Post # 15

In the office...

This week was quite busy. Multitasking was the name of the game this week. :-/

I had done some draught work on the Clifton flats project. The builders needed the tiling layouts for the new extended bathroom. So just some minor tweaks was added.

The council submission for Princes road were urgently needed, so some draught work done on it this week as well. Our plans had to reflect on the engineer's drawings, therefore some tweaks were done too. By the end of the week, it was complete and ready  to go.

Mr Lamb and I had worked this Saturday. We completed a whole council submission in a day. Phew! haha. But, fortunately, it wasn't exactly a huge job. We just had to draw up plans for a "Wendy house" :D Seems like it's not a labour/ mental intensive job, but its, without doubt, a time consuming one. (this text - only -  was added after the Saturday).

Yours, mentally drained.

Rukiya

Post # 14

In the office...

Starting the week off well… Miller Road Tender documents finally complete! Fresh prints made on Monday, and on its way to the builders.

Onto a new project in 2^nd Avenue, Claremont – a complex of residential flats. This project is in its early stages (working on basic layouts). Block diagrams were drawn up as an illustration to the developers interested in the project on how the flats will be set out. The amount of units to be built is dependant on the amount of habitable rooms allowed (according to the regulations). We are currently on 22 habitable rooms which are over the maximum amount. Therefore, some changes to the layouts need to be made.

The Clifton Flats: Tiling layouts have to go out soon. I am busy putting together a set of tiling layouts – it includes a plan and elevations of the bathroom all scaled to 1:25. They are almost complete (just a few minor details).

Thanks.

Rukiya

Post # 13

In the office...

Funny coincidence: The 13^th post on “Friday the 13^th” hahaha! Well not too big on superstitions, but anyway back to work… :)

The week started off a bit slow. Minor changes to the Miller Road Tender documents again. As the week progressed it was a bit busy. I had to work on some details for the Miller Road Tender documents – the details for the staircase handrails – learning how the smallest detail (down to the fixings) is very critical for this type of drawing. The builder needs to know exactly how they need to build it to the last millimetre. This is beyond the mere conceptual drawings. I also worked on the braai area/ patio details which – the same – had to be correct to the last millimetre. Noel still has to check them for me. From that point, he can go out to tender.

A bit of work was also done on the Clifton Flats. New bathroom layouts had to be done – the one bathroom has to be extended (a 1.7 x 2.4m bathroom) which also has to include a new vanity unit to be installed. We still need to finalise a tiling layout for these bathrooms and the electrical layout has to be done.

The hub process is going well I think. I need the lecturers to help me finalise my design. But, if you would like to comment on my design please feel free to do so… I need all the help I can get…

Thanks,

Rukiya

Post # 12

In the office...

Quite a short week - only 4 days of work and we had been let off early most of the week. Noel had a few things to attend to and had been sick due to his chemo-therapy. 

However, we still got a lot of work done. We had to work together on the Miller Road Tender documents. These plans were requested and had to urgently be completed for the builder to collect. The schedule to start building the 1st unit of the complex is well on its way. Noel is to put up his sign board, which Yusuf and I will help him with. 

Referring to what I have learned this week: I had to do some changes to the handrail details. Here, I had learned about the fixings of the handrail, how exactly it is put together, all the components needed - specifically for a staircase handrail - I was to also specify and annotate the drawing. It was a bit complicated, but I had it figured out, with the guidance of Noel.

Saturday, with Mr Lamb, was once again put off due to his other commitments. However, we will definitely be starting on a new project this week.

So "blog" you later..haha,

Rukiya ;-)

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Hub interim 4

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