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Construction Contracts: What to Know About Estimates vs. Bids

Santa Cruz Architect

One of the most crucial decisions homeowners face is how to structure the contract with their contractor. Understanding the nuances between different contract types, particularly fixed-price contracts (bids) and time and materials (T&M) contracts, is essential for managing costs effectively and ensuring the project’s success.

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Support by Design Aids Ukrainian Landscape Architects

Landscape Architecture Magazine

The flexibility of remote work takes on a new dimension when American landscape architecture firms can bring on Ukrainian designers fleeing war. The Ukrainian landscape architect Anna Kulvanovska works as a contractor for SWA from a shared workspace in Malmö, Sweden. By Laurie A. Photo by Kim Öhrström. ?Anna Kulvanovska responded. “At

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What Should I Ask A Landscape Contractor?

The Architecture Designs

Hiring the right landscaping Thomaston CT contractor is essential to create an outdoor space that will make jaws drop. This article outlines what you need to know before signing any contracts with a landscape contractor and provides helpful tips for getting the most out of your money. Experience is invaluable.

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Who Needs To Know?

Landscape Architecture Magazine

Firms are sharing project contracts and budgets more openly across teams as a matter of staff engagement. Landscape architecture offices are competing for creative, productive talent in spheres much broader than their peer groups in other design offices. PAUL KISSINGER, FASLA: They have to know the contract. It’s kind of basic.

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Case Study: Hypnos heads to the seaside at Bedruthan Hotel & Spa

Hotel Designs

Image credit: Hypnos Designed with its environment in mind, the hotel provides bright, airy and spacious interiors which celebrate the Cornish landscape.

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Grant Associates, British Landscape Architects

e-architect

Grant Associates Vath, English Landscape Architects, Projects, Public Realm Designs Images. Grant Associates : Landscape Architects. Contemporary Landscape Architecture Practice, Bath, England: Projects + Office News. curating and re-invigorating an existing landscape. post updated 16 December 2022. Grant Associates News.

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Studio Saxe weaves Caribbean Courtyard Villa into a Costa Rican jungle

Deezen

We designed a strategy of aggregation by creating a network of triangular pergolas that can grow or contract, depending on the necessity of the client throughout the project," the firm said. Client: The Stroh Family. Landscape: Saxe Landscape. Studio Saxe arranged pavilions around a central swimming pool. "We

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