The book is a compilation of more than 30 articles about risk management for architects co-authored by James Atkins, FAIA, and Grant Simpson, FAIA. A useful reference to timely topics for project managers, this book compiles articles in one place that previously were only found online.
Contents:
Introduction; Chapter 1. Fundamentals; The Importance of Risk Management: Its Key Role in Professional Service Delivery; Risk Management Basics: Essentials for Maintaining an Effective Risk Program; To Document or Not to Document: Basic Documentation Requirements; Another Fine Mess-The Onerous Contract, Part 1: Risk Management after the Agreement Is Signed; Another Fine Mess-The Onerous Contract, Part 2; Free Fall: Working without a Contract; Chapter 2. Clients; Love Me Tender: Maintaining the Client Relationship; Smoke, Mirrors, and Snake Oil: Risks in Marketing; Double-Edged Sword: The Owner's Separate Consultants; The Power of One: The Effective Owner-Architect-Contractor Team; Chapter 3. Power and Proficiency; Project Manager or Risk Manager? The Architect's Dual Role; Master and Commander, Part 1: The Architect's Authority; Master and Commander, Part 2; Top Gun: Targeting and Resolving Problematic Issues; Zen and the Art of Construction Administration, Part 1:How Discipline and Self-Control Can Improve Your Services; Zen and the Art of Construction Administration, Part 2; Chapter 4. Essentials; A Loss Cause: Drawing Discrepancies and Ensuing Damages; A Loss Cause Too: Betterment; Absolute or Absolution? Observations, Inspections, and the Contractor's Warranty; The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Challenges and Risks of Nonconforming Work; Drawing the Line: Why the Architect's Documents Cannot Be Used for Construction; Chapter 5. Applications; A Fistful of Dollars: Surviving Project Buyout; Ch-Ch-Changes . . . : Managing Risk in the Change Process; According to Hoyle: The Submittal Process; Visible Means: Site Visits and Construction Observation; A Certifi able Risk: Cautions and Strategies in the Payment Certification Process; Substantial Completion, Where Art Thou? A Challenging and Elusive Milestone; Chapter 6. The Architects' Lament; Your Grandfather's Working Drawings: A Nostalgic Look at the Past, Observations of the Present; The Speed of Life: Preserving Your Personal Life in a Hectic World; Raiders of the Lost Art: The Vanished Treasures of Architecture; Chapter 7. Introspection; Who Are You? Defi ning the Architect; Who's on First? Covering Your Bases in a Resource-Challenged Industry; Little Boxes: The Challenges of Producing Original Design; Gimme Shelter: The Building Exterior Wall; Lemons to Lemonade: Benefi ting from Mistakes; Index. |
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