By Adam Omansky A.M.ASCE, on July 6th, 2010
The next true-or-false statement from Philip B. Crosby's Quality Is Free is "Zero Defects needs management support." Like I mentioned in my last post, if you have already answered true or false to the ten statements, to test your understanding of the concept of Zero Defects, please read ahead and continue. If [...]
By Adam Omansky A.M.ASCE, on February 8th, 2010
Progress, Quality, Deviations, Defects and Deficiencies…continued from Part 1 of the "at the point of construction" series
Contractor’s Field Reports. Field reports, also referred to as daily logs and daily details, for contractors and construction managers, are somewhat different than that of the Architect's Field Report. In addition to the areas described on the [...]
By Adam Omansky A.M.ASCE, on February 2nd, 2010
Part one in a two-part series: Progress, Quality, Deviations, Defects and Deficiencies…
The American Institute of Architects (AIA) B Series of contract documents structures the standard relationship between the owner and the architect. B101–2007 (formerly B151–1997), “Standard Form of Agreement Between Owner and Architect” is the basic agreement, a one-part standard form of agreement [...]