Design Build Construction Project Managers Cebu – Page 2 – New house construction, renovations, designing, and planning

The roofed roof deck

A roof deck is supposed to be open so you can enjoy the sky and the wind when you have parties there or when you simply want to be on top of your structure to watch the stars or watch the world below.

However after just a couple of months when your structure is turned over, you suddenly realize you need to have roof over your deck.

Why is that?

Well. usually what happens in open decks is that your concrete surface start to develop cracks – usually micro cracks, but often easily visible cracks – it is in these cracks where water start to seep in and go into your ceilings. Even if you cover it with tiles, over time, water comes through the tile edges since tile grout is usually not a good water proofing agent, and your tile also tend to crack over time since nothing withstands the sun’s rays – everything will crumble under the sun.

So then you now decide to cover your open deck to avoid cracks and water seepage, and to prolong the life of your concrete slab. Well, you see it around, most structures does have some type of deck protection – usually a roof over it.

If you can afford it, you can also shop around for the best waterproofing membrane to use – one that can withstand the power of the sun. What’s best out there is a thick asphalt water proofing membrane usually comes from UK or other European countries, but even asphalt can crack over time, and thus you will still have to replace it over time usually in 12 months – thus you have to be prepared to replace the membrane every 12 months and be prepared to shell out a high budget for an asphalt membrane every 12 months or so… So then you realize the cheapest strongest material out there that can withstand the power of the sun is the metal sheet – thus you might eventually opt for a regular metal roof over your deck, but still yeah you can have the walls open so you can still enjoy the breeze at night or whenever you feel like being on top of the world on your deck, watching the world below…

Efficient Construction Project Management

When managing a construction project, one needs to be efficient down to the last bit of the project. Efficiency saves money and if you’re on contract you need to balance costs and quality – which means you need to deliver the best quality at the best price.

Being efficient will result in good quality output at the best price for the homeowner customer.

In the manpower aspect, you have to hire the most experienced and most professionally mannered workers. When workers have great experience, they work using the most efficient methods and ways, and these workers usually are the most professionally mannered workers. They don’t like to waste time – they are always on the lookout of how to make things as efficient as possible.

In the materials supply area, to be efficient, you need to connect with your most trusted best priced yet high quality materials supplier. After years of experience, you will naturally already have a list of the best suppliers for specific areas, so that wherever your project is located, you will already know where to source the best quality materials at the best price.

Materials quality is of utmost importance since you cannot afford to waste money on future back jobs or warranty claims. Your materials supplier (hardware) also should be able to deliver your orders in no more than 2 days – they should be able to deliver on the same day if possible – unless if you are still in the starting phase where orders are made in bulk thus your supplier will naturally request more time to deliver your big orders and this could take at most three days at most.