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 […]
General Contract Administration
Architect’s role: Renaissance man or contract administrator?
As an architect do you sometimes dream that you are the modern day master builder, the renaissance man? Do you see yourself as the one person in charge of every
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It’s contract administration not construction management
Is there is a difference between contract administration and construction management? There is, and if you work in the construction industry then you should know that difference and so should everyone
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Three essential tips for managing shop drawings
Often, what makes architectural design stand out are the little details. For example, one small place to splurge might be the front door hardware. What if you specified a beautiful
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RFI’s – Five elements of style
Looking at the construction drawings by some favorite historic architects like CFA Voysey, or Edwin Lutyens, it is hard to believe how a builder back then would be able to
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Avoid the shop drawing dump
Early in our careers, we inevitably learn firsthand what shop drawing dump means. The general contractor sends all the project shop drawings within a couple of days (sometimes late in
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Substantial completion: It’s finished, right?
Substantial performance and seven important events Think of all the paper and forms that you deal with daily on a construction project: change orders, meeting minutes, RFI’s, SI’s, certificates for
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Welcome to the new RForm blog – Substantial Performance
“You employ stone, wood and concrete, and with these materials you build houses and palaces. That is construction. Ingenuity is at work. But suddenly you touch my heart, you do
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The Critical Link: How Submittals and Schedule Protection Shape Canadian Construction Projects
RForm Master Class : Part 6 of 6 The Critical Link: How Submittals and Schedule Protection Shape Canadian Construction Projects In the Canadian construction landscape, a project’s success is often