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by:Marla Renner Preface Building a home,for the average person,is something one can only wonder at. For a professional,it is second hand. No two homes are built exactly the same,but generally speaking,they are. Every home has a foundation,walls,ceilings,a roof,doors and windows,but have you ever wondered just how you go from raw land to the all important “certificate of occupancy”. This article is the third in a series of your “lesson”in building. Attached you will find the September 2011 newsletter for The Renner Companies. Inside you will find Part 3 of The Stages of New Home Construction. Please feel free to sign up for our communications as well as forward to all your friends. Knowledge is a very powerful thing! http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs058/1102570283989/archive/1107189126444.html by: Marla Renner Making The Renner Companies a full-fledged, fully rounded provider of construction services has been a plan that culminated with the addition of Ian B. Jones, RA in January of 2011. Having offered services that include new home construction, remodeling and rentals since 2001 in the Atlanta Metro area, it seemed only natural to offer to clients the services of a Registered Architect. Attached you will find the August 2011 newsletter for The Renner Companies. Please feel free to sign up for our communications as well as forward to all your friends. Knowledge is a very powerful thing! http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs058/1102570283989/archive/1106820456604.html
by Marla Renner Building a home, for the average person, is something one can only wonder at. For a professional, it is second hand. No two homes are built exactly the same, but generally speaking, they are. Every home has a foundation, walls, ceilings, a roof, doors and windows, but have you ever wondered just how you go from raw land to the all important “certificate of occupancy”. This article will be the beginning of your “lesson” in building. Attached you will find the July 2011 newsletter. Please feel free to sign up for our communications as well as forward to all your friends. Knowledge is a wonderful thing! http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs058/1102570283989/archive/1106185213344.html By Ian B. Jones I am often approached by potential clients that want to know the advantages and disadvantages of choosing a design/build solution over the more historically prescribed design/bid/build solution for their home construction projects. This is a very complicated conversation that has many conditions and variables to be determined before coming to a useful conclusion. But in many ways,the previous sentence somewhat defines and promotes the design/build process. In the last two articles we gave a brief overview of what Universal Design and Aging in Place issues are all about as well as the differences between the two. In Part One of this series,we gave you a very brief idea of what Universal Design and Aging in Place is all about. We would like to expand upon that in this installment. The term Universal Design (UD) has a fairly broad scope. Aging in Place really is a portion of UD. The definition of Universal Design is;“The design of products and environments to be usable by all people,to the greatest extent possible,without the need for adaptation or specialized design”. The intent is that anyone … tall,short,young,old,obese,blind,deaf,partially impaired,severely impaired,mentally challenged,etc.,can use the space or product without any special adaptation or special knowledge and so that in the future,no matter which of those categories someone fits into,the house will be suitable without major modifications. Flexibility of use is the main idea. Three doors down from their current home,John and Jane Doe are building a new house they hope will be their last. The one they live in now has many stairs and an elevated living room that already pose problems for many friends and visitors. The Does aren’t ready to retire,but down the road,they don’t want to be forced out the door due to accessibility issues. | ||
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