

KEY ISSUES & LESSONS LEARNED

PROGRAMMING AND PLANNING
As part of a needs assessment, introduce specialty issues early in order to avoid interruptions later to design production, and costly design changes, affecting site planning and layout, space planning, design detailing and engineering.
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Timely involvement of client representatives.
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Coordination of technical consultants, engineers and architects.
DESIGN PROCESS
Revisit the project program at each design phase leading up to production of construction documents.
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Always question unique/special architectural features for availability, constructability and usability.
CONSTRUCTION ISSUES
Always insert ourselves into contractor/vendor planning and production involving critical long-lead and custom products, and specialized construction.