4.12.2024 Wednesday - entrance

 

3.12.2024 Tuesday - 3D printing, one pot rice and Corliss

I ask Sean if Part 1 graduates are able to assemble a Building Plan set - he doesn't think so. I ask after reviewing the set sent to me - to be fair I did ask for a mock up set. Questions to ask:

1. How many percent is this set? What else do you think is missing? 

2. Is your drawings list complete?

3. How much longer do you need? And how much would you like to be paid?

2.12.24 Monday - door details

Au asks me what are the advantages of retaining the existing building, isn't it simpler to demolish and rebuild? I answer him, and give him my reasons. 

I refer this question to Freddie - the narrative he says. I ask him - how much is narrative worth? I think the client would expect a financial return, not a psychological one. 

1. Time and cost benefits from retaining the existing foundations. 

2. Treating it as a refurbishment project makes it easier to obtain approvals. 

3. And exempt it from latest infrastructure requirements. 

The benefits are not obvious, and would take time to surface.

4. Kok Ming suggests that the reduction of carbon footprint is another factor, the environment benefits. 

This is the beginnings of an article. 

 

1.12.2024 Sunday - 5K run

 

30.11.2024 Saturday

 

29.11.2024 Friday - strange end to the week.

Freddie is upset because some folks (a surveyor) is dragging his feet about a task he should have done earlier.  

I am upset because the client seemed upset about the whole thing (which includes us). 

SY is upset because there is no fellowship in the committee anymore, folks are simply ticking the boxes and waiting with the their mouths open for dinner meetings and working lunches. 

AS is upset because he realises now that the contractor is not listening to the team, something which we have known for some time now. 

But despite all that, the five of us are quite calm about things; Fiona will call for a meeting on Monday to iron out loose ends. PH will plan for our trip and meeting in Penang, while GW will stay involved while getting me involved in his projects (no matter how small). Meanwhile, Freddie will take a deep breath and arrange for another meeting with the Lands and Survey Dept. for the surveyor. 

We have better lives to live. Right on cue, our young people have made plans for our company trip to Japan next year. Things are falling into place.

I have also made some firm plans. Not to have the long lunches anymore, or lazy afternoons. It is not productive, I can be reading a book or at No. 40 flipping through an old copy of Architecture Australia. 

going to Kl next week, and looking forward to it although I am not sure why.

28.11.2024 Thursday - meeting Glennys

Glennys is the daughter of Pete's friend who studied Graphic Design and thinks that architecture is something she can manage with a bit of training in our office. But a few days later, she left. Architecture is not for everyone.