Building Blox: Week 31 – Cycle and bin stores, Dealing with variations

What we did: Cycle and bin stores; Variations to contract spec.
This week we finalised these structures which I designed to complement the landscaping. Additionally, in this post I’ll talk through variations and how these are factored into the project and you can ensure extra costs don’t demolish your budget! Read More …

Building Blox: Week 16 – How payments work / Quality control

What we did: Tiling cont. This week the contractors took a break to go set up disabled facilities for a family member’s house, but the sub-contractor roofer and his young apprentice were onsite to continue tiling the front of the Read More …

Building Blox: Week 5 – The complicated client-contractor-surveyor love triangle

What we did: Oversite Drainage layout Bricks finally ordered(!) Lessons in diplomacy and drainage… The tangible nature of property development is a major thing that draws me to it, but construction, at least in the mainstream, is a very labour and Read More …