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 …
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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: INTERNATIONAL WORK IN AFRICA, PART CINQ (FIVE)
Yesterday was a great day even though I had to wear the same clothes for from 8 am on Thursday all the way through 4:30 pm on Friday; which included an 8 hour flight during the night. A consultant of ours, who lives here in Johannesburg (J-burg) was here to pick me up from my …
DESIGN SHADOW: LARGE SCALE MOCK-UP
Clients that will be putting a lot of capital towards a project, want to make sure their money is well spent. They are particularly concerned about getting everything they need and want. This is especially true when an Owner is building a large scale project that has many interest groups – or different users or …
DESIGN SHADOW: ADDITIONAL SCOPE
Often during the construction administration period (“CA“) or after a project is installed and “finished,” the client will often find things that they want to add to the project. This can be because things aren’t working as planned, or there were items they didn’t think they needed, but now do. These might be items that …
DESIGN SHADOW: WORK ORDERS & INVOICING
“Work orders”, or project scopes of work, have been coming in which is typical for this time of year. We have a client that contracts with us work to be done on many of their existing buildings. This year we are managing work for 15 of these buildings. This work can range from replacing and …
DESIGN SHADOW: PROJECT DOCUMETATION
Since I have spent the last number of weeks on a job site managing and completing the installation of a project, it’s now time to complete the record keeping part of the project…the part that we never talk about in school. Most commercial clients like a type of product specification and material/finish binder – architectural …
DESIGN SHADOW: UNIVERSITY PRESENTATIONS AND CUSTOM FURNITURE PROCESS
When Brigham Young University closed their Interior Design Program 14 years ago, it limited the options and paved the way for other local universities programs to gain more support. And then with the closing of Brigham Young University – Idaho’s program this past year, Utah and Idaho have been left with only two CIDA accredited …
DESIGN SHADOW: LOBBY FURNITURE SELECTION
Often I have little small projects that come up. Little projects that pay by the hour and don’t take much coordination on the meeting end of things – but more time on following the design through and getting all the product ordered and to the site. Currently one of these projects is for a small …
DESIGN SHADOW: FLORAL ARRANGING – ONLY ONE TOOL
Floral arranging = décor = tool of design (but not the whole tool kit.) Today the office where I work had an Open House. The Principals of the firm hold them every one to two years to show our appreciation for our clients and consultants. They entail a lot of food, music and socializing. It …
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