An Architect's Guide to Construction

Tales from the Trenches Book 1

Brian Palmquist

• Publisher: Quality-by-Design Software Ltd
• Year: 2015
• ISBN:
  9780993987625
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Architecture
• Subtopic: Architecture General

After more than 35 years "in the trenches" as an architect, specialist consultant and now quality director for a large North American construction company, Brian Palmquist has written An Architect's Guide to Construction in order to share a balanced wealth of knowledge and experience about the construction phase of building projects.Considering both the consultant and contractor perspectives, he uses 70 true tales to illustrate many of those moments in the building construction phase that confound and confuse designers, builders and their clients. He proposes practical solutions in straightforward language and illustrations targeted to students, interns and young practitioners as well as to experienced professionals.Heavily illustrated with more than 200 diagrams, charts and useful forms, the book uses its 70 tales to introduce practical ways to design and build more efficiently, based on just four principles and three simple Internet-based toolsets.An Architect's Guide to Construction concludes with an invitation to link to a freely available sample project on the Internet, illustrating Palmquist's approach. The reader is provided with detailed instructions and invited to "...borrow what you will, challenge what you disagree with and contribute what you think makes your approach better."

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Preface
• Contents
• Introduction
• 1. Making Commitments Assurance Letters
• 2. Organizing Assess & Manage Risk
• 3. Organizing What Do We Build From? Not The Specs!
• 4. Organizing It’s All About Time
• 5. Starting What Contract Is This Anyway
• 6. Starting Value Engineering / Design Assist
• 7. Bidding “Mandatory” Site Tour
• 8. Bidding Refining Bid Documents By Addenda
• 9. Bidding Accepting & Opening Bids
• 10. Bidding The “Not Awarded” Letter
• 11. Meeting In The Field Begin As You Mean To Continue
• 12. Meeting Resolve Site Meeting Issues
• 13. Meeting In The Office When Are Meeting Minutes Not?
• 14. Liasing With Local Authorities
• 15. Protecting The Public Specialized Construction
• 16. Collaborating With The Superintendent
• 17. Administering Whose Contract is it Anyways?
• 18. Administering Who Pays The “Extra?”
• 19. Administering The Dreaded RFI
• 20. Contructing Complete & Sequential Detailing
• 21. Demountable Detailing
• 22. Scheduling Whose Governs?
• 23. Scheduling & Tracking Submittals With I-A’a
• 24. Paying/How Much Do I Owe You? Payment Certification
• 25. Paying Money How Much Is Left?
• 26. Paying Or Not? Criminal Behavior Statutory Declarations
• 27. Investigating The Root Cause Of A Problem
• 28. Change Happens Manage The Risks
• 29. Change Happens Manage The Details
• 30. Changing Design During Construction Who Cares?
• 31. Changing Details “The Detail’s Just The Same”
• 32. Change That Is Not
• 33. Evaluating Alternatives & Substitutions / Dividing The Labor
• 34. Submittals The Basics
• 35. Submittals Stick-on Submittal Review
• 36. Submittal Breadcrumbs Critical New Or Foreign Products
• 37. Submittals Shop Drawings As Design Drawings
• 38. Submittals Do You Really Want To Get Sued?
• 39. Submittals: What’s In The Back Of The Truck? Check The Submittal In The Field
• 40. Submittals The Missing Memo
• 41. Reviewing Construction Where’s The Report!
• 42. Reviewing Construction Check The Weather
• 43. Reviewing Construction Continuous As-Builts
• 44. Reviewing Construction/“Just Drawings” Field Review Scope Of Work
• 45. Reviewing Construction “What Do You Mean it Leaks?”
• 46. Reviewing Construction Showing Up Unannounced
• 47. Reviewing Construction/Inadvertent Damage & The Value Of Reinspection
• 48. Reviewing Construction Reporting & The Value Of Your Time
• 49. Reviewing Construction/The Architect As Teacher & The Curse Of Piecework
• 50. Reviewing Construction Non-Conformances & Deficiencies
• 51. Reviewing Construction High Volume Deficiency Tracking
• 52. Reviewing Construction: Why Go Early To The Mockup
• 53. Reviewing Construction When Is A MockUp Not?
• 54. Reviewing Construction The Real Lesson Of A Mockup
• 55. Reviewing Construction When The Rain Comes / Mold
• 56. Checking A Checklist For Checklists
• 57. Checking Checklists For One And All
• 58. Checking Designer Pre-Inspection Checklist
• 59. Checking Checklist As Quality Teacher
• 60. Checking ITP = The High-Powered Checklist
• 61. Completing The Project “Are We Done Yet?”
• 62. Completing Pre-Occupancy Field Review
• 63. Completing Substantially Be Clear When You Are Done
• 64. Completing Occupancy vs. Substantial
• 65. Completing How Much To Hold Back
• 66. Completing Commitments Assurance Letters
• 67. Completing: Certificates – Be Clear When You Are Done
• 68. Warranty: Why it is Always Different?
• 69. Organizing: Evaluate What’s Out There
• 70. “Wisdom” From The Trenches: Ten Rules
• Conclusion: “Content or Conversation” – Pick One
• Appendix One: Sharing Tales & Collaborating
• Appendix Two: Reviewing Construction the Simplest Way
• Glossary
• List of Figures