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[RikiRude]

If I remember correctly I heard that Tank is an architect right? But the only thing I know about architects is from movies, and we know how misleading that is. But what does an architect do day to day? What's a work day REALLY like? Not sure why I'm so curious, maybe because I don't know anyone with the same occupation. And in movies the architect just sits there and draws magnificent buildings all day or what ever. But I bet a normal day is really boring just like any other job, the less glamorous side where it's just Tank sitting there figuring out what materials and how many he needs for a job or whatever. And if he isn't an architect and I heard wrong, anyone know one?

And for that matter what does any one else do for work, anything exciting?

[chefarzt]

Dont know if brownnosing or just stupid/bored.

[TheIcelandicManiac]

Didnt tank start up as an architect but got so rich he barely has to work?

[Ahnungsloser]

during the whole building process:
project management, personal management
coordination of  public authorities and peformer
communication partner between client <-> public authorities and peformer

during the prearrangement phase:
prearrangement
blueprint planning
approval planning
detailed design

during the construction phase:
bulding management, schedule review, cost control
construction supervision

after the completion:
property services/documentation
assetmanagement/facilitymanagement

and a shitload of a lot more responsibilities.
The classification of an architect in movies is just a small part of things a architect has to do. (If he is not a specialist in a special task)

By now I don't have a real job (I'm a student) but in the future I will be a electrical engineer which means that I'm not 100% architect but in a a special way I will still have the same responsibilities - With the difference that as a electrical engineer my end-product is a technical unit/device and as a architects my end-product is a construction/building. The complete development process of these two academic avocations may use different subject-dependet methods but overall these two jobs overlap in a certain way.

I hope that helped you to understand that a architect is much more then a person who is just sitting in the front of a drawing-table all the time.

[chefarzt]

Didnt read-
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lol

[aeroblade56]

It doesnt take much to ban people, im sure anyone could do it.

[Spartan_Marine88]

Civil Engineer > Architect - just saying cos a lot of architects are kinda useless because they will design something that seems good on paper, but be impractical.

tanks checkbook seems to say otherwise

[chefarzt]

By now I don't have a real job (I'm a student) but in the future I will be a electrical engineer which means that I'm not 100% architect but in a a special way I will still have the same responsibilities - With the difference that as a electrical engineer my end-product is a technical unit/device and as a architects my end-product is a construction/building. The complete development process of these two academic avocations may use different subject-dependet methods but overall .

Ure fucked

[hans]

By now I don't have a real job (I'm a student) but in the future I will be a electrical engineer which means that I'm not 100% architect but in a a special way I will still have the same responsibilities - With the difference that as a electrical engineer my end-product is a technical unit/device and as a architects my end-product is a construction/building. The complete development process of these two academic avocations may use different subject-dependet methods but overall .

Ure fucked

quote function FTW lol

[chefarzt]

Back to dat Corna. i gonna change your subnet mask.

[tank130]

Good Information

So basically Ahnungsloser has it nailed down pretty good.

I am in a very unique situation because I am not just an Architect. I also own a construction company that builds the product. I started in the building industry as a laborer packing lumber and pushing a broom.

I am self taught as an "Architect" which means I can not legally call myself an "Architect". I am legally refereed to as a "Residential Home Designer". In Canada you do not have to be an Architect to design or build homes. You only need an Architect for commercial or multi family structures.

I have several "Architects" on staff for those purposes. The ironic thing is, I design the commercial projects, but they must be signed off by one of my staff (Architects).

If you wonder what I do all day - I mostly just run the business. I enjoy designing so much that I still actively partake in it, but running the business keeps me too busy to do a lot of drawing anymore.

Because of my personality, a typical day for me is:

4:30 am - wake up, breakfast, etc
6:30 - on computer reading news and cruising Eirr
7:30 - Emails and general office shit
8:30 - visiting job sites (as many as I can)
2:00 - back to office for office shit (I fucking hate office shit)
4:30 - end of business - sort of....

After 4:30 I either do some more work or kick back and wind down. Depending on how my day went I will ban some fucker or just ignore them....lol

[tank130]

Yes, but not all architects do well at all, and in recent years there has been less jobs for them. So a few doing super well does not say otherwise (a few civil engineers do really well too). Plus, i am talking from the usefulness side, not the pay side (though the average pay for Civil Engineers is £47k and for Architects it's £45k).

I pay my architects 80K per year.

And yes, not all Architects do well at it. Just like not all Dentists are good at it or all waitresses are good at it.

[chefarzt]

9 to five
play eir

[EIRRMod]

Civil Engineer > Architect - just saying cos a lot of architects are kinda useless because they will design something that seems good on paper, but be impractical.

That would be the fault of the Architect.

Good Architects, the ones with the big paychecks work alongside a company, which Id imagine has a civil engineer component or advisor OR the Architect is skilled somewhat in the engineering department.

[chefarzt]

Sry couldnt let that pass

[tank130]

That would be the fault of the Architect.

Good Architects, the ones with the big paychecks work alongside a company, which Id imagine has a civil engineer component or advisor OR the Architect is skilled somewhat in the engineering department.

We do not work with civil engineers unless we are developing land. The civil engineers will design the services and roads etc.

I work closely with structural engineers.

[EIRRMod]

We do not work with civil engineers unless we are developing land. The civil engineers will design the services and roads etc.

I work closely with structural engineers.

Sorry I flowed on and used 'civil' that wasnt meant to be in my sentence.

[chefarzt]

U know how to work a pipe?

[Masacree]

U know how to work a pipe?

yeahhhhhh boiiiii

[tank130]

Structural Engineering is a discipline inside civil engineering, so you are working with civil engineers who have specialized in structures. Also, Civil engineering is much broader than services and etc.

lol...... sure, if say so.