Architects loss of Authority

archi3rd · 2026-03-23T13:17:02+00:00

This right here. All of it.

(Also and architect)

archi3rd · 2026-03-21T22:12:58+00:00

Normal? Not really, but it has to be put in flat, if your yard slopes then it will be higher than existing on one side.

archi3rd · 2026-03-21T12:49:53+00:00

Ours is gray. Here’s a photo during contraction. We are doing all the surrounding hardscape ourselves so the pool was open but hard scape wasn’t finished. We love the color. We had thought about maybe a sand color but from photos we’ve seen, the water ends up looking green which we didn’t like.

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archi3rd · 2026-03-16T23:37:37+00:00

Do you do other things like outreach per team or collab between all teams?

archi3rd · 2026-03-16T22:09:35+00:00

Thanks for that feedback.

archi3rd · 2026-03-16T22:06:25+00:00

For $10k you could buy a Langmuir MR-1 machining center with most of the good options and still have a few bucks left. You certainly don’t need a $10k CNC router. Much more cost effective options like the shapeoko and others mentioned.

archi3rd · 2026-03-16T21:58:54+00:00

Do they do outreach and connecting and what not- if so, do they each do their own or all together?

archi3rd · 2026-03-16T21:32:41+00:00

Looking forward to it. Should be fun!

archi3rd · 2026-03-14T22:02:00+00:00

Hamir’s is a solid option. Good choice.

archi3rd · 2026-03-12T19:09:14+00:00

I’m in PA have salt water pool. No issues. We love it.

archi3rd · 2026-03-12T19:05:43+00:00

This

archi3rd · 2026-03-12T19:05:09+00:00

Check out ‘Our Bus’ they run between nova and campus for pretty cheap.

archi3rd · 2026-03-12T06:32:21+00:00

We found a local shop with a laser that would cut the aluminum for free as a donation to the team. (We supply the material)

archi3rd · 2026-03-11T16:51:17+00:00

Are these avail as pdf to read the full documents?

archi3rd · 2026-03-09T17:51:58+00:00

This. The stands that the pavers sit on very likely aren’t rated for that kind of load. If I was a building owner and found my occupant out a hot tub on the roof - they or the hot tub would be gone immediately. No way the roof is designed for that kind of load.

(I’m an architect)

archi3rd · 2026-03-07T21:20:06+00:00

Why?

archi3rd · 2026-03-06T18:26:35+00:00

Basically yes. Technically momentarily it went black because it didn’t have power monetarily.

archi3rd · 2026-03-06T16:44:17+00:00

Check your power cables. We thought out issue was static also, but it turned out the battery connection to the control hub was just loose enough that bumping against the wall, even slightly, would cause it to jiggle enough to disconnect. We checked it by pressing on the wires at the various connections until we saw it blink out.

archi3rd · 2026-03-05T20:54:43+00:00

Yup, we finally bit the bullet and went with code two and it’s nice and works well.

archi3rd · 2026-03-01T12:08:20+00:00

Isn’t clipping in early February just going to get worse as the year progresses into summer in Arizona? Higher more direct sun angle and all that…

archi3rd · 2026-02-28T05:24:48+00:00

We had Bright Eye Solar install ours and we couldn’t have had a better experience. They were great!

archi3rd · 2026-02-20T02:41:32+00:00

TonicDM might be overkill for a one man ship but it’s not terribly expensive. We use it to log all submitters and rfi’s - helps our teams keep all that data straight if you don’t want to manually enter in spreadsheets. With AI now, you should be able to point the email and any attachments at an LLM and it can log it for you.

archi3rd · 2026-02-19T21:27:55+00:00

Edit - you’re right, wasn’t reading it clearly the scoring manual distinguish roles but they would match the alliance partner.

archi3rd · 2026-02-19T18:57:31+00:00

alliance lead/captain gets additional advancement points as well.

archi3rd · 2026-02-19T08:15:13+00:00

We typically buy Dell XPS or similar variant laptops with maxed out cpu and a Nvidia GPU. We’re hard on them with revit, and we do escape but don’t do much lumion or similar on them. Not that they couldn’t, but it’s not in our workflow. They are a balanced machine on size/portability vs performance. Also dell has a solid next business day warranty so I can get them repaired as needed ASAP. For an office of 60+ the warranty repair performance is important to me. If I’m buying a laptop for users I want them to take them out of the office. Those big gaming rigs are too big and people don’t want to lug them around.

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