Date: 2012 - 2015

 

Project: 52 key, 4-star hotel and apartment extension in Sea Point, Cape Town.

 

Position: Project Architect.

 

Responsibility:

1. Project and Office Management: • Meeting with clients • Discussions with clients of the brief and the preliminary drawings • Formulation of client requirements • Drafting of correspondence • Co-ordination of the work of consultants • Office and project accounting systems • Statutory requirements for running an office • Professional Insurance 

2. Design and Design Documentation: • Site investigation and evaluation • Meeting with relevant authorities • Assessment of the implications of relevant regulations • Preparation of schematic and design development drawings • Checking design proposals against statutory requirements • Preparation of budgets, estimates, cost plans and feasibility studies

3. Construction Documents: • Preparation of working drawings and specifications • Monitoring the documentation process against time and cost plans • Checking of documents for compliance with statutory requirements • Co-ordination of subcontractors documentation • Co-ordination of contract drawings and specifications

4. Contract Administration: • Preparing documentation for tenders and the procedures connected therewith • Site meetings • Inspection of works • Issuing instructions, notices, and certificates to the contractor • Client reports • Administration of variations and monetary allowances • As-built drawings • Final accounts

 

The scope of work:

Stage 1: appraisal and definition of the project,

Stage 2: design concept,

Stage 3: design development,

Stage 4: technical documentation and municipality approval,

Stage 5: contract administration and inspection

 

Status: Complete

 

Programs used: AutoCAD, Revit, Photoshop