I received a cold call from a potential client the other day. This company’s executive had been referred to me and our company by a number of individuals. He asked if I could meet with him to explore the expansion of his business into a new commercial space – giving them potentially more square footage …
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DESIGN SHADOW: INTERIOR ARCHITECTURAL SKETCHES
Our team of Architects and Interior Designers recently had the space plan and exterior design for a new project approved by the Owner. Now it’s time to define the interior architecture and designs. We call this establishing the vocabulary of the building. Today I spent time thinking with my pen and fodder (tracing paper). This …
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: MILLWORK SHOP DRAWING REVIEW
Today I worked on redlining a portion of the 200 + pages of mill-work/casework shop drawings (it will actually take a couple days to make it through them.) Shop drawings come to us after a contractor has selected the sub-contractor that will be doing the woodwork/mill-work the job. They take our drawings and specifications and …
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 …
DESIGN SHADOW -“OAC”: A TIDLIC
“OAC” – Owner, Architect and Contractor meeting. I didn’t know that term in school, but it is a acronym thrown around weekly now. There are various types of meetings to get a project concept-ed, off the ground and running – or building – in our line of work. Once a contractor is brought on board, whether …
DESIGN SHADOW: CAULKING – A TIDLIC
Now that we are about a month out from “turn over” – the date that the contractor turns the building over to the Owner I am spending at least one day a week if not two, walking the project and inspecting progress of materials and finishes going in. Today I met with one of the …
