As a Surveyor dealing with precise measurement and representing those measurements on plan, architecture became a inseparable part of my daily task. Setting out of buildings and surveying of as-built projects fired my interest in the architectural design.
Involvement with clients from concept to hand-over showed me how to add value to a clients property and not merely “draw” a plan.
At an age of 51, with a full time professional career, I had the opportunity to live my passion for architecture within the bounds of my Professional Draughtsman registration. To further my studies would be almost impossible. With more than 4000 completed projects I would like to add value to the architecture profession by sharing my lessons learned and experience.
This inspired me to develop CAD software for the South African market. I also set up a training programme for draughtspersons.More...