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Monthly Archives: October 2011
My favorite building, Wins!
I love this new piece of the Melbourne sport prescinct AAMI Park. It looks good. it works for the punters and it will become a home of memories for sports mad Melbournians. A first class project by Grocon. Arguably Melbournes … Continue reading
Posted in By Marcus, news posts
Tagged AAMI park, awards for excellence, Builders, building construction, excellence, Grocon, MBA, Melbourne
When I was thirteen.
A few months ago I wrote a blog on some of my family members and what it meant for each of them to be 13-years-old. For my daughter is complex; to text, tweet, FB, email, Skype or simply call? There … Continue reading
Posted in By Sly on building, new and groovy, news posts
Tagged Aidan Dwyer, building construction, Fibonacci sequence, solar
Ten (more) things you never hear a builder say
You will never hear a Builder say Work safe are so sensible. Yes you can have a beer at lunch time.
Posted in By Marcus, just for kicks
Tagged architecture, Builders, building construction, dodgy work sites, house building, humour, ten things
Less and more
I was struck by this during the week Time isn’t money. People talk about “saving time,” but in a literal sense, that’s absurd. You can’t save time for later. You can’t earn it. If time is like money in any way, it’s … Continue reading
Posted in By Marcus, opinion piece
Tagged building construction, excellence, J Eddie Smith IV, Practically Efficicnt, time, work life balance
Leaks at The Lodge
About six years ago we had to move out of our government-owned rental property when the authorities deemed it necessary to remove the asbestos and give it a bit of a renovation.We were lucky to have somewhere nice to … Continue reading
Posted in By Sly on building, news posts
Tagged building construction, house building, housing, Julia Gillard, Mitchell Toy Cartoon, renovations, The Lodge, Tim Mathieson
$300 million lost by my neighbours
Recent articles have pointed to significant loses by Victorian property owners. The Melbourne CBD, Southbank and Docklands are the state’s leading loss-making suburbs. One out of every 20 properties sold in those locations had lost their owner money, according to … Continue reading
Posted in By Marcus, opinion piece
Tagged affordable, apartment sales, building construction, housing, Melbourne, residential development
Carpentrix
Here’s something not often seen on building sites , college educated, female, carpenters. When I am using the mitre saw, I am not thinking about the ablative absolute in Latin, or Vergil’s use of alliteration, or images of infertility in … Continue reading
Posted in By Marcus, profile piece
Tagged building construction, bullshit, college education, female tradesmen
Are You Faking It?
Have you ever pretended to be someone that you’re not just to fit in with the ‘in crowd’? I am sure that most of us can put our hands up and say at some stage in our lives we have … Continue reading
Posted in By Sly on building, just for kicks, opinion piece
Tagged building construction, cars, fakes
Do you feel the love?
How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. I love thee to the depth and breadth and height My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight… Elizabeth Barrett Browning – Sonnet 43 In this era of fingertip … Continue reading
Posted in By Sly on building
Tagged building construction, house building, housing, love, renovations
