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MCM. Associates - Architecture & Surveying is a progressive and vibrant Eco Architectural Design firm. MCM. Associates - Architecture & Surveying is a progressive and vibrant architectural design company, located on the main street in Raphoe, Co Donegal. The company is headed up by TJ McMenamin and has been involved in architectural design in The Donegal area for the last 17 years.
We draw on this expertise in the design and construction sector, to ensure that we can develop the clients ideas and aspirations into reality, in an efficient and cost efficient manner, which will result in building projects that we can all be proud of.
Our philosophy is to provide all our clients with a friendly, professional and prompt service. We place great value on a high level of communication with our clients. We believe that a good relationship between client and architect is essential in the design process.
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At last there is some help for new home self builders, but the Goverment could go a lot further, in regard to VAT, as up to an average of 35% of a cost of a new build is taken up in VAT, but its a start.. http://selfbuild.ie/featured/help-to-buy-scheme-opens-for-applications-today/
Revolutionary 3-D Printer Can Build 10 Houses In 24 Hours, And For Only $5,000 Each!
Back in Feb this year I predicted that 3D printers would become a major part in construction, well here it is,the real start of the revolution, in construction, and all future major component manufacture. http://www.trueactivist.com/revolutionary-3-d-printer-can-build-10-houses-in-24-hours-and-for-only-5000-each/
GCR - News - France starts building first solar-paved road
SOLAR CELL ROADS - WALK OR DRIVE INTO THE FUTURE !! Its good to see the French are forward thinking enough, to double up on a usage of a product, for multipurposes, rather than being mono-aesthetic, and inpinging the landscapes with PV farms, or countless swathes of PV panels on everbodies roofs like ones sees in Germany. It is much more cost efficient, and less intrusive than wind energy. Well done France!!
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This was a original eco-house design we carried out, incorporating the use of wind turbines, passive house and eco-house design criteria, to ensure this house cost in the region of €200 per annum to heat. We can design around any budget, and to fit any specification the client wishes. The design is a mixture of traditional vernacular housing found in large areas of Donegal & Ireland, but with a contemporary addition to the side, which make an umbilical connection from new to old, in terms of aesthetics’. Due to the sloping site, we were able to utilise the basement space to its full potential, with minimal extra construction costs. Our first consultation is free to any client, whom wished to call into our office to dicsuss thier requirements.
Danish students take to the seas in floating shipping container apartments
Danish students take to the seas in floating shipping container apartments, is this the future for rising sea levels problems, within large urban centres, with clever usage of existing materials, for quick easy, affordable homes, where land prices are at a premium?? http://www.digitaltrends.com/home/bjarke-ingels-reimagines-student-housing/
Construction Manager - News
The future of construction is really starting to become so technology based, with the roll out of BIM, and 3D printing of components, and possibly of whole structure's will soon become the norm over the next few decades. But also remember, if the power goes out tomorrow !, the aul, pen & paper, will still be needed to produce the plans, & designs, and those skills are further deteriorating every generation. Over use & reliance of technology, may be our ultimate downfall some day.. or maybe I'm just getting old ?? http://www.construction-manager.co.uk/news/scien8tists-dev3elop-flyin4g-robots-can-print/
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