Technical guides
Direct answers to the most frequent questions about building services, written by the engineering team at Afazeres Curiosos.
How to read a single-line diagram
Illustrated guide to reading the single-line diagram of an electrical switchboard: symbols, RCDs, circuit breakers, cables and circuits, with lighting examples and a power and control diagram.
When construction supervision is mandatory
When Portuguese law requires a construction supervision director, who can be one, what they must do and what changed with the 2024 planning simplification.
Self-protection measures: what they are and who can prepare them
What fire self-protection measures are, what they include, who can prepare them and how they are put in place, step by step.
ITED design for a house, step by step
How the ITED telecommunications design for a house is prepared: what it includes, who signs it and the steps from architecture to certification.
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