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What is the first thing you do when building a house?

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Question added by Zain Khater , Project Supervisor – StartUp Project , Injaz
Date Posted: 2017/03/26
khaled ibrahim
by khaled ibrahim , Interior Design Department Head , ZFP, the Consultants

Retrieve client/Owner requirements through meetings and pre-prepared Client requirements check list, then start in preparing the Design Bases Report .

Design Bases Report shall include brief of related statistics on market demand and targets. 

Mohamed Wahba
by Mohamed Wahba , Resident Engineer , Al turath cosultant Engineering

1- land location & dimension.

2- soil investigation to know soil bearing capacity & excavation level & foundation level & type of foundation recommended to the land soil.

3- Preparing full set of drawings ( Arch. & Struct. & MEP. ) according to client wish and matching with land location & dimension.

4- Take all Authorities permission to proceed with execution.

5- Start Excavation & fixing profile & compaction & foundations &.....

 

 

 

Tauqeer Mughal
by Tauqeer Mughal , Civil Site Engineer , Shaheen Construction, Lahore

If all the authority approvals is ready than i will plan marking and excavation. 

I think the first step is knowing client interest

Ibraheem Mohamed
by Ibraheem Mohamed , Q.S & Cost Control , El-Eman Construction EST

we must make area survey and check the type of soil to make design first

Ghanem Nagi
by Ghanem Nagi , Civil Site Engineer , Consultant Engineer Bureau

Exploring site then meet the owner to inquire about his requirements, Then the planning become.

reynal villegas
by reynal villegas , Project , BECHTEL

Request work permit according to the scheduled  job before starting  the work

Coordinating all instrumentation work program and ensure the instruction regarding all works and specification are conveyed

Ensure all safety requirements regarding to all  jobs to be followed.

 

Ensure all works are completed  to the standard specification before final inspection                                   

sharafudheen Kakkulangara
by sharafudheen Kakkulangara , Arco interiors , Arco Interiors

1, Site visit.

2, Suitability-clients needs with site. 

3, Soil test.

5, Survey.

6, Verify related Document. 

7,Submitel - Project report to client and related persons.

Muhammad Sada Sani
by Muhammad Sada Sani , Civil Engineer , Federal Ministry of Power, Works and Housing

After site clearance , setting-out is the first thing to be done.

Muhammad Hammad Qayyum
by Muhammad Hammad Qayyum , QA/QC Engineer Civil , ACC,Arabian Construction Company

First of all we will make plotting.then start Excavation for footings.

Kandasamy Mariappan
by Kandasamy Mariappan , Project Engineer , Green Bridge general contracting llc

We have to make sure all the authority approvals is ready, including drawings, estimate, planning and resources, once it is ready, we have to start the markings and excavation in order to proceed further 

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