What is the most important part in building design?

Survey

What is the most important part in building design?

a) Structural Safety

b) Life and fire Safety

c) Energy efficiency

d) serviceability

Please have your answer by comments.

#design #building #energy #safety #structural

What will make a good building code consultant?

 Several architectural students asked me:

What will make a good building code consultant?

The following career path will answer this question:

1. Be a good designer, to fully understand what you do.

2. Be a good teacher, to be able to share what you know.

3. Be a good building official, to enforce the code properly

4. Be a good building code consultant, to help people in need with a passion.

This is my personnel experience. I believe I am a good building code consultant.

#building #experience #designer #students #teacher #help #people #codeconsultant

When Do You Ask Bing?

Ask Bing, when you have code questions.
Ask Bing, when you need code clarification.
Ask Bing, when building permit application is on hold.
Ask Bing, when you need an alternative solution
Ask Bing, when your staff are stressful on code
Ask Bing, when you want to save cost.
... ...
There are many advantages to ask Bing. Just like architect specializes in building space and architectural features, code consultant is good at code compliance.

The secret of cost saving for single family houses

After reviewing more than 4000 projects in the City of Calgary, I found all the projects having space to save construction cost for complying with the building code, even if they are single family houses. Here I'd like to give you two hints for saving. It happens to all the houses, 100%, the amount of money wasted by builders are more than millions every year.

Spend money on foundations for doing nothing.

Spend money on garages for making it worse.

Sorry I can't say anything more than this. It is a secret and worth millions. If you know it, please share your thoughts.

#construction #projects #building #money #buildingcodes #residential #commercialconstruction #savingcost #cityofcalgary

Do you have questions about Calgary Green Line Plan?

 Do you have questions about Calgary Green Line Plan?

Calgary Green Line Plan should be questioned. I should write 10 papers to question this project if I were working in the university.

There are already two lines meeting at crowded 7th Ave. Why do we put a third line on it?

Do you see the Ctrains are always empty, except for rushing hours?

Do you see the Downton is a ghost city, except for working hours?

Green Line should be an opportunity for expanding the City center.

Green Line should be an engine to bring life to Calgary.

Green Line shall be more cost effective by not have to face engineering challenges in the jungle of highrise buildings.

It will be a nightmare when the tunnel machine has to go through tiebacks and when the highrise buildings start to settle.

#project #engineering #opportunity #calgary #Greenline #highrisebuildings #tiebacks

Why building code consultant?

 We compare at least 3 vendors when buying a cellphone around $1000

We compare at least 3 dealers when buying a new car around $20,000

How do we compare when designing a building of millions of dollars?

Code Discussion: Micro-Distillery

 Code Discussion: Micro-Distillery

A micro distillery owner wants to have a 70 people tasting bar in a F2 building.

What are the key code items to be considered?

How do you resolve the code issues?

Is it possible?

This article is important

 This article is important

3.2.3.13.2) If an unenclosed exterior exit stair or ramp could be exposed to fire from an opening in the exterior wall of the building it serves, the opening in the exterior wall of the building shall be protected in conformance with the requirements of Sentence (4) where the opening in the exterior wall of the building is within 3m horizontally and

a) less than 10m below the exit stair or ramp, or

b) less than 5m above the exit stair or ramp.

Discussion

 Discussion

What are the most important code items to consider for a fire wall if you have a L shaped combustible residential building? The fire wall is located at the corner of the L.

What do you prefer if you don't understand a building code article?

What do you prefer if you don't understand a building code article?

a) asking another designer

b) asking my supervisor

c) asking a building code consultant

d) keeping it a secret