{"id":3139,"date":"2013-03-05T15:48:52","date_gmt":"2013-03-05T15:48:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/markstephensarchitects.com\/?p=3139"},"modified":"2013-03-05T15:48:52","modified_gmt":"2013-03-05T15:48:52","slug":"the-world-is-a-different-place","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.markstephensarchitects.com\/the-world-is-a-different-place\/","title":{"rendered":"The world is a different place!"},"content":{"rendered":"
I am hearing this continually:<\/p>\n
“The world is a different place”<\/em><\/p>\n In the context of the work that I do here are a few examples\/stories to show the change from the boom years to now (no names):<\/p>\n Probably around 2004 or so (mid boom):<\/strong><\/p>\n Friend was building house and was at the property seeing how things were going. Architect\/Engineer shows up for site inspection (neither were expecting each other (using Architect\/engineer to be fair). Friend can see the\u00a0Architect\/Engineer turn up in the car and waves to him from the first floor.\u00a0Architect\/Engineer doesn’t see him, quickly winds down car window, looks out at house. Site inspection done – drives off.<\/p>\n Probably around 2006 – end boom-time<\/strong><\/p>\n I was speaking to a client recently where I was explaining the current difficulty of ensuring compliance with Part L of the Building Regulations. Client\u00a0reminisced\u00a0over friend who drew all the money down from bank and\u00a0Architect\/Engineer hadn’t undertaken a single inspection.<\/p>\n 2009 – The world is changing<\/strong><\/p>\n Whilst supervising the build of a house in County Mayo, I realised that ‘The times were a changin” when a bank employed another architect\/engineer to inspect the work and to ensure that the certificates matched the current work. (Too Little, Too Late)<\/p>\n 2010-date – Recession biting hard<\/strong><\/p>\n If you can get money out of a bank for a building project, I’m hearing countless stories of banks holding back contingencies, final payments etc…<\/p>\n Next post to be more positive, promise…<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I am hearing this continually: “The world is a different place” In the context of the work that I do here are a few …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[17],"tags":[217,226,291,325,355,408,703,730],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\n