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I noted that a number of landowners have agreed to contribute €39m which is an admirable departure but none of the articles have listed the overall cost of this project.
Which must be a first departure from the Pee Flynn school of announcements ‘hey aren’t I great bagging you €150m from the national purse.
Basic construction costs are €200-250 per square foot with a further premium for conservation work. I wouldn’t take something like this on without an architect. for a 600 sq foot extension €200k wouldn’t be a bad result
Enforcement matters are private unless brought to court so either court proceedings or an application for retention are the most typical public manefestations of enforcement.
It is not uncommon for politicians of all parties to support retention applications although some politicians are cleverer or cuter than others in which retention applications that they support. An example may be an illegal garage conversion into residential where a councillor may argue that on health grounds it would have constituted proper planning and that the failure to make an application was an oversight as opposed to an attempt to get away with something that would have been clearly refused if applied for in advance.
@GrahamH wrote:
Addresses, even mainstream ones, can also turn up ‘no record’.
You need to insert the star symbol i.e. *Westmoreland 😉
the dcc website is a load of shite on every level, looks crap with shag all functionality, which seems to be reducing by the week.
SDCC’s isn’t too bad (functionality wise) don’t like the look of it much though.
Greenhouse gas emissions up in 2005
Friday, 16 February 2007 09:06
Greenhouse gas emissions from the transport sector rose by nearly 7% in 2005, according to a new report from the Environmental Protection Agency.The steep rise is being blamed on an increase in the number of vehicles on the roads as well as a trend towards the purchase of larger sized cars.
The agency has described the emissions rise in the transport sector as ‘particularly worrying’.
AdvertisementLast year, the EPA identified that sales of cars with engine sizes between 1.7 and 1.9 litres had increased by 400% since 1990.
Its new report has identified that petrol use in 2005 was up 5% and diesel was up almost 9%, leading to an overall transport emissions increase of almost 7%.
The EPA’s Dr Mary Kelly has described the results as particularly worrying and said major efforts will be required to halt and reverse the trend.
She said the rise of transport emissions was by far the largest in any sector and reflected a 160% increase on 1990 figures.
This is very worrying but not surprising
Certainly a step up from Sim City although in an Irish context the game was very easy to replicate the reality on the ground; through in a few motorways; a little dark blue beside the sea and zone the rest light green as it didn’t require any infrastructure.
The results of this project could be very interesting; a well invested €2.5m
WHo might I ask dresses in a suit without a tie?
I often do but generally leave the top shirt button open
some early images on this thread
Standards commission to investigate cllrs
Friday, 9 February 2007 13:00
The Standards in Public Office Commission has ordered two councillors from Killarney, Co Kerry, to appear before it next month in connection with alleged breaches of ethics in attempts to re-zone land in the town.RTÉ News has learned that the councillors have been ordered to appear before the commission at a public hearing on 26 March.
It will be the first time the commission has held a public hearing to investigate the conduct of local authority members.
On the money Dev
It would be intersting to see some images; the OPW have done some pretty good work in conservation projects and sensitive infill at some of their more important historical sites. It would therefore be interesting to see what they have come up with ‘in house’ for an unapologetically modern building.
@Meccano wrote:
In England self-conveyancing is now possible, and fixed price conveyancing runs way below 1%. More like point two of a percent.
I bought my site on a fixed fee of 780 euro through a solicitor in Dublin.
Its coming here too.
All those “searches” solicitors carry out are repeated duplication of the same work over and over – generating a nice little earner,thank you.
The resistance to change will be mighty of course!You do so at your own risk] I agree. You mention getting 2 houses designed for less than 44K. 22k each? I’ll pay that tomorrow!
ANYBODY WANT A JOB??[/QUOTE]As the great Mary Harney once said “Shop around”
Fees are a matter between client and practitioner
I very much doubt that you would pay €44,000 for a house design unless it is something very very special; I recently had a design for 2 houses done for a lot less than this and the architect involved has spent to date 14 months working on this. Given that solicitors get 1% of property vs construction cost for a few hours at the conveyancing stage I think that architects if you negotiate can provide very good value.
