The Greatness of an Architect

The greatness of an Architect is fulfilling the needs of His Client. The satisfaction of the Design and the fully functional and economical yet elegant in concept.

A great Architect shall have a knowledge  of all Engineering field of work in order to apprehend the need of space for all Engineering Equipments of a certain building.  He must have the knowledge of the relationship between Engineering equipment and its function in the building.  He must know the flow and the system of an equipment in order  for him to locate it in the right location,safe,effecient and very accessible.

The Escalator, must be located in a very accessible and in a very strategic location where it will serve the consumer efficiently and comfortable. Escalator should trip off when untoward incident happen. Escalator shall be shut off in a very stampid store opening or occasion.

The freight elevator shall be positioned where it will serve best in its intended function. It must be located in between the receiving area and the storage area. It shall serve as   the access of storage in every floor, and shall have a spacious dumping area.  Freight elevator shall be loaded according to its specified load to prolong its life span.

The Passenger elevator  shall be provided in a 4-storey establishment for public and office use and for the handicap consumers. It shall be accessible from the public areas visible from the consumers. It shall serve 15 people at a time.

The Generator shall be located in the utility area beside the electrical room and directly below the transformer area for easier maintenance and economical and away from customers danger.

The Transformer area shall be located directly accessible from the main line and directly above the electrical room. These areas shall be treated safe from the employees and cautions shall be very visible from the employees to prevent untoward incidents. These ares shall be for the authorized technical personnel only.

The Cooling tower shall be located beside and lower than the overhead water tank in order water be distributed by gravity. It shall be in an open area above the roof deck where fresh air is free to cool down the lukewarm water from the source to its corrugated filter. Water shall be treated to minimized salt content of water that causes rust on its piping.

 The Cistern Tank shall be subdivided into three major partitions, the potable water tank from the local Water district line or from R.O., second the non-potable water tank collected from the rain water, third the fire tank which is coming also from the rain water.

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