Hello there!
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| While on site, Beetham tower on sight |
Who ever thought I would like to be on a construction site?
NOT me!
So here how it goes, we walked to Birley Fields construction sites (in Manchester) and had an informative talk by 2 well-rounded contractors from Sir Robert McAlpine (huge contractors company here in England) followed by a tour to view the energy resource building, car park, education building and, what is more, what is in between.
NOT me!
So here how it goes, we walked to Birley Fields construction sites (in Manchester) and had an informative talk by 2 well-rounded contractors from Sir Robert McAlpine (huge contractors company here in England) followed by a tour to view the energy resource building, car park, education building and, what is more, what is in between.
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| Overlooking the sound insulation system wall |
Explaining how contractors and sub-contractors work and how many teams run through the whole system was enlightening and greatly complicated. The crossing between all components make projects work and to think of the contractors as the organisers of the whole organised chaos is reassuring of how progress is kept on and how hard it is to keep up to date with every rising issue.
One of the questions that I have asked is: which team is usually the most challenging to deal with, among all teams they work with? and why? The answer was: architects..(unsurprisingly)
His prolonged answer could be summed up shortly, that good architects know how to visually emphasise points on drawings and visually discuss what should be done promptly, however, sometimes what is in the architects' subjective minds cannot be easily expressed and that is when the issues rise..
the other contractor said a really important point which is: smart decisions come from an architect and a builder sitting on the same side of the table opposite to the engineer. ;)
A lot of information was really given on that day whether it was about sustainability, their MMU Business School prior project or even telling us about their company.
A successful pleasant meeting indeed, it was informative session and to view what we usually draw on AutoCAD in real life in front of our naked eyes is an experience on its own. The process is way more complicated than I have ever imagined. Thank God that people help people!
You can view more images of my site visit here on Flickr
Have a fab. Feb. everyone!
With love,
SIMA
One of the questions that I have asked is: which team is usually the most challenging to deal with, among all teams they work with? and why? The answer was: architects..(unsurprisingly)
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| P.E hall under construction |
His prolonged answer could be summed up shortly, that good architects know how to visually emphasise points on drawings and visually discuss what should be done promptly, however, sometimes what is in the architects' subjective minds cannot be easily expressed and that is when the issues rise..
the other contractor said a really important point which is: smart decisions come from an architect and a builder sitting on the same side of the table opposite to the engineer. ;)
A lot of information was really given on that day whether it was about sustainability, their MMU Business School prior project or even telling us about their company.
A successful pleasant meeting indeed, it was informative session and to view what we usually draw on AutoCAD in real life in front of our naked eyes is an experience on its own. The process is way more complicated than I have ever imagined. Thank God that people help people!
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| Discussing with a superb view before us |
Have a fab. Feb. everyone!
With love,
SIMA