Remember that if you download something from the internet which costs €2-3,000 and it is refused you not only lose your money but also create negative site history with many practices having an in house planning consultant to consider . If you decide to sell your house down the line and it is ugly it will also probably be aged looking as well as there will have been no consideration on how the various materials will age.
Most architects probably can design basic structures without help from an engineer but if there is a prevailing soil condition that is in any way complicated the architect is simply protecting the longevity of your investment unlike the house plan companies who will never list your building in their portfolio unless you wreck an area of outstanding natural beauty with it.
Just remember there is no investment that is free that is worth having; an architect designed building is a product where if the practitioners are good will have involved a number of inputs; all of which require time and specialist expertise start removing inputs and you go from Aston Martin to Proton at well beyond the legal limits.
The directive is here
Training of architects
1. Training as an architect shall comprise a total of at least four years of full-time study or six years of study, at least three years of which on a full-time basis, at a university or comparable teaching institution. The training must lead to successful completion of a university-level examination. That training, which must be of university level, and of which architecture is the principal component, must maintain a balance between theoretical and practical aspects of architectural training and guarantee the acquisition of the following knowledge and skills:
(a) ability to create architectural designs that satisfy both aesthetic and technical requirements;
30.9.2005 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 255/47 (b) adequate knowledge of the history and theories of architecture and the related arts, technologies and human sciences; (c) knowledge of the fine arts as an influence on the quality of architectural design; (d) adequate knowledge of urban design, planning and the
skills involved in the planning process; (e) understanding of the relationship between people and buildings, and between buildings and their environment, and of the need to relate buildings and the spaces between
them to human needs and scale;
(f) understanding of the profession of architecture and the role of the architect in society, in particular in preparing briefs that take account of social factors;
(g) understanding of the methods of investigation and preparation of the brief for a design project;
(h) understanding of the structural design, constructional and engineering problems associated with building design;
(i) adequate knowledge of physical problems and technologies and of the function of buildings so as to provide them with internal conditions of comfort and protection against the climate;
(j) the necessary design skills to meet building users’ requirements within the constraints imposed by cost factors and building regulations;
(k) adequate knowledge of the industries, organisations, regulations and procedures involved in translating design concepts into buildings and integrating plans into overall planning.
2. The knowledge and skills listed in paragraph 1 may be amended in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 58(2) with a view to adapting them to scientific and technical progress. Such updates must not entail, for any Member State, any amendment of existing legislative principles relating to the structure of professions as regards training and the conditions of access by natural persons.Article 47
Derogations from the conditions for the training of architects 1. By way of derogation from Article 46, the following shall also be recognised as satisfying Article 21: training existing as of 5 August 1985, provided by ‘Fachhochschulen’ in the Federal Republic of Germany over a period of three years, satisfying the requirements referred to in Article 46 and giving access to the activities referred to in Article 48 in that Member
State under the professional title of ‘architect’, in so far as the training was followed by a four-year period of professional experience in the Federal Republic of Germany, as attested by a certificate issued by the professional association in whose roll the name of the architect wishing to benefit from the provisions
of this Directive appears.
The professional association must first ascertain that the work performed by the architect concerned in the field of architecture represents convincing application of the full range of knowledge and skills listed in Article 46(1). That certificate shall be awarded in line with the same procedure as that applying to registration in the professional association’s roll.
2. By way of derogation from Article 46, the following shall also be recognised as satisfying Article 21: training as part of social betterment schemes or part-time university studies which satisfies the requirements referred to in Article 46, as attested by an examination in architecture passed by a person who has been working for seven years or more in the field of architecture under the supervision of an architect or architectural bureau. The examination must be of university level and be equivalent to the final examination referred to in Article 46(1),
first subparagraph.Article 48
Pursuit of the professional activities of architects
1. For the purposes of this Directive, the professional activities of an architect are the activities regularly carried out under the professional title of ‘architect’.
