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Architectural Technologist – Specification magazine & the paperless office
Last night I gave my paperless office presentation to a small band of Technologist and students who braved to weather and the rather strange road works surrounding the University. So it was with a lot...
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Architectural Technologist – New magazine launch “SpecifiedBy”
I am always interested in new electronic magazine launches, specifically if it's to do with specification. Scheduled for a private launch in February, SpecifiedBy connects specifiers with building...
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Architectural Technologist – Specifiers tweet
I had a very interesting message from Darren Lester, who runs the SpecifiedBy web site re a little project, he is into, where specifiers can tweet their building product or supplier requirements to...
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Architectural Technologist – Time to update your building regs
As the building regs have mostly been updated , this morning, I thought I would revise my regs folder and download the newest version, why well I have a new building regs being submitted in a week or...
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Architectural Technologist – Manufacturers Spin
Manufacturers have a lot of experience, particularly in their own field, but, and it's that word again, but, they are there to sell to you, and some will bend the truth to achieve that aim. So we have...
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Architectural Technologist – BIM & Procurement
Last night, I attended a BIM presentation given by David Boyd at the Birmingham City University, organised by the Construction industry Council, Birmingham Best Practice, and Birmingham Hub West...
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Architectural Technologist – The sound of silence
Why is it that a new hotel. Where all the materials could be chosen with care to meet even the toughest criteria, is such a lousy design, and for this I refer to both the layout and the fact that I...
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Architectural Technologist – Stone Cobbled Streets
I am old enough now to remember the streets of Birmingham in the late 50’s early 60’s, with their stone cobbled streets and tram tracks. It is the stone cobbles that were suddenly brought to my...
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Detailing
I will be taking the first year class for detailing this week, so will be looking at the basics of the art. thats material selection, and height control. I always like to set up a vertical heigh...
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Glue rather than screw or nail
A spec I learned from an old Architect was to glue and screw a door frame in place, no mention of the glue, he saw it as a filler, relying on the screw for the fixing, and for a long time it worked,...
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