wasnt gonna be in the office for the next few days meant this project would have to stand, and i would be falling behind, knowing that come Monday, i would have a large amount of work waiting for me on my desk.......
It was pretty cool going back to campus the next day, as we could hook-up with all the guys we'd made friends with last year :) i wasnt that excited at first about the orientation, as i was hoping it wasnt going to be a waste of four days and that i would regret leaving the office for it...
but it turned out okay :)
On Wednesday we were introduced to some of the 2nd year lecturers and co-ordinators, we had to stand up infront of the class and introduce ourselves, aswell as shown how the online media work and told how important it is to keep up-to-date with our online blogs. We then later watched a powerpoint on South african history and also a dvd on the Baths by Peter Zunther.
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