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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. 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. |
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