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Some of the projects completed by Joan Seirlis during her 25 years in private practice are -
• Hotels - new, refurbishment & access assessments.
• Houses & townhouse complexes - new, alterations, additions & access assessments.
• Shopping centres.
• Offices blocks.
• Public buildings - including Post Offices, Police stations, prisons,
markets, Officers and NCO Mess and Quarters for the Army, Schools, Community Centres, retirement complexes, Hospitals, Houses and Nurses Quarters for Kwazulu-Natal Dept. of Works,
churches, rehabilitation centres.
• Klipbank Bowling Club - sketch to supervision and handover.
• Tetra Pak - new warehouse and additions to office block and part of factory- sketch to supervision and handover
• Layout and working drawings for Giantkiller - zoning, townships board, etc, medium density cluster housing, individual houses and office park.
• Project management
• Isipingo sub-economic Housing Schemes
• Worked as Development Control Architect for City of Durban Development and Planning Department.
• Managing the Plans Examination Team (one of 3)
• Exercising the Council's powers to act in terms of the National Building Regulations, and City of Durban Building and Advertising By-laws, and other relevant Ordinances and Acts, as delegated.
• Making decisions relating to the relaxation of the NBRs
• Authorising the commencement of building work prior to the approval of plans.
• Making decisions relating to aesthetics, and referring plans as necessary to the Elevation Control Committee (an advisory body) for its comment.
• Advising developers of major and/or complex projects on their development proposals.
• Handling all correspondence relating to plan approval in my area, including the drafting of letters, minutes, reports as necessary.
• Controlling the ongoing planning and development of staff under my control (5 plans examiners)
• Site visits and investigations of all matters relating to the above.
• Representing the Department at the Review board
• Health and Safety representative for my section.
• Represented the Director on the Council's Disabilities Issues Working Group.
• Kwazulu-Natal Poultry Institute Training Centre on a farm bordering on Pietermaritzburg. This comprised of 7 buildings: lecture theatre, accommodation blocks administration, principals house and recycling of existing buildings as stores, generator room and ancilliary works. It was executed under 3 separate contracts, and funded by the European Union. The concept including the layouts etc were completed according to a masterplan, and the delivery of the project on a tight budget was achieved. |
