The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2014 annual report for this blog. Here's an excerpt: The Louvre Museum has 8.5 million visitors per year. This blog was viewed about 110,000 times in 2014. If it were an exhibit at Read More …
The recent ESRI report HERE forecasts that Ireland will need 90,000 new homes by 2021 and recently in the Nzeb conference last week Minister Damien English called for the passive house standard to be introduced in housing (link to BRegs Read More …
I popped up my professional qualifications and accreditations on the home page yesterday (also below): But what do the qualifications really mean? It means I take my work and training seriously; the Accreditations take the form of Continuing Practice Development Read More …
This was told to me by a person I knew a few years back who was building a house and was at the stage of getting inspections by the ‘draughtsman/engineer/architect’ – no names… The client was upstairs in the house Read More …
This is now beginning to get frustrating. How many more times am I going to have to explain that the drawings for planning are not enough to satisfy the Building Regulations. I’ve written a stack of blog posts, produced fact Read More …
With S.I.9 (2014) on it’s way and a draft Code of Practice concerning inspections published (the final Code of Practice is awaited from the DECLG), the most important part that needs to be drilled into contractors is that any works Read More …
So it looks like it’s definitely happening. Still on for March 1st this year. Here’s a summary of the new regulations and certificates: 1. The Building Commencement Notice Very similar to what we already have; main difference is that it Read More …
This is Part 2 following on from This is the real problem in rural Irish construction (Part 1). It takes the ‘Dream Team’ discussion a little further… You have to remember the background of rural residential architecture; in my opinion Read More …
This post gives a personal opinion on why the construction industry is in the state it’s in. It’s written as an outsider (which effectively I am) looking in. Rural Ireland has a background of not paying that much for architectural Read More …
Below are quick links that take you to each post on Building Regulations Reform which also give a background on why (if you’re an RIAI member) you should vote for me in the current RIAI Council Election. Also if you’re Read More …
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