Over the last few weeks, our architects — I'll refer to them as WA[1] from now on — collected bids from various planning firms for specific aspects of the house. It seems that construction activity around Switzerland, at least in the part where we live, is still quite intense and several of the companies that WA have worked with in the past decided not to submit bids for our project. Even so, WA made sure there were at least two bids in each category and we had a meeting last week to make the final selections. The categories we covered were as follows:
- the Bauingenieur: the people who calculate things like the statics of the building, in particular the parts in the ground which must be executed in concrete
- the Holzbauingenieur: the people who will do the details of how to construct the house in wood
- the HLS-Planer: Heizung (heating) Lüftung (ventilation) Sanitär (sanitation)
- the Elektroplaner: responsible for planning the electrical network
Once these "third-party" plans are in, they'll be sent out for bids from firms that actually do the work, such as build concrete structures and install plumbing. Meanwhile, WA are looking at every detail of the house and re-evaluating them, looking for the best solutions. New ideas are still being considered. I'll be giving updates here as things are finalized. We had not realized that so much designing would be done after the Vorprojekt (initial project) phase and I must say that we're really, really pleased with all the effort. This is our first experience working with architects and so far it has been excellent!
WA → Walker Architekten
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