Week 10- Facility and Construction Management

Project control begins in the details of the chosen project delivery method with a careful development of cost and production data and curves. This information guides the construction finance process and moves somewhat seamlessly into the ongoing operational cost projections of the facilities manager. The scope of management broadens in time to include all properties (furniture, fixtures and equipment). These processes are explored through the presentations of guest speakers; a construction manager and a facilities manager.

Facility and Construction Management

Assignment:

Project Time Management (Packet handed out in class)

Week 9- Project Management

Examination of the construction and administration phases of a project, building cost, life-cycle cost, construction estimating, bidding and the use of appropriate AIA documents for bid requirements, field reports, changes, directives and project closeout.

Project Management

Assignment:

Project Management Assignment

Week 8- Money or Oxygen

Money or Oxygen

Assignment:

Hiring Scenario
Pro Forma Income Statement
Pressman Ch. 5 "Making a (Financial) Statement"

Week 7- Building Delivery Approaches

Architects, educated as generalists, face a wide range of roles and settings in practice. Conventional forms of project delivery are explored: design/bid/build; construction manager at risk; and design/build. In addition, alternative delivery forms are identified including modular and manufactured housing as well as emerging approaches to prefabrication. Delivery approaches have implications for the design team (including sub-consultant selection and the time at which construction costs are identified). They also can be influenced by design approaches and tools, such as integrated design and building information modeling.

Building Delivery Approaches

Building Delivery Matrix Homework

Assignment:

Project Delivery Matrix
Pressman Ch.

Week 6- Alternative Forms of Practice

An education in architecture instills a creative sensibility that often crosses conventional thinking in business practices. Furthermore, architects are charged with successful completion of work that may have unconventional roots. A panel of architects looks at the cross-discipline service model.

Assignment:

Pressman Ch. 10 "Nontraditional Practice"

Week 5 - Codes

While codes and regulations are sometimes seen as obstacles to overcome on the way to good design, the responsibilities of the construction industry (and especially architects) with respect to the health, safety and welfare of the general public are stated most explicitly in zoning ordinances and building codes, which, in fact, present opportunities for disciplined creativity. Principles common to most zoning ordinances and building codes are introduced, the concepts of inclusionary and exclusionary zoning are outlines with respect to their societal significance, and a number of catastrophic building failures are discussed as examples of why building codes might be considered a designer's best friend.

EPC Code Assignment

Assignment:

EPC Code Scenarios

Week 4 - Proposals and Contracts

The topic of contracts is approached by considering, first, the request for a proposal for services and, second, the response (proposal) that the Architect prepares. Both the request and the proposal are examined in terms of their components and coordinated with the essential elements of contracts including agreements, competent parties, proper form, consideration and lawful objects. This information serves as the basis for an introduction to the B101 Standard Form Owner Architect Agreement and how it defines the scope of services and the legal relationship between the client and the architect. This lecture also discusses how to elicit, understand, and resolve the needs of the client, owner, and user. Particular attention is given to defining what the client wants and how the process moves through defined phases with specific deliverables.

B101

Master Request for Proposal Assignment

Request for Proposal Assignment

Assignment:

Proposal - respond to one of five RFPs
Complete B101 Contract
Pressman Chapter 7 "Laws and Order"

Week 3 - Ethics in Practice

This lecture focuses on the ethical issues involved in the formation of professional judgment in architectural design and practice and also how to expand one’s professional role and expertise to bring meaning to practice through serving clients. Along with an explanation of relevant laws, codes and regulations that affect architectural practice, the AIA’s 2007 Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct is explained in detail. Organizations such as Architecture for Humanity, CDCs, Rural Studio, or Habitat for Humanity provide opportunities to explore professional ethics and obligations to communities at large. The humanitarian work of several prominent architects and the need for architects to provide leadership in the building design and construction process and on issues of growth, development, and aesthetics in their communities and in the developing world also are addressed.

Ethics Lecture

Assignment:

EPC Ethics Scenarios
How to Give Back
Pressman Ch. 2 "Do the Right Thing"

Week 2 - What is the Profession

This initial framework for the study of professional practice defines the institution of “profession” and describes its fundamental characteristics in contrast to trades, guilds, and other labor organizations. The emergence of the profession of architecture in America is set within a history of the beginnings of architectural practice. Among the legal bases for conferring professional status in architecture, expectations are defined for fiduciary responsibility to the client, professional ethics, and responsibility for public health, safety, welfare. A case is made for a precise yet loose relationship between professional education and practice.

Pressman Chapter 1

Assignment:

Pressman Ch. 1, "Practice, Practice, Practice"
including assignment

Week 1 - Introduction

Introduction to the Course, Professors, Seminar Expectations, Discussion

Questionnaire

Assignment:

Survey