Paul Clerkin
Forum Replies Created
- Posts
The website for the Irish pavilion has the ‘make it yourself’ vibe going too – absolutely embarrassing in my professional opinion (for that is what I do).
Okay I’m closing this thread for a while to allow tempers to cool and to decide what gets removed tomorrow.
But ONG you may be losing the run of yourself a little.@dc3 wrote:
Saw an interesting new development yesterday, at a prominent city location. This was a parked bike with both wheels advertising a nearby cafe. Perhaps this is the “green” alternative to the parked advertising trucks close to the motorways!:D
a throwback to the old butcher’s delivery bikes? they usually always had some nice handpainted name on a panel within the diamond frame
@Brendan Grimes wrote:
Patrick Byrne is buried in plot XA34 garden. It is ironical that there is no mark or stone to indicate his grave given that he was the architect for the cemetery. I think we need to do something to remedy this.
Wow – that’s bad. We do need to do something.
@Brendan Grimes wrote:
Patrick Byrne is buried in plot XA34 garden. It is ironical that there is no mark or stone to indicate his grave given that he was the architect for the cemetery. I think we need to do something to remedy this.
Wow – that’s bad. We do need to do something.
Devin – my (failing) memory tells me there was a scheme for the cobblestone to move out 5/6 years ago and the corner to be redeveloped…..
The butchery on St. Saviours is actually worse than that at St. Macartans or at least as bad. Sheesh.
@Praxiteles wrote:
Homily of Bishop Noel Treanor, Bishop of Down and Connor, for the ordination of Right Reverend Monsignor Liam MacDaid as Bishop of Clogher – Sunday 25 July
An extract:
…….It is also an occasion when I and many of you, my dear friends, would wish to record our thanks to Bishop Joseph Duffy for his immense contribution to the life of the Church that is in the diocese of Clogher over thirty one years of service as bishop, spanning the closing decades of the twentieth century and the first decade of the twenty-first. His work to foster the Christian faith, ecumenical relations among the Christian Churches and communities in the decades of the Troubles, his guidance of the Clogher Historical Society, and his fostering of the arts and culture, especially religious art as exemplified in this cathedral, will occupy historians of a future generation……
you can watch the ordination here
http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/8504393
and
http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/8506979but but
The name WDR & RT Taggart is synonymous with design quality in architecture, underpinned by commercial understanding and cultural sensitivity.
Our approach is distinctive in providing Clients with choice of style, consistently producing bespoke and uplifting designs.
Central to all of our projects are functionality, beauty and sustainability.
This was an internal reconstruction and trust me everything complies
– stud walling is inspected before closing
– plumbing is checked before floors and walls are closed up
– electrics
– venting / insulation
– and you cannot touch plumbing or electrics without a permit / permission. The permit is got from cityhall by doing some drawings and form filling for 30 quid. I even had to get one for an external deck.If you do, and try to sell, then a permit check by the purchaser will show no recent work and that will reflect itself in the price they will pay.
ie no permit for upgraded electrics would suggest it may not complyMy point is that if code was enforced you dont need architect registration but a competent contractor.
And before everyone gets their knickers in a twist I am not advocating building new without an architect – this was internal renos with no structural impact to a 100 year old house.
This way outside my field of expertise, not being an architect, but to my mind, tighter building control standards properly enforced are whats needed – but the builders don’t want to be controlled as it would remove the massive profits they have made in the past.
Last year I had some building work completed in another jurisdiction – no architect, just a contractor, and building control inspectors were on the site four or more times. Initially to inspect the walls when all the drywall etc was removed, and at various stages including just prior to the wall being closed up so they could check for insulation, check plumbing and electrical standards. They didnt pass it until the contractor put in a wired with battery backup smoke alarm – that’s how detailed it was. Everything was stickered as accepted by the city.
And this was a smallish job – not a new build.
The inspectors are available in their office for two hours of a morning, each has a district and they’re continually going from site to site.
