Following on from the tiled gallery I posted last week on this new, A3 rated, one-off house recently completed; below is image & link for ‘Tear-sheet’ on the same project: This is also included in the PROJECTS section of the Read More …
I gave a quick interview over phone for the Irish Examiner last week in THIS ARTICLE in the Irish Examiner on Saturday; my thoughts on the further amendments to the Building Control system.
Following on from THIS POST on the ‘Opting-out’ change to S.I.9 of Building Control, here’s a post outlining my personal opinion on the pro’s and cons of whether you should ‘opt-in’ or ‘opt-out’. An explanatory Information Note by the Dept Read More …
After a lot of wondering what it was going to look like, S.I.9 has been updated via S.I. 365 so that one-off houses/extensions are exempt from the key aspects of S.I.9. This in one swoop has created effectively a two-tier Read More …
A short recap: S.I. No.9 of 2014 came into play March 2014 where projects (falling under and subject to the Building Regulations, type & exemptions) require: • Design Certifier • Assigned Certifier With less than a week to go; there Read More …
I’m getting stacks of questions via comments on the website regarding my current (and previous) posts on planning. In today’s litigious society it’s important that I make it clear that every situation needs to be taken on it’s own merit Read More …
Below is slideshow showing a few new photos from Swinford house. This was 1st SI9 project started by us, next step floors & on to completion: Also now on home page
Saw this in current Western People: The architect referred to in the piece by Marian Duggan is yours truly, opening very soon now…
I contributed THIS OPINION PIECE to the BregsForum last year concerning Part L compliance of the Building Regulations. In it I said: “The only way numerically (currently) to assess conformance with Part L of the Building Regulations is via the Read More …
Below is Sketch flyover animation of a one-off Mayo house at Design stage: Still tweaking it but will give the chippies/roofers some fun
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