ASSIGNMENT

THE DETAIL I USED TO DO MY ASSIGNMENT.
BIRDS-EYE-VIEW OF BOX GUTTER MODEL
NOTE LAYERS FROM BOTTOM - 35mm STEEL BRACKET SUPPORTING 10mm PLYWOOD, SPANDEK STEEL TO ALLOW FOR AIR TO FLOW BETWEEN BOX GUTTER AND PLYWOOD, 10mm BITUMEN TO GLUE DOWN THE BOX GUTTER AND ALSO ALLOWS FOR A GAP FOR AIR. AIR GAPS REMOVE POSSIBILITY OF CONDENSATION.
ISOMETRIC VIEW OF MODEL
SILICON IN SAW CUT TO SEAL OFF FLASHING, NOTE HOW FLASHING IS BENT

INVESTMENTS BOOM & GROCON ARCHITECTURE COMPETITION

Investments in Australian construction shares are booming as usual lately, but it's always at what cost - at what cost is it to the environment? Someone is profiting every time you start the car, same goes for buildings.
Grocon seems to be looking for some spectacular development in Melbourne if it's looking for 12 architectural firms! I wish I was part of such a competition... It shows how much demand there is in Melbourne and how rapidly it is still growing compared to other cities in Australia.

WELCOME TO 2030

This article pretty much says our future's not looking good. If we don't move towards saving the environment through sustainable use of building products and energy consumption all of the above will keep happening and we will be too unhappy to even care about what sort of a house we live in, because we won't even have the basics - water, power shortages!

FINANCE ON THE RISE

Looks like finance growth is on the rise since last year. The cycle has begun once again and I think we may begin to see a nice price drop in some regions of real estate.

PROOF SUSTAINABILITY PAYS

Reducing annual operating costs from $120 a square metre to $60 is a fair reduction. The problem I think is that initially sustainable buildings cost a lot more to build, but in the long term they pay off. This shows the industry is moving towards total sustainability management philosophy, however I think it will be many, many years before the big people out there start making big changes. I just hope by then it's not too late.

RESEARCHER REJECTS GOVERNMENT INITIATIVE

This is a hard topic for the building industry since it relies so much on deforestation for building materials. This initiative will only cause a further increase in the price of timber in Australia, and we will have to cop the extra cost.

AUSTRALIA SAYS NO TO RENEWABLE ENERGY

This article is saying Australia is not wanting to invest into sustainable and renewable energy sources. I think it could be because there's not enough money in it for the building industry to want to invest into just yet. There needs to be a big return for the builders if they are to invest into renewable energy sources.

OPERATING COSTS OF SUSTAINABLE BUILDINGS

I find it hard to believe that the cost is almost half as much when running a sustainable building compared with a conventionally built one.