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.