Browse Forums Building Standards; Getting It Right! Re: Difficult draftsperson advice needed 2Feb 03, 2020 8:22 pm Designer,Engineer (Civil,Const & Envir),Builder,Concrete & Masonry Contract.Struct Repairs Re: Difficult draftsperson advice needed 4Feb 04, 2020 8:07 am Designer,Engineer (Civil,Const & Envir),Builder,Concrete & Masonry Contract.Struct Repairs Re: Difficult draftsperson advice needed 8Feb 04, 2020 9:56 am Designer,Engineer (Civil,Const & Envir),Builder,Concrete & Masonry Contract.Struct Repairs Re: Difficult draftsperson advice needed 9Feb 04, 2020 11:43 am Designer,Engineer (Civil,Const & Envir),Builder,Concrete & Masonry Contract.Struct Repairs Re: Difficult draftsperson advice needed 11Feb 04, 2020 1:05 pm Designer,Engineer (Civil,Const & Envir),Builder,Concrete & Masonry Contract.Struct Repairs Re: Difficult draftsperson advice needed 12Feb 04, 2020 2:34 pm Foremost Building Expert in Australia,assisting with building problems/disputes, building stage inspections,pre-contract review advice for peace of mind 200 blogs http://www.buildingexpert.net.au/blog Re: Difficult draftsperson advice needed 14Feb 04, 2020 5:48 pm Foremost Building Expert in Australia,assisting with building problems/disputes, building stage inspections,pre-contract review advice for peace of mind 200 blogs http://www.buildingexpert.net.au/blog Re: Difficult draftsperson advice needed 20Feb 10, 2020 3:56 pm CF Design Again, from the outside. $3k is nothing when related to the overall cost of building a house, especially a custom home. Having been through a re development of an existing house to new home (knockdown/rebuild or however you wish to term it) I can only say that I wish we had taken more time planning and I would have spent another $50k on getting some things right/better in hindsight. Professionally, once the design is done and signed off, there is no excuse for gaps in the drawing content, especially if the same person has done the design. I see a lot of designs from Architects who don't have relevant registration and cannot provide drawings for permits, and the issues with a lot of them are a lack of construction knowledge and not being able to resolve issues without major rework. This also means changes to planning permits and expensive amendments. I can't help with NSW referrals but check out the Building Design Association Australia and use their lookup to your options. https://www.bdaa.com.au/ Thank you so much Hi All, I engaged a tradie to install concrete retaining wall 600-800mm high over 32 meters in Victoria. Sleepers are 200*75*2000 mm installed over 17 steel posts. I… 0 6917 Building Standards; Getting It Right! Don't think they are designed for double brick. WA has a particular way of building and unfortunately that's the way a large amount of sills are finished. 3 7011 Versaloc is a mortarless besser block system that still needs a properly engineered footing. If you just do a 400x200 footing it will fail in time. At 17m long you need it… 1 17974 |