So many architects haven’t got a scooby-doo about these things.
Even the SE’s tame associated, clueless. Constantly sense checking with Obi-Wan back at HQ, and just no confidence in anything he was looking at.
Client rang me on speakerphone whilst the chap was on site, so I got to speak to him about the steelwork I spec’d and Obi-Wan had agreed over the phone; we made some slight changes, but beefed up certain elements to (over) compensate, and he was head-melted.
After a lot of gibberish and flannel I just got a bit annoyed and said to go back to the office and just pass the bloody thing ffs. Myself 30+ years on the tools, and the steel fabricator & welder 35+ years, so I just said we’ve done more than a few of these over the years…..!
Obi-Wan saw the adaptations, and signed it off without further comment.
We put Bosig Phonotherm under the feet of the steels, where they sat on padstones, very nice product to work with and cuts / drills like a very dense particle board. Router / planer zoomed through it where I made profiles and recesses in it for the Norrsken doors and sliders etc.
Blasted it with liquid DPC all around before then screwing it all into place and then blasting it with more.
Available in sensible sizes too, unlike Compacfoam.