Before beginning the project, we had to assess the land and the area properly. This helps us plan our project and also determine the type of engineering to use.
Upon completing the assessment, we came up with the following:
- Wet land
Building on wet land is tricky. Using conventional building methods may not be the best in this instance. Being able to determine this at the beginning of the project helps us greatly because we know what type of engineering to employ in the construction of this building
- Multiple access routes to and from the site
Many of the access roads in developing areas are quite bad. It is important that we discover as many routes as possible to help us move in and out with little to no fuss.
- Ideal places to source materials
Knowing the right places to source materials can greatly affect the overall cost of your build. The prices of materials may be the same all over but once you include the cost of transport especially over longer distances and then the cost starts to go up significantly.
- Ideal place to build a temporary shelter
After buying the materials, you need a good and secure place to store them. You need to be able to assess the land to figure out the right place to put up a temporary shelter. For this project, we had to find a part of the land that experienced the least damp and use that place to store our materials.
- How secure the place is
After doing the assessment of the area, we were able to determine that the security of the place was not great. This means that we had to increase our security on the site to stop theft of tools and materials.