Evolution of the Builder

Over the years building as a trade has vastly improved due to building materials, techniques and the evolution of the average builder. In years gone by it would take years, sometimes decades to produce house structures, and interior designs, but now building projects are sometimes finished in a matter of months, whilst still producing great results on the exterior, and interior of the average house.

Houses were primarily built using materials such as stone, and mortar. These days’ modern houses are built using many different materials from flat pack timber frames to grand designs built by using shipping containers. These different building techniques are now being used not only as they are often more economical, but also because of the exciting results, and finish that can be achieved.

Not only have building materials changed over the years but builders themselves have moved on in leaps and bounds as the building trade has developed and become more diverse. Years ago a builder was likely to arrive at your home in a clapped out van, and clothes that had seen better days, but now it is more likely for the contractor to arrive in a fancy 4x4 with a very smart and professional looking uniforms on.

Improvements in manufacturing techniques and new inventions have made a massive difference to the tools that are available on the market today. The tools that were available to the average contractor thirty years ago were very basic. As a result some of the jobs undertaken were made a lot longer, and harder. Also for this reason the finished job was often inferior. For example builders years ago would rely on their eye a lot of the time to see if something was level, but due to the invention of the spirit level this is no longer the case, therefore less time is taken to produce accurate building work, and very few mistakes are made along the way.

Originally when buildings were erected the architects, and chief builders, would have had no choice but to source materials locally. This often led to lack of choice, and invariable a fall in quality. Today due to technology, the internet, improved transportation methods, there is a massive array of materials of very high quality at competitive prices available. This has led in turn to the increase in general quality of construction projects, and the labor that is employed to produce them.

So all in all the evoultion has helped the industry improve and grow. We for one are very glad it has.