Resources / Process
A project team can clarify who owns each decision, which document controls and how a field question is routed to the responsible professional.
Process
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The owner sets requirements and authorizes scope. The architect or engineer leads design and technical documents. Building management provides property rules and review routes. The construction team coordinates the defined work to current documents and routes design questions back to the responsible professionals.
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The owner, architect, interior designer, engineers, expeditor, contractor and property management may each hold different responsibilities. Write down who owns design, filings, selections, procurement, field decisions, approvals, and closeout. The DOB authority keeps the expeditor’s filing role distinct from design and construction.
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The project team should route constructability, existing-condition, access and sequencing questions to the party responsible for the decision; design decisions remain with the responsible design professional.
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Drawings, specifications, finish schedules, submittals and field decisions should describe the same approved scope. Assign responsibility for revisions and confirm the current set before use.
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Coordination is not substitution. Licensed architects and engineers remain responsible for the professional services they provide; the construction partner helps make the work executable and visible in the field.
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