Managing Design : Conversations, Project Controls, and Best Practices for Commercial Design and Construction Projects

Offers state-of-the-art principles and strategies gleaned from high-profile projects to help readers manage designThis guide to managing design process within the commercial design and construction industry addresses a growing pain point in an industry where collaborative approaches to project delivery are outpacing the way professionals work. It synthesizes issues by investigating the "why," "how," and "who" of the discipline of managing design, and gives the "what" and "when" to apply the solutions given various project delivery and contracting methods. The book features candid interviews with over 40 industry leaders architects, engineers, contractors, owners, educators, technology evangelists, and authors which present a broad look at current issues and offer paths to future collaboration and change. Managing Design: Conversations, Project Controls and Best Practices for Commercial Design and Construction Projects is a self-help book for design and construction that provides aninsider's look at the

environment. The result is an extraordinary guide to integrating practice across disciplines." Bob Fisher, Editor-In-Chief, Design Intelligence "Managing Design peers into the soul of a contentious industry as itgrapples with change a deepdive into the design and construction process in the words of those doing the work. I enjoyed the engineers and contractors' pleas to be made parties to design process early on. The questions as interesting as the answers are both here in this book." Richard Korman, Deputy Editor, Engineering News Record "Managing Design hits many of the design and construction industry's ills head-on with insightful interviews by new and established leaders and real-world tactics on creating better teams, better communications between players, and most vitally better project results." Rebecca W. E. Edmunds, AIA, Editor, Author and President, r4 llc [Publisher's Text]

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