Professional Services
A+K Architects
brings the combined knowledge and experience of two Regina based
firms to collaborate and collectively participate for the full
duration of the project.
It is through their combined knowledge base that the firm has
been able to review the available consulting team members, selecting
the best possible combination of disciplines for this specific
endeavour.
We have developed
specific methods that facilitate a high level of control and
management throughout the process.
First and foremost of our methods is establishing a key point
of contact within our consulting team.
This leader, backed by their associative professional group,
follows the project through from initial interview to grand opening.
This method provides a full level of continuity and history
for the project; no breaks in information or development occur.
Communication is
the most vital means through which we manage our team. The creation
of a project schedule, task identification charts, workflow diagrams
and regularly scheduled submissions provide the necessary means to
keep the team fully engaged from start to finish.
Communication with the client, via regularly submitted
written progress reports maintains their confidence in the process
as they know where the process is at, where it is headed and what
can be expected along the way.
Communication in
written and verbal formats takes place on a regular basis with our
full team. Meetings
occur on a regularly scheduled basis with all those applicable to
the meeting required to attend.
Minutes are prepared and distributed on a timely basis to
ensure all parties remain abreast of the process.
Unexpected
circumstances do arise – they are inevitable on any project.
Our policy is always to resolve the issue at hand as
expediently as possible.
Members of the team that may be responsible for unforeseen
actions or results are held accountable by a process of peer review
and determination. We
hold ourselves to a very high standard of professional policy and we
have selected the members of our team on that basis.
The following table presents a summary of the proposed disciplines
available for inclusion in our consulting team structures. Specific
teams are assembled for each project to directly serve the needs of
the client.
|
Discipline |
|
Architecture/Project Lead |
|
Structural
Engineering |
|
Mechanical
Engineering |
|
Electrical
Engineering |
| Interior Design |
| Landscape Architecture |
|
LEEDS/Sustainability |
|
Building
Envelope Specialist |
|
Acoustical/Environmental Design |
|
Quantity
Surveyor |
Project Control
The
responsibility for project control during construction involves
the entire project team, spearheaded by A+K Architects.
Our management systems continually monitor and track the progress of the work in several methods:
Regularly scheduled project inspections
(Working sessions with the General Contractor and Major Trades
on site)
Regularly scheduled project meetings (including client members, project team, General Contractor and major subtrades: minutes of meeting are prepared and distributed in a timely manner to keep all parties abreast of the developments)
Review of requests for additional scope related to the project submitted by either the client or contractor. We recognize that some changes are likely to occur to the issued documents. Our role in this regard is to prepare the necessary documentation for the contemplated change, review and discuss the change with related parties (client and contractor), and complete an analysis of the submitted pricing in order to ensure any change to the scope results in a fair and equitable change to the contract
