Who has an Oculus? (finger-pointing) This Guy. More accurately, my client has one, but hopefully I'll get to visit it every so often ... maybe on every other holiday and weekends. Oculus is a word … [Read more...]
You Can’t Eat Your House and Have it Too
Did you know you can't eat your house and have it too? That sentence doesn't make a lot of sense to anybody most people but it's a play on the wildly (and incorrectly) stated phrase "You can't have … [Read more...]
Weekly Job Site Meetings
I know I've said before that meetings are a complete waste of time - at least most of them are. Job site meetings ... the ones that actually happen as you are walking around the site (instead of … [Read more...]
Is that an Oculus?
I was on the KHouse Modern job site a few weeks ago and during our weekly Tuesday construction meeting, I mentioned to the owner that the oculus was just about to start construction. He looked at me … [Read more...]
Modern Window Detail – The CHouse Modern
It's been 2 1/2 months since I last updated you on the CHouse Modern project and a lot has happened. The last time I showed you the house, it was about 15% complete with the structurally insulated … [Read more...]
Pier and Beam Foundations – KHouse Progress
On the residential part of our practice, we do a lot of pier and beam foundations. There are other options available to us -some include post-tensioned slab on grade and plain ol' slab on grade, and … [Read more...]