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Meet the Team: Who Works with an Architect on a Design Project?

DesignScape Architects

The primary role of any quantity surveyor is to manage a construction project’s costs and ensure the project is completed within the estimated budget. Their responsibilities include: Helping to estimate construction costs (e.g. Their responsibilities include: Helping to estimate construction costs (e.g.

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Land Morphology and Olson Kundig update Oregon botanical garden

Deezen

In addition to Olson Kundig, Land Morphology worked with a dozen speciality consultants, a 14-person community advisory committee, the City of Portland and a group called Leach Garden Friends. A range of people and groups were involved in the first phase of the park project.

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Leach Botanical Garden, Portland, Oregon

e-architect

Work is organized into three principle activities: 1) Design Development and Entitlement Processes ; 2) Site Development Permits and Construction Documents for Upper Garden Development ; and 3) eighteen months of construction. The first phase is approximately seven acres.

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Every Architecture Project Has Four Corners

EntreArchitect

Estimated Cost of Construction. Publish the schedule so it coincides with key project milestone activities, such as at the end of a phase end or when the most current cost estimate is released. Work with your cost estimator to make this happen. Corner 4: Estimated Cost of Construction. The Four Corners of Every Project.

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022: Residential Construction Costs

Life of an Architect

Demolition (if there are structures currently on the lot) Construction costs, including foundation, framing, electrical, mechanical, plumbing, interior finishes, exterior finishes, lighting, cabinetry, appliances, plumbing vessels, etc.) The list above are large categories that will represent most, but not all of the total project costs.

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Explorers at Home

Landscape Architecture Magazine

Prime Consultant and Landscape Architect Land Morphology, Seattle (Richard Hartlage, Affiliate ASLA; Lindsey Heller, ASLA; Sandy Fischer, FASLA; Garrett Devier). Consulting Landscape Architects Knot (Construction Administration and Irrigation Design), Portland, Oregon; Greenworks, PC (Green Infrastructure), Portland, Oregon.

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Going Solar: The Rays That Pay

Community Architect

This is a type of solar financing agreement replaces the upfront costs of a solar system with a lease with a third-party owner or solar developer who will take care of the design, permitting, and installation of the entire system. Several of these solar calculators are pretty simple and provide a quick answer for just about any project.