An Architects Guide to Construction 141204-2 copy

An#Architect's#Guide#to#Construc1on#2#Tales#from#the#Trenches#

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Copyright#2014#Brian#Palmquist# 1#

DECEMBER 5, 2014 BRIAN PALMQUIST ARCHITECT AIBC MRAIC INTL ASSOC AIA BEP CP LEED AP DIRECTOR OF QUALITY LEDCOR CONSTRUCTION

AN ARCHITECT’S GUIDE TO CONSTRUCTION TALES FROM THE TRENCHES

©2014&Brian&Palmquist#

INTRODUCTION



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INTRODUCTION – OBJECTIVES (IN PROGRAM) •  Explain how designers and builders can work more

collaboratively and efficiently towards the common goal of a project successful for designer, builder, client and end user.

•  Cover topics such as how to be more efficient in your work by applying four universal principles, three integrated web-based “toolsets” optimized for the rugged tablet computer environment

•  The nitty gritty of field/general review, submittals, mockups and relations between the players.

•  Learn how to evaluate the many hardware/software offerings in the marketplace leading to greater efficiency and profitability during the construction phase.


TALES FROM THE TRENCHES !  Lots to Talk About

– What’s on Your Mind?

!  There are many construction Tales available to discuss – I will not have time to cover them all. To maximize the value of my presentation to you,

!  What are the items of most interest to you and I will try to include them in the presentation I am already planning to cover those ticked (x) below.

Two ways of thinking about the same thing: The Designer sees a mess of the site plan; the Builder sees that not enough room was left for the crane and lay down area



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JUST TO GET YOU STARTED

We are not well prepared for Construction#

This is what we think of our construction abilities!

Consultants##


WE DO MORE CONSTRUCTION THAN ANYTHING ELSE

This is all construction!

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WE DO MORE CONSTRUCTION THAN ANYTHING ELSE Consultants##

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In#the#post2industrial,#pre2digital#era,#managing#just#the#

construc1on#phase#of#even#a#

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4 PRINCIPLES TO MANAGE DESIGN & CONSTRUCTION

1.  RECORD the journey – “Say what you do, do it and record it.” •  Contractor’s Operations Manual •  Consultants’ “the way we’ve always done it.”

2.  RESOLVE the issues – emergent challenges that need to be resolved systematically and within the project in order to keep the project moving and build client, consultant and contractor partnerships.

3.  REVIEW the results - the importance of continuous measurement so that project teams and management can identify how they are doing and have the ability to make improvements and refinements during the course of each project.

4.  REMEMBER & learn to improve - identifying and capturing new or refined knowledge, then integrating it into the existing body of processes and procedures and deploying the new knowledge to all current and future projects. •  the biggest process challenge in to-day’s “just in

time” design and construction environment ©2014&Brian&Palmquist#


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3 TOOL SETS 1.  i-WorkPlan (i-WP)– the interactive web-

based work plan that underlies each project, comprising procedures from design through construction that create the project roadmap.

2.  i-Action (i-A)– the set of transient communications that captures i-WP work product and deals with emergent issues

3.  i-KnowHow (i-KH)- the experience, expertise and knowledge database that each designer and builder needs to assemble in order to evolve, become efficient and more competitive.


TALES FROM THE TRENCHES

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#70 – EVALUATING TABLET & SMARTPHONE SOFTWARE

“Every day I turn around and there is a new app saying it will solve all my problems – how can I make a decision?” – Just about anyone



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Some applications that might manage work plans/ work flows: •  Aconex •  Procore •  Newforma •  Salesforce •  K2 •  Contracts Manager •  Quality-Works.net





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#35 – CRITICAL NEW & FOREIGN PRODUCTS

“So the curtain wall is manufactured in Asia and shipped all the way from there to our site ten miles away. They say it meets spec, that’s all I care about.” – Architect to Client or Client to Architect “We have never used this material in our practice, how shall we evaluate it?” – Project Architect to Principal Architect Hard to return once you’ve bought it!


#35 – CRITICAL NEW & FOREIGN PRODUCTS (CNFP)

Key steps: 1.  Do you have CNFP?

