SW Oregon Architect

JANUARY 7, 2024

The HVAC design is comprised of a Dedicated Outside Air System (DOAS) with energy recovery and fan-coil units for zone heating and cooling. For all intents and purposes, we have functioned as a single office on the Health Professions Building project rather than as two separate firms.

Building 219

Building Utilities Schematic Design Engineering 219

Young Architect

APRIL 20, 2022

This exam is all about establishing a business, laws, ethics, contracts, and business structure. The moment a client signs that contract, you now have a project. This exam is all about programming, site analysis, and zoning/codes. Think: Investigation (not design). Project Planning and Design Exam (PPD).

Contract 88

Contract Schematic Design Management Construction 88

Life of an Architect

JULY 27, 2014

I have asked him to guest write on my site several times without success, but I finally had a topic that suited him … Schematic Design and “Design in a Day” Douglas Burke (aka: architectrunnerguy) Lives in Annapolis, MD. I don’t worry about a contract at this point.

Sketching 102

Sketching Design Client Clients 102

A4 Architects

JANUARY 30, 2024

This can establish “grandfathered” conditions that may apply to new project and impact planning and zoning calculations. These may be done with simple hand sketches, Sketch-Up models or even Computer Assisted Design (CAD) drawings, but they will tend to be very diagrammatic and simple.

Schematic Design 52

Schematic Design Architecture Contractor Sketching 52

The Architect's Guide

MAY 11, 2021

Project, Planning, & Design (PPD). Project Planning & Design (PPD) is an exam that tests your ability to design sites and buildings. It should be called “Schematic Design.” This exam is five long hours of you applying all of your critical design thinking to show that you can properly design a project.

Architect 52

Architect Contract Management Schematic Design 52

Bustler

AUGUST 1, 2022

The project geographic position is superior, locating on the middle-west bank of the Pearl River Estuary, with Guangzhou Nansha New District in the north, Zhuhai Hengqin New District in the south, Shenzhen Qianhai New District in the east connected by Shenzhen-Zhongshan Corridor, and Zhongshan Torch Development Zone in the west.

Schematic Design 40

Schematic Design Consulting Contract Information 40

EntreArchitect

JULY 18, 2017

When a process is fully developed into a system with supporting documents of forms and checklists, it allows us to focus more on the details and development of a successful design. When we receive a contract for a new project, we all want to jump right into designing. Systems allow us to be better architects.

Small Firm 52

Small Firm Management Firms Project 52