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I enjoyed your post, as a practising architect, all what you have listed here are the basic knowledge of any well trained architect. I suspect you are confusing architects with draughtsmen. Also from my experience engineers dont usually want to put in more effort.

An example is the placement of columns anyhow, not according to plans drawn by the architect.
Instead they are after structural stability, whereas, cantilevers can span more than 6m if well designed and supported.

Anyways the point is, an architect is after the aesthetic and functional aspect, whereas an engineer is after the structural aspect.

Hence houses designed by a proper architect and an engineer exhibit start differences in terms of aesthetis, functionality and structural integrity.

Location Plan
Location plan is supposed to help anybody locate the site. It is necessary you take it from a known road or building. Don't be too lazy to signify other buildings around. Google Maps can help you do this properly.


Site Plan
Its important you study the survey plan well before you make your site plan.
1. Don't be tempted to use all the available land for the fence. You need to reserve some in front for the gutter, some flowers for beauty, and for waste disposal.
You should have enough space between d road and fence. Just in case your governor decides to expand the road in future.

2. You should have enough space between the building and the fence. Don't ever use 1m or less. Only If you want water to flow from your roof to the next compound or flowers to grow into it.

3. Include the area of land available, area of to be developed, area to be developed later and area undeveloped. In some cases the longitude and latitude of the site, the direction of north and hatch or colour codes key.

4. All dimensions are important. The building boundary and distance to any element in the compound.

5. Place the gates well. To allow his car move in smoothly. Dont place the gate in a way car will have to turn several times before it's enters.
I have seen a house, were the owner has to come from the street behind his house to maneuver his way through the gate.

6. Should the security post share the same wall with fence. You must plan this properly. Few houses from mine, the man uses electric fence. But the security post roof can be used to gain access into the house with just a ladder.

7. When considering packing space. The space should take the cars when all doors are open.

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Funny how someone who claims to be a professional interpret a 3D design of a building. Nothing in construction or engineering is unrealistic or impossible. If concrete can't bend 25 degree steel sure can bend.

bixton:
Funny how someone who claims to be a professional interpret a 3D design of a building. Nothing in construction or engineering is unrealistic or impossible. If concrete can't bend 25 degree steel sure can bend.

Answer this,
How do you support 4m cantilever from a 3m room?

ArcFresky:
I enjoyed your post, as a practising architect, all what you have listed here are the basic knowledge of any well trained architect. I suspect you are confusing architects with draughtsmen. Also from my experience engineers dont usually want to put in more effort.

An example is the placement of columns anyhow, not according to plans drawn by the architect.
Instead they are after structural stability, whereas, cantilevers can span more than 6m if well designed and supported.

Anyways the point is, an architect is after the aesthetic and functional aspect, whereas an engineer is after the structural aspect.

Hence houses designed by a proper architect and an engineer exhibit start differences in terms of aesthetis, functionality and structural integrity.

Columns are not just placed anyhow.

If you see more columns, please discuss with the engineer. A good structural engineer will make safe decisions economically. Do not give your project to just a civil engineer, but one who specialised in structures or better a structural engineer. Civil engineering is broad.

And cartilever doesn't get it's stability from just support, when there isn't enough space for top reinforcements, it wont stand.

Please I love architects and I have worked with great ones with several years of experience. Every profession has quarks. Only hope this post will guide quarks in a right direction, because we can never elimate them. As a practising architect you won't deny you know some people in your class that aren't OK.

Impressive post!

Issues like this will always spring up, unless we nigerians stop patronising the non professionals (quakes or draftmen) and engage a professional at all stages especially in building projects.
As regards the fee, every professional understands that relationship matters most and therefore fees can be negotiated and at the end everyone shall be satisfied.
Arc Mide

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As a young civil engineer also into design n construction I find this forum very educative....thanks

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troubleshooter:
1st of all, the Hogwash u put up here shld be retitled 'MISTAKES DRAUGHTSMEN MAKE'.
If u are not a quack and truly a registered engineer (as u so claim) u Shld know better that this rubbish presentation is against ur COREN ethics of professional practice. An Architect is the head of a project team and u correct his drawings?!!!.... Under what moral authority?
Buildings are falling down all over lagos & u haven't deemed it fit to address that log in ur eye, rather u occupy urself with the vain pursuit of removing a speck in the eye of some profession u know nothing about.
Come to think of it, so u think this trash u put up equates to what is taught in 6yrs of architecture school?
With all ur hallowed experience u deem it fit that a 1metre setback is Better than the 3m as contained in building bye-laws? U are a wonder! Pity the ignorant public cld still applaud ur quackness.
Pple like u are the reason why we are where we are as a country. Jack of many trades, master of zilch.

Thanks for speaking on the Architects behalf, always blaming us for draughtsmen incompetence

troubleshooter:
1st of all, the Hogwash u put up here shld be retitled 'MISTAKES DRAUGHTSMEN MAKE'.
If u are not a quack and truly a registered engineer (as u so claim) u Shld know better that this rubbish presentation is against ur COREN ethics of professional practice. An Architect is the head of a project team and u correct his drawings?!!!.... Under what moral authority?
Buildings are falling down all over lagos & u haven't deemed it fit to address that log in ur eye, rather u occupy urself with the vain pursuit of removing a speck in the eye of some profession u know nothing about.
Come to think of it, so u think this trash u put up equates to what is taught in 6yrs of architecture school?
With all ur hallowed experience u deem it fit that a 1metre setback is Better than the 3m as contained in building bye-laws? U are a wonder! Pity the ignorant public cld still applaud ur quackness.
Pple like u are the reason why we are where we are as a country. Jack of many trades, master of zilch.

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