One effective way to monitor progress on a construction project is to consider cumulative payments to the contractor or claimed percent complete against an estimated payment schedule that should be established at the start of the project. In most cases…
Monthly Archives: April 2009
Staffing a design project
I remember (about 30 years ago) being enlisted to help finish construction documents for a hospital addition and renovation project. The project out-to-bid date was fast approaching, and many of the drawings had not yet been started. I was assigned…
Posted in Project Management
Why we need to manage architectural projects
Everyone has an agenda. If we don’t manage the projects, they may be managed by individual interests like the following. “I already know what I’m going to do. Just tell me when to start.” “I’m here to draw. I’m not…
Posted in Project Administration, Project Management
Manage your consultants’ communication with your client
“Where am I supposed to plug in my computer?” asked the owner’s Food Service Director as we surveyed the room. “Oh, we did not realize you would be using a computer in the storage room,” I said. I thought she…
Posted in Project Management
