Site photos with purpose
A good photograph is knowing where to stand – Ansel Adams How many times have you taken site photos and then once back in the office you realize that the […]
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General Contract Administration
Quick guide to cash allowances
You are designing a renovation to an airport departures terminal, and a constant problem in the design process has been the excessive amount of time required to obtain approvals and
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Your project quality depends on these three types of submittals
So what is a submittal? Are they the dreaded shop drawings that require a young architect to red line and copy one set of notes onto six sets of drawings?
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Five great websites to sharpen your contract administration
“Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it,” Samuel Johnson. A goal of our substantial performance blog is
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Less is More: Three tips < Change Orders
Minimalists ask the question: How much can you strip away from an item — painting, sculpture, building, furniture — without losing its essential purpose and identity? Your projects don’t have
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Owner: Patron of Architecture
We often dream of the perfect patron, the client or owner who is a connoisseur of culture, art, architecture and the finer things in life. They are highly intelligent, wealthy
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Quick Guide: Modern Contractor
Some notable Modernist architects have started their careers as builders or contractors. A few that stand out include Craig Ellwood and his cool Case Study House # 17 or Alfred Newman Beadle
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God is in the details – SOV
So how do you objectively evaluate and approve a progress claim that is accompanied with a schedule of values that contains broad categories such as concrete, windows and doors, or
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Changing colors
Suppose you are working for a Fortune 500 corporate client, designing a new renovation to their head office in New York. They call Saturday night, with a design emergency. They