2. Nationals of a Member State who are authorised to use that title pursuant to a law which gives the competent
authority of a Member State the power to award that title to Member States nationals who are especially distinguished by the quality of their work in the field of architecture shall be deemed to satisfy the conditions required for the pursuit of the activities of an architect, under the professional title of ‘architect’. The architectural nature of the activities of the persons concerned shall be attested by a certificate awarded by their
home Member State. L 255/48 EN Official Journal of the European Union 30.9.2005Article 49
Acquired rights specific to architects
1. Each Member State shall accept evidence of formal qualifications as an architect listed in Annex VI, point 6, awarded by the other Member States, and attesting a course of training which began no later than the reference academic year referred to in that Annex, even if they do not satisfy the minimum requirements laid down in Article 46, and shall, for the purposes of access to and pursuit of the professional activities
of an architect, give such evidence the same effect on its territory as evidence of formal qualifications as an architect which it itself issues.
Under these circumstances, certificates issued by the competent authorities of the Federal Republic of Germany attesting that evidence of formal qualifications issued on or after 8 May 1945 by the competent authorities of the German Democratic Republic is equivalent to such evidence listed in that Annex,
shall be recognised.
2. Without prejudice to paragraph 1, every Member State shall recognise the following evidence of formal qualifications and shall, for the purposes of access to and pursuit of the professional activities of an architect performed, give them the same effect on its territory as evidence of formal qualifications which it itself issues: certificates issued to nationals of Member States by the Member States which have enacted rules governing the access to and pursuit of the activities of an architect
as of the following dates:
(a) 1 January 1995 for Austria, Finland and Sweden;
(b) 1 May 2004 for the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus,
Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and
Slovakia;
(c) 5 August 1987 for the other Member States.
The certificates referred to in paragraph 1 shall certify that the holder was authorised, no later than the respective date, to use the professional title of architect, and that he has been effectively engaged, in the context of those rules, in the activities in question for at least three consecutive years during the five
years preceding the award of the certificate.I can see nothing in the directive that allows an exclusion on the basis of not having previously completed a build of c20,000 sq m assuming a build cost of €2500 per sq m. Where this gets really interesting would be what if a talented Estonian architect had built 50,000 sq m at a build cost of €1000 per sq m and was excluded on the basis of turnover?
There is a very good reason for these stations closing.
Petrol stations are valued on throughput i.e. if you sell 6000 litres per week you get 20c per litre on an annualised basis whereas if you sell 20,000 litres per week you get 30c per litre again on an annualised basis.
The real profit in petrol stations is not the fuel but the ancillary sales such as grocery, confectionary and the real jam comes from revnues derived from car-washes and the leasehold interests on McDonalds outlets etc. For about 15 years the trend has been for 1 acre sites by the major distribution companies who have been happy to dispose of stations like this one as well as others like the Shell stations at Harcourt Road and Bride Street.
When you combine the business case together with the reality that many stations tended to have sprung up in the 1960’s in the more affluent areas the land pull basically ensures game over for all but a few stations inside the M50.
Would love to think that we will all be running around on rail in the near future but I am not holding my breath and that is why higher densities are required where there is existing rail and QBC infrastructure. The key is to balance the needs of the City to accomodate growth with the amenities of the areas which created that demand in the first instance.
I agree it is a surprise and it would be interesting to see what standard the domestic entries were as a number of Irish practices can certainly compete at any level, particularly civic buildings given the number of those commissioned over the past 20 years.
The entries look a very mixed bag and some of the entrants past work featured whilst very high quality doesn’t strike as being directly relevant to the brief.
MB
Depends on what you are looking for; if its a period look you want try e-bay as there is a good quantity of this type of railings available in the numerous salvage yards in the UK who have all become very active on e-bay in recent times. If it is something more contemporary I’m sure that most contractors could advise on whats available as each cost range.
I am delighted to see Carrisbrook House on the block; it is absolute filth and the sooner as it’s dated and bland cladding is sent for recycling the better. It would be hard not to make better land use than what is already there; i.e. very very poor site coverage at a very well connected location.
The one I don’t understand from the article is Franklin House it is on the building line and actually quite a good building internally.
Can Hume House go next please?
