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PSMJ Resources Blog: 8 tips for Better Strategic Planning in 2012

PSMJ Resources

Title the plan “DRAFT.” By labeling your plan “DRAFT,” you encourage everyone to participate and to comment on the tactics and activities required to achieve your goals. Don’t hire a consultant who will learn the A/E business at your expense. Scarlett Consulting. Built in accountability.

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PSMJ Resources Blog: Architecture Firms Rebound in November

PSMJ Resources

Any drafting work done in-house is completed by contract draftsmen rather than permanent staff. Scarlett Consulting. American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC). Most projects are completed in association with a local architect. Ford Harding blog. The Marketing and Business Blog. BIMformation.com. BuiltEnvironment.

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Specifications for design-build projects

Construction Specifier

DBB and its ‘relatives’ are longstanding methods of project delivery with clearly defined roles and responsibilities, and, therefore, drafting construction specifications for such projects is reasonably straightforward. Greater challenges arise when adapting DBB source documents for design-build.

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