This picture was taken from the current top floor last week so far the buildders are still waiting to fing out how many stories will be constructed it will be either 5 or 6. this picture shows a open view of the whole building showing the columns and beams. The previous photo shows pre cast concrete panels and workman checking over it as well as strutting to support the panels

These photos come from two sites those showing any ground work are from the VCAT site just behing Deakin while the others show the office development in Ryrie st showing the pre cast concrete panels being put up

For my assignment i talked to a former architect Peter Mckinly who gave me alot of giood background infomation on issues that effect the design and construction of concrete footings and slab intersecting with a steel column like the threat posed by water and the water table like concrete cancer and ways to deal with it as well as other factors such as soil where he went into alot of depth also services like mecanical that might effect the design. The other person i talked to was Matthew Cicilo a draftsman who explanied both process in alot of detail which allowed me to use Matthews process and then use Mr Mckinly's infomation as a more in depth look at the factors that affect the design and construction.

THE AGE BUSINESS SECTION MAY 7
ANZ TOWER SETS GREEN EXAMPLE

This article is about ANZ and there new green building at docklands the building will become Australias largest green building. ANZ also says that the better work environment caused by creating a healthier building will boost productivity. The building will supply about 70% of its own energy by using solar and wind power and will reduce water consumption by about 60%. The cost of the building is estimated at about $500 million. the building will also have a 6 star rating.

this building will have a big impact on future buildings and a standard has being set so its likely other major banks will follow in ANZs footsteps so as to appear environmentaly friendly other developments are likely to follow as well because the ANZ project will iron out any bugs so future projects will have a easyer time in both design and construction knowing what problems the ANZ building had and how they were resolved.

THE FINANCIAL REVIEW MONDAY 7 MAY
BUILDERS ARGUE AGAINST CHANGE

This article is about how two building organisations ( Housing industry association and the Master builders association of Victoria are trying to persuade the Victorian government to reach a compromise on workplace safety regulations that the building organisations say will make more red tape and raise costs. They are trying to have residential construction exempted from these regulations which are intended to create a more uniform standard for projects over $250,000. The organisations claim this will add up to $37,500 onto the cost of a house. The master builders association executive director Brian Welch said 'the regulations would drown builders in paperwork and seriously affect housing affordability.

This will lead to increased cost for those buying new houses and add to the already high costs of buying a house with houses already at very high prices and people having to borrow heavily to buy them and having large interest repayments this could discourage people from buying and slow the construction industry also how can houses be compared to large multi story buildings which might be 10 storys while a house is only one or two.