operations

Here we cover the major operations that take place within the architectural office that are under the purview of the project architect or principal architect in charge.





Subject to your role in the firm responsibiliites not currently listed may include:
  1. Marketing
  2. Business Operations
  3. Production
  4. Specialty Operations
      a.  Interior Design

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Contending with operations on multiple projects in different phases can leave you a little frazzled.

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bugeting

  covers developing an internal budget for the project including man
  power allocations for: administration, design, production, bidding,
  contract negotiation and construction administration as well
  as assigning billing rates and estimating consultant fees. This
  operation is closely tied to the fee assessment operation and will form
  the basis of timelining the project. 

fee assessment

  addresses some techniques for determining the architectural fee   
  including consultants costs, operations and overhead multipliers. 
  We'll cover back checking techniques, and limiting factors based on
  project type. 

contracts

  will look at the AIA standard form of agreement as a base starting
  point and some modifications and addendum that should be
  considered as additions to your standard contract.

  also this section will deal with the owner / contractor agreement and
  again using the AIA standard form of agreement will look at additions
  and modifications that should be considered to protect the client

project management

  deals with time and resource management of staff, clients and
  consultants.  Communication, documentation, dissemination of
  information, scheduling, quality control and the software techniques
  we use to facilitate the process.

specifications

  a component of production, specifications deal with quality control,
  materials and their characteristics, performance and visual
  properties; standards of practice relative to preparation and
  installation and a variety of other attributes not reflected in the
  construction documents. 

construction contract management

  similar to project management, construction management adds to the
  project management process various other tasks including: pay
  application processing, submittal reviews and tracking, RFI's, ASI's,
  Change Orders, ACAR's, lien tracking, field reports and construction
  meetings to mention a few.  We'll discuss them all and techniques for
  addressing each along with some background info on each and I'm
  sure a few horror stories to learn from.