2.  Obtain the quality control manual & evaluate it like a submittal 3.  Verify using folks you know and trust – may involve a visit 4.  Be clear about field review, testing & inspection expectations 5.  Get the language right 6.  Check the checklists (?) 7.  Make sure you have the best completion/warranty records



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#42 – EVERYTHING ON THE TABLET – CONTINUOUS AS-BUILTS

“We set up the drawings and specs so our team could walk around the site and find any details they need on an iPad. Then we linked in RFI’s and Submittals. Now the client, the consultants and the building inspector bring their iPads when they visit site and synchronize the latest updates in a few moments while checking in at the trailer.

They know they will always have latest/greatest information. And they can mark up observations on their copy of the documents and communicate them without affecting our masters. It cost the equivalent of 2% of my salary during the duration of this project to set up.” – Proud Superintendent to impressed Quality Director.





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#51 – HIGH VOLUME ISSUE TRACKING

Let your fingers take the notes

“We find an average of 10 deficiencies per room. There are 6,000 rooms in the project –You do the math!” -Quality Director to Project Manager



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Let the software slice & dice the results !  25 trades x 1

floor per week x 1,000 items per floor

!  Ident !  FinishLine !  BIM 360 Field

#51 – HIGH VOLUME ISSUE TRACKING


#44 – FIELD REVIEW USING TECHNOLOGY

1. Use HTML to get it onto your phone

“I#just#walk#around#the#site,#talk#and#take#pictures.#If#it’s#urgent#I#can#send#it#on#the#spot.”#2#Superintendent#

to#Consultant#



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2. Dictate your notes



3. Get the width right



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4. Send it on its Way – immediately !  Dictate the

words !  Capture the

images or markups

!  Assign and email !  Keep records


!  “Just look it up on their website, it’s really well done. I’m sure you’ll find the information you need there. Besides, they’re just the same” – Contractor to Architect

#32 – ALTERNATIVES & SUBSTITUTIONS



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#11 – INITIAL SITE MEETING TIPS – BEGIN AS YOU MEAN TO CONTINUE

“If the Owner, Architect or Contractor are not made aware of a design or construction change, then it never happened, does not exist and will be remedied at no cost to any of those three.” – Architect/Prime Consultant to First Site Meeting Attendees


!  “The evidence before this

Commission is clear that the waterproofing of the roof failed virtually from the outset. The logical course of action would have been to undertake early and effective remedial measures to protect a valuable asset. Successive owners neglected to do so, and the consequences of that neglect were tragic.” - The Honourable Paul R. Belanger, Commissioner, Report of the Elliot Lake Commission of Inquiry, 2014

#01 – ASSURANCE LETTERS AFTER ELLIOT LAKE?



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!  “Their report attributes the

cause of failure to an undersized steel beam in a Cantilever-Suspended Span arrangement and inadequate buckling resistance of the beam compression flange. In addition to the technical errors were a number of procedural deficiencies in the project delivery system.” – Station Square Commission Report, 1988



!  Three sets of assurance letters in BC:

!  A – Owner + CRP commitment !  B – Consultant commitments to design to code and provide field

review !  C – Confirmation that they did




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!  “We have substantial completion – why can’t we move in?” – Owner to Architect

#64 – SUBSTANTIAL VS. OCCUPANCY


#19 – THE DREADED RFI

“I feel like the contractor is picking apart my design, looking for extra’s” – Architect to colleague “So many construction document sets are not sets at all – they’re incomplete and poorly coordinated. I need some way to figure out how to build the building!” – Contractor to colleague



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CONCLUSIONS + 10 RULES GOING FORWARD

1.  Organize practice & the projects will follow

2.  Keep the complex simple 3.  Understand what has been agreed to 4.  Help others understand what’s agreed 5.  Begin as you mean to continue 6.  Share the work, especially when it

changes 7.  Work with the builder 8.  Work with the community 9.  Review the construction of your design 10.  End as you began


The original tablet computer Thank you! To share your Tales, Contact: � Brian Palmquist � Architect AIBC � MRAIC Intl Assoc AIA � BEP CP LEED AP � [email protected]

� C +1604-786-8908



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