The Emotional Side
Designing a construction process that meets your needs
You design a construction process by choosing who you will work with, what their roles will be, and what types of contractual arrangements you will have with them.
The Variables:
- Will you hire an architect?
- What size firm?
- Will you hire a separate construction manager?
- What will the architect's role be, and what services will you need?
- What type of design contract, percentage or hourly?
- Will you hire a general contractor, (what size?) or act as your own?
- What type of construction contract, fixed price or cost-plus?
These variables can be assembled in a variety of ways. For example, you could hire an architect on a percentage basis and act as your own contractor. Or you could hire an architect and contractor on a cost-plus basis. Or an architect and contractor on fixed-cost basis, etc. Take time to consider the best process, you will live with it for the life of the project.
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