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I hope the designer has also looked at the edge distances of the dowels on the base plates?? Because they seem rather small to me. Topic frame shear and so on Are expansion or adhesive dowels used there?

Freshly painted steel construction always has something special! Just make sure that the steelworker's offer includes an item that covers local touch-ups of the paint after assembly. Especially if it is supposed to remain visible afterwards. There are always chippings or dusty footprints.

Is this delivered pre-assembled like this?

You ask questions...

Thanks for the input, I will try to clarify this. The edge distances of the dowels should be okay, as the architect, structural engineer, and steelworker independently approved the plans.

The steel skeleton will be clad afterwards, so optical matters are not so important at this point.

I will also try to clarify the type of assembly and the dowels.

... should one not lay the joints of the floors according to the direction of the light? Or is that more a matter of "personal taste"?

The direction of the light is not really the problem, but rather the pattern of the covering. As a rule, it is a longitudinal striped wood or stone look, which visually lengthens a room or not. The chosen laying direction transverse to the longitudinal axis is already perfect here.

Flooring is a special milestone! Nice view. Will it remain unobstructed?

Milestone, yes, that’s true!
Whether the view on the ground floor will stay that way, I can’t say yet, below the street there is indeed still a plot of land undeveloped. In the attic we will definitely always see some of the other shore, even if the plot is built on.

... should you not lay the joints of the flooring with the light incidence? Or is that more a "matter of taste"?

It is indeed recommended that the flooring be laid WITH the light incidence. But we have rooms where the windows are arranged on both the longitudinal AND the transverse side, so in one case we would have the parquet laid across the light incidence anyway.

Well, that seems to be an elongated, narrow room. With the direction rotated by about 90°, it would appear even longer and narrower.
I also have two rooms and a hallway (all connected) that are rather narrow and long, and I deliberately chose the laying direction as shown in the picture above. Looks good.

Exactly, the laying direction throughout the house was set CROSSWISE to the main light incidence because of these (two) narrow rooms, to visually widen these two rooms a bit. These rooms are only 3.28m wide, but 5.50m long. Whether it works will remain to be seen!

Unfortunately, the tiles are not available for viewing near us, meaning I would have to order them (they are not offered in German shops, so from abroad ). On the photos available on the internet, it sometimes looks like there is a lot of red/orange. Is that actually the case?

I don't perceive much orange/red. Alternatively, you can ask at a building materials store, or inquire with Roca for a dealer.

You ask questions... ... I will try to clarify the type of installation and the dowel.

Sorry, occupational hazard

I don't perceive much orange/red. Alternatively, you can ask at a building materials store, or ask Roca for a dealer.

I have now asked the manufacturer for dealer addresses. In your photo (guest WC?), I don't see any red/orange, I just realized, maybe the pictures are partly (from the manufacturer) really poor in color representation.