Managing Project Risk: Best Practices for Architects and Related Professionals Book

Foreword   Douglas Gordon   Stephanie Stubbs     vi
Preface     viii
Acknowledgments     ix
Introduction     x
Fundamentals     1
The Importance of Risk Management: Its Key Role in Professional Service Delivery     1
Risk Management Basics: Essentials for Maintaining an Effective Risk Program     6
To Document or Not to Document: Basic Documentation Requirements     12
Another Fine Mess-The Onerous Contract, Part 1: Risk Management after the Agreement Is Signed     18
Another Fine Mess-The Onerous Contract, Part 2     22
Free Fall: Working without a Contract     29
Clients     39
Love Me Tender: Maintaining the Client Relationship     39
Smoke, Mirrors, and Snake Oil: Risks in Marketing     44
Double-Edged Sword: The Owner's Separate Consultants     49
The Power of One: The Effective Owner-Architect-Contractor Team     55
Power and Proficiency     63
Project Manager or Risk Manager? The Architect's Dual Role     63
Master and Commander, Part 1: The Architect's Authority     69
Master and Commander, Part 2     75
Top Gun: Targeting and Resolving Problematic Issues     80
Zen and theArt of Construction Administration, Part 1: How Discipline and Self-Control Can Improve Your Services     88
Zen and the Art of Construction Administration, Part 2     93
Essentials     99
A Loss Cause: Drawing Discrepancies and Ensuing Damages     99
A Loss Cause Too: Betterment     105
Absolute or Absolution? Observations, Inspections, and the Contractor's Warranty     113
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Challenges and Risks of Nonconforming Work     122
Drawing the Line: Why the Architect's Documents Cannot Be Used for Construction     130
Applications     139
A Fistful of Dollars: Surviving Project Buyout     139
Ch-Ch-Changes...: Managing Risk in the Change Process     147
According to Hoyle: The Submittal Process     156
Visible Means: Site Visits and Construction Observation     166
A Certifiable Risk: Cautions and Strategies in the Payment Certification Process     174
Substantial Completion, Where Art Thou? A Challenging and Elusive Milestone     178
The Architects' Lament     189
Your Grandfather's Working Drawings: A Nostalgic Look at the Past, Observations of the Present     189
The Speed of Life: Preserving Your Personal Life in a Hectic World     197
Raiders of the Lost Art: The Vanished Treasures of Architecture     203
Introspection     211
Who Are You? Defining the Architect     211
Who's on First? Covering Your Bases in a Resource-Challenged Industry     217
Little Boxes: The Challenges of Producing Original Design     224
Gimme Shelter: The Building Exterior Wall     231
Lemons to Lemonade: Benefiting from Mistakes     242
Index     250