won't collapse unless u use it for other purpose. example, that is residential house, but u use it as warehouse and store and stacking up a lot of heavy stuff, will collapse 1. their original design intent is meant for residential hence the loading is as per the residential loading. if u want to know the exact loading u have to go and refer to BS5950 manual reference. but then best to get engineer to design if u wanna modify that house

always use 175/sqft for budgeting.

because hammerhead span too long. especially at klang valley, the site is small hence hammerhead tower crane span beyond the boundary of site which is prohibited by local authority.

apply tinting on your windows. beside that there other way is to get a contractor that do a layer of gymsum board on the wall, apply a layer of rockwool on the wall surface b4 use the gypsum board to close up. but not cost efficient i think

mean u spend more overall. or maybe u need save 10 years electric bill get back those cost? plus when u put rockwool and gypsum board, ur wall set back a little bit. make ur room smaller.

brickwall generally not good in thermal insulation

to save that better get inverter aircond

oh ya, overall u still can be green (save energy and sources of thing)
1. fix rainwater harvesting tank to collect rainwater for flushing toilet
2. fixing solar panel (but not really cost effective at the moment as it is so expensive)
3. put more glazing panel at windows so fully utilize daylight
4. LED light fitting for lesser energy consumption


Sime Darby is going toward this direction when developing properties.

This post has been edited by iwubpreve: Nov 2 2014, 08:10 PM

u mean insulation? same use rockwool then gypsum board cover it. but not cost effective.

forget about the scale. I'm quite sure the number mention is in mm. meaning 3.75m for B1, 6m for L and 4m for 1st floor.

I don't know why u need to divide by 50 if the 3750 is in feet. coz if that is really 3750ft then convert to m is 3750 / 3.281 = 1142.94m that B1 alone is the tallest building in the world!!


added: ohh, the divide 50 is scale. u do't have to divide, forget about the scale if u can get the dimension from drawing. the scale meant for u to check if u can't see the dimension in the drawing

This post has been edited by iwubpreve: Nov 3 2014, 08:24 AM

good info I guess that why always come out?

yes, u need local authority approval. therefore, get the design-build contractor to pau everything for u.

same, if ur own hand, mean urself is a contractor. and yes u need approval from local authority. else how u get water supply? electric supply? even u don't need that or u generate electric urself, u also need to comply requirement under uniformity of building under relevant by-laws where only local authority only can grant u approval.

cost wise i have no much idea. but then it definitely take a lot of ur time. if u get a design and build contractor, he pau everything to u as he know the procedure well and also got "shortcut". not just involve architect, it involve engineer, licensed planner as well. competent contractor can even build for u first and get approval later as he know how to get the approval. hence can do both design and build concurrently. this save a lot of time.

oic. u need machinery to do that. everything by hand? seems impossible with just a helper

but for sure u need to get license architect / engineer to design for u and do submission to local authority.

ic. play Lego is different coz just plug and play. construction in real life is not one man show thing, no company can do everything and therefore need a main contractor to sublet all the work to other. remember also u have to consider mechanical and electrical element beside structural and architecture of building. various profession. so u will miss out many thing i guess and regret later

no standard. for rapid construction, usually will use steel column (could be in circular hollow section or square hollow section) as straight away can deliver to site and fix it on the spot. to fix it on the concrete slab, first have to drill in chemical bolt for better anchor to the base of column. like the picture below


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ic. chemical bolt have way better strength than the threaded plug u mention. depend on size each chemical bolt will cost u abt RM50 especially hilti / ramset brand

concrete cheap, steel expensive.

basically in construction there are 2 type of cost involve. cost for temporary work and cost for permanent work. permanent work is like brickwall, concrete slab and etc. once the permanent work done, it remain there and will not be remove. temporary work is those cost spent on the work and will not be part of the building. example such as rental of machinery, scaffolding for support and etc. for basement the cost for temporary work will increase. so u pay for more to build a basement than to add 1 level on top.

the basement work is generally fine to do at Malaysia la. depend on location, the basement work difficulty is different also. like in golden triangle, the ground water level is high, so ur basement work is even tougher.

those "red brick" u see is better than cement-sand brick. cement-sand brick easily let water seep through. hence not advisable to do on external wall. but it could be done also.

glass wall is more on aesthetic. definitely glass wall is expensive, around 15 times expensive than brickwall

if ur brickwall haven't lay, then the cost can be reduce by add a layer of "poly" form, around 50mm thick b4 do plastering work. therefore u don't need gypsum board. generally the cost increase also just not that much. but on completed building, overall it would be more costly

yeah, plenty.

what ur employer mean? employer mean developer in construction industry context.

base on percentage of total building cost for professional like Architect, Engineer, QS. those are known as professional fee.

for contractor is base on value of works.

here is serious kopitiam. so should be fine. plus sharing is caring. I notice a lot of pipu have misconception on construction industry. heard i'll get promoted to elite if I continue to do this.