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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. American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC). Don’t let the facilitator write your plan. Built in accountability. GreenSource.

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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. American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC). . — 170-person firm in the Midwest, commercial/industrial specialization • The monthly ups and downs of the construction environment have made us modify our work model.

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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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