Friday, March 9, 2012

Incompetent Architect

I don't want to blow my cover, but for the people in the know there is enough info for you to figure it out.
Big City, known for being a developers architect, design is stuck in the post modern 80's and he looks kind of like the comedian Gallagher.

Any how he is incompetent, misleads his clients, and his design is ugly to boot.  Two issues I have with his 1st on one project he convinced the client he would be able to stick this large structural frame out into the sky exposure plane.  This is ridiculousness the city is very clear on what element can stick out beyond the setback requirements.  On another job he convinced the client that he could have used the existing stair cases.  It was a gut rehab with a change in occupancy type.  The existing stair in the 1930 building were on either side of the elevator.  There would have been a new dead end corridor 65' long. NO WAY the department of buildings would allow that in a hotel!  So he locates a new stair.  What does he do he positions it in the opposite direction of the steel necessitating months of work and tons of new steel.  The original structural bays were the perfect width if he had rotated it 90 degrees.

Then there is the latest issue in the cellar of one of his buildings the door swings are in the wrong direction.  and the corridor is not wide enough to swing them in the code required direction.  Then I have the contractor thats right the CONTRACTOR calling and pointing out the ADA bathrooms don't meet code.  Now contractors are supposed to be the ones complaining why do I have to do that.. that's such a waste of space... and the architect is supposed to be saying well you know the damn blasted code this and that...

He should have his license removed.


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