Managing Design: Conversations, Project Controls and Best Practices for Commercial Design and Construction Projects
- 9h 5m
- Michael Alan LeFevre
- John Wiley & Sons (US)
- 2019
Offers state-of-the-art principles and strategies gleaned from high-profile projects to help readers manage design
This guide to managing design process within the commercial design and construction industry addresses a growing pain point in an industry where collaborative approaches to project delivery are outpacing the way professionals work. It synthesizes issues by investigating the “why,” “how,” and “who” of the discipline of managing design, and gives the “what” and “when” to apply the solutions given various project delivery and contracting methods. The book features candid interviews with over 40 industry leaders―architects, engineers, contractors, owners, educators, technology evangelists, and authors―which present a broad look at current issues and offer paths to future collaboration and change.
Managing Design: Conversations, Project Controls and Best Practices for Commercial Design and Construction Projects is a self-help book for design and construction that provides an insider’s look at the mysteries of managing design for yourself, team, firm and future. It tackles client empathy; firm culture; owner leadership; design and budgets; dealing with engineers, consultants, and contractors; contracts; team assembly; and much more.
- Features eye-opening interviews with 40 industry luminaries
- Exposes issues and poses solutions to longstanding industry ills
- Offers a project design controls framework and toolset for immediate application and action
- Includes best practice tips, process diagrams, and comparative analytical tables to support the text
Written in a relatable style, Managing Design: Conversations, Project Controls and Best Practices for Commercial Design and Construction Projects is a welcome resource for owners, contractors, and designers in search of better ways to work together.
About the Author
Michael Alan LeFevre, FAIA Emeritus, is a Principal with DesignIntelligence Strategic Advisors and a member of the Design Futures Council. He was formerly Vice President, Planning & Design Support at Holder Construction in Atlanta, GA. As an award-winning architect he frequently speaks on the topic of design-construction collaboration. He and has been an advisory board member and guided curricula development for academic programs at the University of Michigan, Georgia Tech, Clemson, and Purdue. In his groundbreaking tenure at Holder he worked with many of the world's leading design firms on high-visibility projects such as the Apple Park Headquarter Campus, and the new Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta. He now consults nationally and internationally with leading design and construction firms.
In this Book
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Foreword
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Introduction
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The Interviews
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Client Empathy—Listening, Collaboration, and Expertise
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Owner Leadership—Programs, Users, and Talking
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Building Learning Organizations—Knowledge and Research
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Firm Culture—Management and Attitudes
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Strategy—Early Questions, Planning Horizons, and Socialization
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Process—Lean Scheduling – Agile and Efficient
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Collaborators—Performative Design (Better Together)
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Design and Budgets—Architect/Contractor Collaboration and Trust
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Art and Architecture—Design Leadership and Conviction
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Engineers and the Consultant's Mindset—Leading from behind
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Contractors—Risk and Design Assist Expertise
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Technology—Leveraging Data
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Entrepreneurship—Vertical Integration and Value Propositions
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Change Agents—Advocacy, Equity, and Sustainability
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Project Design Controls—A Framework for Balance, Change, and Action
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Level 0—Subsurface (Contractual/Forming)
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Level 1—Foundation (Planning/Organizing)
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Level 2—Structure (Measuring/Baseline)
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Level 3—Systems (Relating/Collaboration)
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Level 4—Enclosure (Leading/Strategic)
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Context—Supply Network, Market Forces, Emerging Technology
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Understanding and Using the Framework
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Case Studies
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Actions
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Epilogue
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Bibliography
