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 The Design Build Architect is a day long conference that provides registered architects with 9 learning units of continuing education. This is half of the entire annual AIA membership requirement.
It is the intention of conference planners and speakers to provide the audience with both interesting and practical information to improve business practices. Instead of sitting in a conference room listening to a manufacturer discuss the history of weatherproofing, we at The Design Build Architect want to provide participants with the tools to improve business and existing practices.
General Goals
- Participants will have a greater knowledge base of the Design Build industry after hearing insight from experienced professionals.
- Participants will be able to expand their practice by expanding their project delivery.
- Participants will understand how to add value to their current practices by expanding their client base.
Why Design Build
- Identify at least three expectations they have for participating in the conference.
- Identify at least three expectations they have for their business.
- Learn the key stages of design build history.
The Role of the Architect
- Identify several issues they find difficulty with when the Architect is removed from the building process.
- Identify several ways in which the above difficulties may be resolved through incorporating Design Build into professional practice.
- Identify the key risk factors associated with Design Build.
- Learn the 4 general principals of Design Build presented.
Methodologies of Design Build
- Compare the pros and cons of the 4 methods of Design Build
- Compare the risk vs. reward of the 4 methods of Design Build
- Identify one or more value added Design Build services they feel most comfortable with
Facilitating Design Build
- Identify the five methods an architect may utilize when attempting to add Design Build service
- Identify the best practice techniques for how to market Design Build services to clients
- Identify the best practice techniques for how to manage a Design Build project
- Identify the key elements that help make a Design Build proposal successful
Design Oriented Design Build
- Compare a sample firm’s design build evolution against individual goals
- Identify a personal reason for pursuing design build
- Identify the key determiners of a successful design build project through the comparison of 3 sample case studies.
Contractor vs. Developer vs. Architect led Design Build
- Identify several motivations and characteristics that define Contractor led Design Build
- Identify several motivations and characteristics that define Developer led Design Build
- Identify several motivations and characteristics that define Architect led Design Build
Insurance protection
- Identify the 4 risk management principals
- Compare Professional vs. General liability insurance
- Identify 3 risks associated with Construction Management
- Identify several characteristics of a Contractors perspective toward Design Build
- Identify several characteristics of an Architects perspective toward Design Build
- Identify several characteristics of a Clients perspective toward Design Build
- Define important terms associated with insurance
Partnering Agreements
- Summarize and identify the uses of AIA contract A141
- Summarize and identify the uses of AIA contract A142
- Summarize and identify the uses of AIA contract B142
- Summarize and identify the uses of AIA contract B143
- Summarize and identify the uses of AIA contract G704DB
- Compare and contrast other Design Build standard contracts i.e. DBIA contracts
Due Diligence
- Utilize and implement best practice organizational tools i.e. checklists, budgets, schedules
- Build a project schedule that identifies foreseeable problems and opportunities
- Identify methods of professional estimation
- Identify the benefits of defining deliverables to track project progress.
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