Hi all

I think I posted the SU design of this on the old forum originally in 2006. I designed the conversion which doesn't look like much but it was tricky due to the small size. I also did planning and building regs. Then I was made redundant and the property still in its ruin state changed hands, so I lost contact. The project has just been finished, the estate agent has kindly given me these pictures. From a heritage point of view, the soffit on the gable end and the window details aren't quite right but as it is probably the first time it has been habitable in 100 years I think they did a good job.

Jon

I don't think that helped.

BP is a global conglomerate. Nowadays, it is "British" by location of head offices alone, which if you look at this picture is a modestly sized building http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:BPheadoffice.JPG
compared to its Texan office http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:BPAmericasHQ.JPG

BP employ around 80,000 people globally. 22,800 of them are US nationals. Only 10,000 are British (see page 26 of report, link below). The UK only have a 40% holding in the company (see page 27). The US have 39%, the rest other nations. The biggest shareholder? JP Morgan Chase with 27.74%.
source: http://www.bp.com/assets/bp_internet/globalbp/STAGING/global_assets/downloads/F/FOI_2005_2009_full_book.pdf
I would suggest that this is why people like White House Minority leader and corporate banker John Boehner said he thinks US taxpayers should help pay for the clean up. (source: http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20007511-503544.html) because he knows who the shareholders are.

So let the press bring on the anti-british rhetoric. BP are at least taking responsibility - an approach that will probably lead to the company being asset stripped and bought up by Exxon, Shell etc. Transocean on the otherhand, the Swiss perpetrators, well, their website has conveniently gone offline. see link, second on list.
http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&rlz=1C1_____enGB374&&sa=X&ei=URwTTKPAJ4_u0wSW4KD1CQ&ved=0CDAQBSgA&q=transocean&spell=1

It will be interesting to see if IES gains in popularity as a result

Unusually I needed to model a toad / frog for a current project, mainly done in CB Model Pro. It isn't a great model but maybe somebody else can have some fun with it.

jon

toad.skp

Flipya

Yes I am often referred to as a hardass

I have Man Flu (worthy of bold text).
I've had it for well over a week but, putting on a brave face I've not taken a day off work. There has been no sympathy from my girlfriend or my work colleagues (all of whom are female). The pharmacy were no better (female shop assistant). So I googled "does man flu exist". After paying no attention to several sites and a wiki (probably all written by women) all saying that it doesn't, I found this article:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/5313882/Men-succumb-to-manflu-because-women-have-stronger-immune-systems-claim-scientists.html

What I want to know is what does Man Flu have to do to get some respect?

Hi Watkins, sorry been off the forum for a while so didn't see your reply. It is safe and works very well. As an interface for picking colours it is actually a good alternative to picking colours from the su materials pallette.

Certainly is, but I haven't worked out how to use it yet!

This has actually been out a while so perhaps this has been mentioned before, sorry if it has. ICI the manufacturers of Dulux paints have released a plugin that allows you to select colours from a colour wheel and transfers them to the materials palette with the trade paint code. Works well.

@unknownuser said:

Dulux Trade has launched a new digital colour tool to enable architects and designers to download 2,000 shades into an existing design software package.

The free digital resource contains all the shades in the Dulux Trade Colour Palette 4 fandeck, allowing specifiers to select real Dulux Trade colours in their digital designs.

Synchronising seamlessly with popular digital design packages, including Photoshop, Autocad, Archicad and Sketchup, the smart colour ‘plug in’ is designed to put an end to complicated colour conversions between the design and specification stages.

The software can be downloaded from the Dulux Trade website from September 2009. Architects and designers can also order the free Dulux Trade Colour Palette 4 fandeck online for use in conjunction with their software.

It also features a smart colour selection tool to help build palettes of coordinating shades for bespoke colour schemes

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(www.icipaints.co.uk)

This is amazing and timely as I have some very flat looking grass areas to deal with. Thanks.

Off topic? I thought I invented off topic. No worries, I enjoy the diversions.

John in reply to:

@unknownuser said:

I think they may have had some ridiculous acceptance issues that have since been revised so the models would have be re-reviewed, but he's taken them down.

There is actually 3 Hull area GE models. The KC, linea's model and a model of the Humber Bridge...

John I think you are right on the acceptance issues, I will try reloading some from a couple of years ago, I'll mention it in this thread when I've done it and report back on how long, if at all, it takes. 2 years ago I rather naively launched into a big GE project, had to refund the client and that left me substantially out of pocket but that is a whole other story...

Xrok, got to dash off to work now but will send you a pm with some info later.

This is an age old argument, I had it with a new colleague the other day. It is futile really. Just accept the difference of opinion and let your modelling speak for itself.

leedeetee, I'm happy to do Carnegie Hull, will start it today. Xrok, Teaching is a small part of my job but I currently teach SU to Design and Technology teachers at quarterly workshops (not just SU there is other stuff on the course too). This was a one-off teaching kids but I'd be happy to do it again. I was a teacher for about 2 years but doing it full time made me feel like a fraud, I felt there was a lot more I had to learn about working in design first.
I'd be happy to help you develop something you could deliver.

Don't hold your breath about getting the model onto GE in this area. There are only currently 2 3d models on GE in the whole of East Yorkshire (one of them is one of mine, the other is KC stadium). For some reason Google are very very slow to upload anything around here, I did several models about 2 years ago, all met the criteria, only 1 (the least interesting) showed up on GE and that was only about 3 months ago. Perhaps Google think there is nothing here.

Hi

I didn't know about this project but luckily for you, as Hull's Carnegie Library is on the edge of a park that is undergoing a major rgeneration program, I modelled it about a year ago, not a GE model but I have loads of photos so can do one for you.

No ground breaking modelling involved but I did a nice project with a class of eleven year olds yesterday to design a swale (man made irrigation channel)to alleviate flooding at their school. Not too shabby for a mornings work, although
once they found 3DW there was no stopping them!. This is part of a wider exhibition at Arc in Hull (see second link). Hull was severely flooded in 2007.

School Project: http://arcfluidideas.blogspot.com/p/flooding-and-buildings-insurance.html
General info: http://arcfluidideas.blogspot.com/

jon

@unknownuser said:

Seen this? http://www.asai.org/joblistings

Pete, it is bad here but that makes me think it must be worse in the US.

Being strictly a cad monkey / modeller (- not by any means a visualiser) I have been working freelance for 3 years now. After a very hard / soul destroying first 2 years, in the last year I have been very lucky to find a client that has now given me enough work that I work solely for them, in-house. It keeps me in contact with the local architectural network but it has been quite a move away from what I was doing. Actual design work is about a quarter of the job but in this climate I can live with that and they are very nice people to work for. Just the same as regular freelancing though, currently I have worked 16 days straight and will be working this coming weekend too.

What was my point?, oh yes:

@unknownuser said:

Not only does one need to keep the pipeline full but also collect payments of completed jobs.
I'm not suited at this ... that's where my wife comes in, she knows my value and she knows the amount of work I put into every project. I trust her to handle my finances as it distracts from my creativity.

My girlfriend does the exact same thing for me, allowing her to do this (or rather she decided that that is how it has to be done) is the best decision I/she ever made.

@unknownuser said:

Customers are gold, and must be treated that way

Interesting problem. Depends what the model is of and what proof you have that somebody has derived their work from it.