PROJECT MANAGEMENT

HOUT BAY HOUSE

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• Sketch
• Testimonial: Peter Frankenfeld Architect

Site is a blank page	Setting up profiles
Foundations with reinforcing mesh & starter bars for retaining wall reinforcing	Cellar excavation with reinforcing mesh & starter bars
Shuttering for stepped concrete foundation & reinforced foundation walls	Allowing for hydrostatic pressure in foundations & building foundation walls with help of water level
Foundations nearly done, with starter bars for columns in place, "hope I positioned them right"	Compacting river sand fill in preparation for surface bed
Surface bed prepared to recieve concrete with DPM, jointex, electrical conduits & weldmesh in place	Casting the surface bed. Luckily Constance knew how it was done. Note the jointex, for movement joint, around edges with yellow tear off strip

Surface bed cast	The team
Surface bed done braai	Upstand beam
Upstand beam cast. I was surprised to find how easy it was to do after all	Casting columns, learnt that concrete 'honey combs' is dropped down more than a meter
Preparing for the beams	Taking shape
Hombrie saved the day as shutterhand carpenter. I asked him what materials he needed, he wrote it all down on the back of his cigarette box	Some of Hombrie's handywork. His list of materials proved to be spot on. Also a tray of our home made spacer blocks for the reinforcing

Working out details	First floor deck ready for casting
Casting the first floor deck	Propping of first floor deck while concrete sets
Inclement weather	Taking shape
Critical column height calculated with triganometry	Getting the roofing timbers in place
Some tricky carpentry work	I built a model to get a feel for the roofing timbers

Inside view of model	Inside view of model realized

Hout Bay House - Architect: Peter Frankenfeld; Project Manager: Lance Gilmour