13 feb 2018

Woke up at 7.30am today. head was still groggy from half a 750mg of panadol. arrived at office 9.10. S was in a chatty mood, and highlighted how managing design through cost is important through discussions with the clients. Showing what the initial budget can do, and how much additions would cost. the confusion was in what the allocated amount for the actual works were and what amount was for the consultancy fees. a strange detail is that even though it specifically says that the amount was not allocated from part 1 to part 2, S still said that it was. Anyhow, the funny part is that in all the desperation, the Pm typed all the percentage of the consultants. 6% for architects, 1.5% for PM. so the morning was spent discussing this. 11am, the BB meeting was an uphill trudge with the suppliers not getting the theme and mood of the place. then lunch at redhill. BCM, the walk there was nice in the sun, T gave some tips on ironmongery specification." All ironmongery to authorities' compliance" or all to non-corrosive metal. this would probably be tricky for the exact costing. He mentioned not to give too tight a fit on the description, to be loose enough. Afternoon was spent replying on the ESS details of coordinates and offsets. Then later half was spent planning the equipment and possible treehouse design. After work i had a crash course on abalone can selection. from mexico,firstly that there is the federation of fedecoop, that collects the abalone from the suppliers, that even Calmex gets theirs from. Due to the weather, the sizes are smaller this year and vary also in color. Each can however, has not one piece but 2.5pcs and the south african one has 4 pieces. it was even highlighted that restaurant use usually the one about to expire as having soak in the water, they are tastier. And certain brands like calmex, have their abalones soaking for some time before selling, and that is why instead of the usual 7 years, it is 5 years for some. the main difference between the farmed one and sea one is the depth of water, and the muscle of the abalone. With the deep sea one having more bite. Then bought cny clothes, had a laksa dinner, then headed back on the bus.

Jim Kundig:
On designing a home-owners house, https://www.seattletimes.com/pacific-nw-magazine/this-urban-retreat-was-inspired-by-a-special-place-and-a-special-connection/

The color of the ground concrete was selected by the owner going to the beach, and selecting a rock that was the shade that was wanted, a reddish tone w base grey.