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Author Green, Ronald, 1927-

Title The architect's guide to running a job / Ronald Green ; with a foreword by Sir Hugh Casson
Edition 6th ed
Published Oxford ; Boston : Architectural Press, 2001

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Description 1 online resource (159 pages)
Contents 1. Preliminary enquiries -- 2. Office programme -- 3. Conditions of engagement -- 4. Architect's apointment -- 5. Client's project management -- 6. Site inspection -- 7. Survey -- 8. Survey guide -- 9. Briefing process -- 10. Consultant recommendation -- 11. Engineer appointment -- 12. Quantity surveyor appointment -- 13. Services consultants -- 14. Consultants' meetings -- 15. Murals or sculpture -- 16. Statutory requirements -- 17. Statutory requirements : information guide -- 18. Design proposals -- 19. Presenting proposals -- 20. Interim fees -- 21. Other consents -- 22. Adjoining owners -- 23. Party structure notices -- 24. Party structure settlement -- 25. Drawings programme -- 26. Construction/production drawings -- 27. Public services -- 28. Environmental services -- 29. Materials -- 30. Schedules -- 31. Technical representatives -- 32. Construction contract -- 33. Sub-trades -- 34. Practice -- 35. Sub-contract tenders
36. Sub-contractor nomination -- 37. Cost records -- 38. Insurances -- 39. Liquidated and ascertained damages -- 40. Clerk of works' appointment -- 41. Clerk of works -- 42. Compiling tender list -- 43. Contract drawings -- 44. Quantity surveyor brief -- 45. Completed quantities -- 46. Contract stage fees -- 47. Tendering procedure -- 48. Pre-contract review -- 49. Recept of tenders -- 50. Preparation of contract documents -- 51. Placing the contract -- 52. Contract interpretation -- 53. Background to a building operation -- 54. The people involved -- 55. Contractor's programme -- 56. Adjoining properties -- 57. Site reports -- 58. Site meetings -- 59. Architect's instructions -- 60. Modifications -- 61. Foundation stone -- 62. Site progress photographs -- 63. Site inspection -- 64. Site inspection guide -- 65. Certificate procedure -- 66. Topping out ceremony -- 67. Practical completion inspection -- 68. Maintenance information -- 69. Practical completion -- 70. Occupation and opening ceremony -- 71. Defects liability -- 72. Final certificate -- 73. Final fees -- 74. Records -- 75. Recommendations
Summary Best practice is the concern of this book. An architect has to be an administrator as well as designer, and smooth economical administration will provide the conditions under which client relations can be constructive and good design can be acheived. The book is divided into 76 short sections covering the entire process, from preliminary enquiries to final fees, each with a small flow chart showing who is involved and when. This sixth revised edition updates the contents in line with present day practice, bearing in mind the change
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 158-159)
Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL
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Subject Architectural practice -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
ARCHITECTURE -- Reference.
ARCHITECTURE -- Professional Practice.
ARCHITECTURE -- Adaptive Reuse & Renovation.
ARCHITECTURE -- Buildings -- General.
Architectural practice
Architektur
Projektmanagement
Bauführung
Genre/Form handbooks.
Handbooks and manuals
Handbooks and manuals.
Guides et manuels.
Form Electronic book
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