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Friday, June 17, 2016

PRETTY CONCRETE FIXATED REINFORCED MASONRY PERSUASION

There really is a big difference,,hmmmm not that big though.. when you get to go out and see more of what you drew on paper is about to be built or to be constructed, to be laid out as something tangibly, concretely real.  Out here we call it "the actual".  Yes, like everything done before is not done actually, if you know what I mean.  But hey it is fun.

Say you have this task where you had to build a flight of stairs.  Like the kind which has a landing in between.  What do they call that kind of set of stairs again? Yes, the rectangular kind, with the landing?  And so, (construction proper)  if you try to be so meticulous about it, it will take a lot of time.  But if you just try to just think of it like clay, or just blocks, or molding a jello, with bones or sticks as structural members inside, that's it!

And there is that partnership with the foreman.  I also have heard about why do engineers and architects keep passing on the great task of manul labor by passing it on to the foreman.  It seems that it is the usual kind of buzz that hangs around every construction task.  And in no way do I need to complain about this hierarchy.  It's like a ball that gets passed to another player, to another player, to another player , and zoomed for a slamdunk.

Sunday, June 12, 2016

CLEAN CLEAR, OH DEAR

It cannot be denied.  Words.  This is a year that's just too hot.  And it rains.  The only thing to do for me is just breathe in, breathe out.   But if you try not to care so much and just continue with what is in store for each and everyone.  I do not believe that we will have to panic.

This would sound like the way a person would feel if he or she is suddenly put into a very hard situation at work.  Say a construction task. Or maybe a major urban development.  A major structural endeavor hanging in the balance.  They say we basically have only two ways to go.  Vertically and Horizontally.  I think it is the safest way to build. Most that is built for horizontal use is for transport, and vertical is for people.   There is still a lot to think about the architectural possibilities of a nation.  The question is whether we have the vision to pull on through, or would we much prefer to remain as we are.