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The process of renovating and mainly building your house can be a very exciting adventure, but it can also turn out to become a nightmare. It is therefore very important to employ the services of professionals such as architects, engineers, quantity surveyors and building consultants, in order to make your project a success and avoid many unexpected and unpleasant surprises. In most cases, these professionals will pay for themselves whether directly or indirectly, and you will surely be the one who will benefit. The job of a building consultant is mainly to manage and supervise your project from the design stage all the way to the final completion and handing over.
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The Mauritius Association of Architects wish to congratulate and support the creative spirit of this new inspiring and informative website. Our customers often look for professionals of the building industry such as architects, engineers and quantity surveyors as well as contractors and sub contractors to design and build their house or building project. Unfortunately many cannot find the right people and do not know where to go, this website we believe will help to fulfill their requirements. Some of you might remember that a roof fall on some workers killing them and recently heard that part of a building in Quatre Bornes fell on some public severely injuring them. This is simply due to the fact many people think they know what design and construction is!

Architects are registered professionals who have studied abroad for more than 6 years. They look beyond your immediate requirements to design flexible and cost effective buildings that will adapt with the changing needs of your business. The construction of a building does not involve only 1 or 2 years of the duration of the construction but the whole 50 years lifetime of the building. Architects solve problems creatively and adds value to your investment. A well designed building can help reduce your services bill and increase its long term value.

Architects will help you to manage your project from site selection, cost control, building requirements to completion. In many projects, the role of the architect includes the co-ordination of a team of specialist consultants such as engineers, quantity surveyors and builders. They help to create total exterior and interior environments which are pleasing, functional and cost effective.

In this website you will find a list of the Mauritius Association of Architects, give them a call to request for advice and service.

Note that every application for a Building and Land Use Permit (BLP)
has to be in accordance with provition of :
(a) the Building Act
(b) the Town and Country Planning Act
(c) the Planning and Development Act 2004

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You can also consult the website of the Ministry of Housing & Lands,
http://housing.gov.mu

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Dans le but de faciliter vos demarches pour un nouvel abonnement, nous vous indiquons les etapes que vous devez entreprendre vis-à-vis du CEB qui se fera un plaisir de raccorder votre batiment a son reseau dans le plus bref delai possible si toutes les conditions requises sont respectées.

You should apply and obtain your development and building permits prior to starting any work.

Make sure that your plot corresponds to the site plan, and that your boundary pegs are clearly visible. If you are not sure, refer to a land surveyor who will do a survey and re-instate all corner pegs

Check that your builder has respected the distances and necessary reserves as indicated on your site plan, subject to item 1.2 above being cleared.

Ensure that your engineer inspects the foundations before casting.

You are strongly advised to apply an anti-termite treatment prior to casting your surface bed floor – this is normally sub-contracted to specialised firms.

A good practice is to lay one row of blocks on the floor before walls are raised. This would allow you to cross-check all internal dimensions, and set out the position of the doors. Any potential changes could be made at this stage, without having to knock down walls.

The life of your structure depends mainly on two factors:-

2.2.1	The quality of your concrete.
2.2.2	The “cover” around your steel reinforcement.

The amount of cover is specified by the engineer but unfortunately very often neglected by contractors. As a result with time, the steel reinforcement will rust and therefore affect the strength and stability of your structure. To avoid this problem, you should check that the spacer blocks, more commonly known as “gateau coco”, are used efficiently with the shuttering.

Your engineer must inspect the floor / roof reinforcement before casting.

All concrete should be well vibrated, particularly your slabs.

It is advisable to protect your roof slabs with finishes such as roof sheets or tiles etc, or simply with special roofing paints. The main objective is to reduce the amount of heat on the slab, and thus to limit the potential cracks. The other reason is to protect your slab from water – a concrete slab is NOT waterproof.

The finishes in any construction often takes much longer than the structural work.
Plan your finishes and establish a logical sequence for the works – It is very useful to call the different sub-contractors to discuss and agree on the sequence of the works, and their inter action between each other.

Make sure that each sub-contractor takes responsibility not only for his work but also for associated works being done by others – Each sub-contractor should take care in protecting surrounding works and already installed fittings and finishes.