proposed project is a 3storey bldg located 1.5 m from seawall.send design to reduce qty of water to the bldg?
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Check out what was done on the World Trade Center buildings. They had about the same problems with water in the soil but they are a lot farther away than 1.5 meters. I'd start with a pile-driver to hit solid earth and build the entire thing above sea level. Mother Nature's Ocean will get in.
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The technically correct answer is to balance heat loss with various insulated wall thicknesses against the installation costs for the wall, insulation and the heating system. Add in the savings in energy over a period of time to come up with a balance between costs and energy savings. \n\nIn reality the practical answer is to look at standard building material sizes and use those to make a quick choice. The old standard was a 2 x 4 stud wall (really a 3-1/2" thick wall not counting exterior and interior finish). The next step up would be a 2 x 6 stud wall (really 5-1/2" thick wall) and this is in many places the current norm. The next stand stud size is a 2 x 8 thickness but that does not appear to be very common.\n\nWhen we built our current house, we got energy saving estimates from the local utility that compared various wall finishes and thicknesses with BTU's saved. I would bet there is similar information available from you local utility or on line.
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me: land owner ( currently 200 acres ) and been through this many times with people, developments etc.\n\nYou'll need to talk to the council first. That is talk, don't send them a letter.\n\nMake an appointment with the forward planning officer to see if this parcel has any chance of being in the local development framework. Expressions of interest for LDF's closed in April this year, until 2018 so its going to have to be  apretty special case to get a permanent residence on it.\n\nThe facts that you choose a lob cabin, are down on your luck, want to live in harmony etc...bare no weight with planning, and neither should they.\n\nKennels can count as agricultural use ( sometimes ) , so you might try to go for an agricultrural accupancy condition, or a no-freehold transfer covernent.. These might help the council believe you are not going to move on and make moeny from it.\n\nEnvironment agency would have something to say as well, you'll need to be able to proove you have waste disposal. A septic tank, cesstank etc are the last resort and if possible they will amke you connect to mains drainage, even if its 100's metres away. They normally accept its not preactical if its going to cost more than £40K, but you might still have to spend £15K on a biodisc and reed bed. they would also have concerns about waste from the kennels if you are not on mains disposal.\n\nTalk to forward planning first. If they say its got a chance, you then need to go for change of use to residential and then outline planning. Once you've got that there is then the building regs.\n\nThe statement below...".....you can pretty much do as you please" is complete nonsense. The fine for illegal construction on agricultural land can be up to £50K for a single dwelling,in addition to being told to remove it.
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Go to:\n\nhttp://www.archinform.net/ort/2988.htm?ID=128117bca07326d55ad45e959393d75a\n\nhttp://www.emporis.com/en/wm/ci/?id=101212\n\nhttp://www.hobotraveler.com/ar2architectureofguatemala.php
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Your best bet is to submit detailed proposals to foundations that support environmental activities. Good luck!\n\ncc
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Cost would depend on the location, environmental restrictions, etc.\nA desalination plant is planned near where I live, it's supposed to start being built next year.  The projected cost (and they already own the land, so they don't have to buy that) is $500 million.\nIt's capacity is going to be 50,000 gallons per day (around 200,000 litres).  That should give you a rough idea.
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Use the regular "concrete mix design" and add a "water reducing admixture".\n\nThe water reducing admixture type should be selected so that it does not require a reduction in the amount of "cement" that was in the original concrete mix design.\n\n(Note that a standard concrete mix design includes such things as __% of aggregate (rocks), __% of sand, __% of cement, __% of ash, __% of water, etc. and it does not normally include a water reducing agent.  It would be an additive supplement.)
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yeah.. I am an architect too,, in my previous birthday i was doing a major project and there was a lot of problems in the design ,, so I was talking all the time about the design issues "functional design" so my friends send me a card on my birthday and they wrote on it: " even if you did not finish the design before the deadline,, even if facades was not as you wish,, even if you have a problems in leveling the site,, WE LOVE YOU,, WE CARE FOR YOU and will be always here for you":) I think if you mentioned some details about her " things that shows how much you care for her and what she do" it will be nice and your card will be unique:) can you please send us what you decide to write at the end,, I would love to read it:) wish you all the best:),
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I can help you out. I'm a professional sw engineer &#92; architect. I've built solutions for small & large companies including SAP, Pfizer, Aramark & Bristol Myers Squibb. \n\ngood luck with your project
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if its somewhat large, or near something very important, i would recommend going to a local geotechnical/ civil engineer.  \n\na few hundred bucks may be worth it not falling over, and then you are out the wall and the money.  better safe than sorry.\n\nan engineer will review site and soil conditions to give you a quality end product, and a guarantee
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yes but you you would have to make sure that the water pressure is not too high so only on shallowish sea beds and it would be dangerous if the structure did fail it's bye bye to everyone.\nWe have made air tight structures before (eg space craft and submarines) so its possible just not practical.
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305m long by 33.5m wide
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Since the 'alterations' you want to make will have little impact on the aesthetics of the structure and also is a responsible thing to do from an environmental standpoint, I would try going to a meeting of the HOA and plead my case in person to the people who make the decisions. Perhaps they will see the merits of your plan and agree to change their by-laws to allow certain alterations when there is a compelling reason to do so. Then if the still don't acquiesce, that's when I would start planning to destroy them.
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Base area x height of water.
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I think any local landscaping company could help you.  Everyone should get together to design it but then have the landscaper build and maintain it!  Or just hire someone to maintaine it....nature will maintain most of it!\nI think this is a really neat project...have fun!
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I would check with a modular home company.  I'm sure they get asked that question all the time since their customers would be buying land to place the house on it.
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Please contact me, at specialwebdesigns@yahoo.com\nI have a great deal of information on this subject.