In a recent OAC meeting, we walked the site and inspected some recent good changes: Work progressing! These changes, though good, have slowed down and delayed our construction. The project’s design was to leave a large portion of the ceiling exposed. However, as this was a remodel, we weren’t able to get a complete picture of …
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DESIGN SHADOW: VIRTUAL REALITY
Virtual reality, “VR” is where I spent a lot of time this week. We are at the point of a project where our designs are coming together and going into 3D-Max – a computer rendering program, that makes our designs, “picture perfect.” Back in the day, one of the Architects and Designers tools in the …
DESIGN SHADOW: MILLWORK PROFILES
Today for a meeting I needed to have millwork profiles – crown, base, wainscot – to start the discussion on what we call “vocabulary” of the building. These are the parts and pieces that give the building its character and personality. Luckily I have been thinking about this for sometime as we have been …
Design shadow on Installation problems/crisis management
Today I met on site of a recent installation project where one of the chair types that was selected was having some problems; the back legs keep coming loose. Because of the large amount of these chairs, our first plan is to find a remedy to fix the chairs instead of just replacing them. But …
DESIGN SHADOW: PROJECT INSTALLATION
I have been silent on the blog for months now – not because I have had nothing to say, but because I have been consumed by work; mainly one installation project. My team and I literally were on site every day for 2 and half months and then at least half of the week for …
DESIGN SHADOW: PRE-INSTALLATION
I traveled an hour with two others of my team today to meet on our project site. We connected with a larger group making a total of 18 of us. The reason for the meeting? Furniture pre-installation meeting. We are getting ready to install the project with 13,876 pieces of furniture, not including plants and …
DESIGN SHADOW: PROPOSALS & CONTRACTS
This week has been an exciting week for me. I was able to pick up two more projects! What is more important is that they are two new clients; corporations/entities that we haven’t worked with before. It has been a long time in the making – building relationships and doing good work on past projects. The …
DESIGN SHADOW: SPECIFICATIONS
When I was in school, the subject we talked least about, but since being out of school I wished I had known the most about – Specifications, aka “Specs.” These documents literally become binding contracts to the designs we create and if they don’t align with your designs – your designs won’t be created per …
DESIGN SHADOW: CD DRAWING REVIEW
This week we have a deadline for one of our projects: Our architectural drawings must be 95% complete. That means we hand over an almost complete set of documents to the owner for their review and comment. To get to this point, the whole team has their own portion of the work to …
DESIGN SHADOW: DD PRESENTATION
Picture this – a room full of 15 or so individuals – architects, designers and various owner invested parties, most of which are in ties and dresses, surrounding a table – strewn with lunch meals, architectural drawings and finish materials for the whole building – down to the fabric for the chairs being used. This …
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