As the headline says, I am declaring the recession to be over. What facts do I have to substantiate this? 1. We’ve opened a new office to handle an ever increasing client rosta. Read about the new office HERE 2. Read More …
Mark Stephens Architects are pleased to announce the opening of a branch office in Dublin in association with Paul Cuddy and Associates – Chartered Structural Engineers. The intention is to provide the same high level of architectural service to a Read More …
I popped up my professional qualifications and accreditations on the home page yesterday (also below): But what do the qualifications really mean? It means I take my work and training seriously; the Accreditations take the form of Continuing Practice Development Read More …
Below are the three opinion posts I recently wrote for the BRegsBlog on ‘Who should be Designers and Assigned Certifiers?’: 1. Who Should be Designer & Assigned Certifier? – Architectural Technologists? 2. Who Should be Designer & Assigned Certifier? – Read More …
Following on from the last post concerning How many more times am I going to have to explain the difference between Planning and Building Regulation drawings; this post digs a little deeper into why this situation has arisen: • It’s Read More …
This is Part 2 following on from This is the real problem in rural Irish construction (Part 1). It takes the ‘Dream Team’ discussion a little further… You have to remember the background of rural residential architecture; in my opinion Read More …
This post gives a personal opinion on why the construction industry is in the state it’s in. It’s written as an outsider (which effectively I am) looking in. Rural Ireland has a background of not paying that much for architectural Read More …
Whether you’re thinking of extending or building a new house, the benefits of discussing your options with a registered architect are immense: Architects have the skill, imagination and expertise to understand what you are looking for and then visualise and Read More …
So, it looks as if the Building Control Amendment is a step closer as far as I know it was signed into law last Friday. Obviously nothing has happened yet as far as working practice and I’m sure there will Read More …
Now this post is a difficult one to write but its such a great story it deserves to be told. Names, places, counties/authorities have been changed to save embarrassment I was approached a long while back to replace an existing Read More …
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