Monthly Archives: March 2012

Code Talk: Challenges for Architects

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Most of the architects I have known are not comfortable with codes. They want to comply with applicable codes, but they find them confusing, tedious, contradictory, or even frightening. Codes are always being revised or superseded. It takes time to…

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Posted in Codes, Design, Project Management

Change Orders: Making the Architect’s Call on Contractor Claims

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When construction contracts are based on drawings and specifications prepared by architects, the need for changes during construction raises questions about the completeness, correctness, and coordination of the architect’s drawings and specifications – in short, questions about the architect’s performance.…

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Posted in Construction Administration

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