I've got four assignments due in the next two weeks and I'm starting to feel quite panicky about it. I've read and re-read the notes and still can't work out how to put my words on paper. I'm struggling with the flow of a building inspection. I have to write what to check at each of the critical stage inspections and how the work complies with the Australian Standards.
I've got a rough draft of what to check and another list of the Standards, but I was never good at writing and seemed to be just staring at the page, so here I am at the computer instead. A good diversion from what I should be doing, I know. Perhaps tomorrow night I can look at it with different eyes and know exactly how it should all go together.
The other three assignments are more difficult, and I need to get together with the Building Surveyor at work and discuss how I should tackle them. One of them requires me to sit in on an interview like a pre-application discussion so I need to line that up. Then I need to assess the impact of a residential building on adjoining properties and the neighbourhood with respect to a list of criteria.
The third task is to assess an application for a construction certificate against the Building Code of Australia, Australian Standards and conditions of development consent. I did something very similar to this in a previous module but for a whole development.
I'm running out of time and this time of year doesn't help. Why I always leave everything to the final countdown is beyond me.
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