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Senior Architectural Technologist · Muizenberg & Cape Town · please get in touch
PROFESSIONAL PROFILE
I’m a Professional Senior Architectural Technologist with more than 25 years of experience in South Africa and abroad. Registered with SACAP and deemed a ‘competent person’ in terms of National Building Regulations Part XA (energy), I specialise in housing design, and I’m also competent in planning leisure, commercial and light industrial buildings. Self-employed for most of my career, I consider myself an architectural problem solver.
‘One of the great beauties of architecture, is that each time, it is like life starting all over again’
Renzo Piano
PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
I can help with new houses · alterations & additions · plans for existing (as-built) work · Council building plan submissions · departures & land-use applications · Section 34 heritage permits · SANS 10400-XA energy compliance. The usual stages of a project are set out below.
INCEPTION
Consultation to determine project feasibility and budgets. Determining needs and wants. Germination of ideas
CONCEPT DESIGN
Establish initial concepts and planning relationships. Land use rights and project cost estimates. Putting flesh on the bones.
DESIGN DEVELOPMENT
Develop all aspects of the design. Co-ordinate with consultants. Initiate technical documentation. “God is in the details.”
DOCUMENTATION
Documentation for submission to Local Authorities. Preparation of specifications, tender drawings, and construction documentation. Co-ordination of consultants information.
CONSTRUCTION
Administration of building Contract, inspections to ensure conformity with documentation and standards, assistance to clients.
