CASE STUDY
AN OWNER-BUILDER COMPLETES A COMPLEX RESIDENTIAL PROJECT THE BACKGROUND We were approached by an owner-builder to create a structural design for his family home to ensure that his new dwelling remained structurally stable once built. The house was to be built on a sloping site with a triple garage, wine cellar, hobby room and a storage space on the lower level.
1 Pier/footing inspection 1
THE CHALLENGE The sloping block, had a fall of five meters side-to-side, which allowed for the construction as planned but required the installation of reinforced block retaining walls and a raft slab or reinforced concrete slab to divide the ground floor slab into a suspended section over the garage, cellar, and storage room. To make a complicated situation more difficult, a last minute impulsive modification to the original design was requested by the client to add a loft to the building!
Pier/footing inspection 2
Pier/footing inspection 3
Pier/footing inspection 4
15 Parkes St Parramatta, NSW 2150 x T: 02 9806 3000 x F: 02 9891 2806 www.DonovanAssociates.com.au
CASE STUDY
OUR SOLUTION Our extensive experience in this field of residential design allowed us to create a complete structural design in PDF format the client could take to the council to get the construction certificate plans approved that are necessary for the structure to be erected.
Slab reinforcement inspection 1
Our quick and effective communications with the client, contractors, builders, excavators and various other trade professionals enabled us to gather all the necessary information on time and accurately to complete the project on time and on budget even in spite of many last-minute changes that made this project extra-special for the client. We are happy to be able to accommodate personalised requests with our flexible automated systems, sophisticated software, robust quality assurance methodology and best practices work ethic.
2 Slab and retaining wall inspection Architectural elevation
Architectural site plan
Architectural section through house
15 Parkes St Parramatta, NSW 2150 x T: 02 9806 3000 x F: 02 9891 2806 www.DonovanAssociates.com.au