What we’re seeing with ordinary members of the RIAI is remarkable; a ground swell of support on a common, specific purpose, completely separate from the Institute: Today 500+ architects have today written to Minister Phil Hogan asking him to defer 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 …
As a continuation to A UK trained architect’s experience of Irish Building Control this post takes the argument a bit further and asks you which system you would prefer… I can understand how the “To die for” quotes on proposed Read More …
There’s been a lot of comments floating around concerning “UK architects would kill to have the proposed Irish Building Control system”. Now I’m not going to say who said what, I’m simply going to give my personal perspective as a Read More …
This personal viewpoint is my opinion on how to maintain the self-building industry in Ireland. This plan of action could easily be implemented as an adjusted form of SI80 In order to maintain the self building industry (remember that 60% Read More …
I’ve written about this a lot already and below is the post from the BRegsForum which details the current situation regarding self-builders and the SI80 Building Regulations Amendments: http://bregsforum.wordpress.com/2013/12/04/self-builders-to-be-phased-out-under-s-i-80-bregs/ This post therefore concentrates on what you can do if the Read More …
Yesterday’s Room to Improve on RTE1 with Dermot Bannon MRIAI became a Twitter trending topic in Ireland last night and is a great source of discussion between myself and fellow tweeting architects. And yesterdays episode raised a very important issue Read More …
The forthcoming changes in the Building Regulations in March 2014 (S.I. No. 80 of 2013 BUILDING CONTROL (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS 2013) have big repercussions for residential self-builders. Nearly 60% of houses constructed in Ireland are self-builds (source NaSBA) and with the Read More …
You must be logged in to post a comment.