Architectural Project Work Planning (PcM) (PjM)

When an agreement is signed to provide architectural services for a project, someone must decide on a strategy to complete the project in a timely fashion, within the client’s budget for the building, and within the architect’s budget for providing services.

That strategy is often recorded, using charts, tables, and graphs to assign, record, and compare the actual versus planned time, needed to complete required project tasks.

The people involved are central to the creation and success of such a plan. That may involve as many as a project manager, consultants, architectural staff, a client representative, and maybe even contractors involved in design. The larger and more complex the project, the more involved such a plan becomes.

This course covers the basics in creating such a work plan.

Upon successful completion of this module, the student will be able to:

• Explain how project delivery methods affect architectural work flow
• Define the role of a project manager in directing the remaining team members
• Examine considerations in selecting consultants for an architectural project
• Discuss steps involved in completing an architectural project in-house
• Assess various charting methods used to schedule and track in-house tasks for a project
• Identify procedures useful for conducting productive project meetings

Paul Spite, BS, BA
AFD Consulting, Founder and Principal

Paul is a Registered Architect with over forty years of experience, a course developer and has been a teacher in multiple venues in the past. He is also a writer in many venues, having developed many studies, a few published articles, numerous short stories, multiple screenplays, two non-fiction manuals for church design and one novel. More to the focus of this endeavor, Paul has also created presentations for twenty-six lunch and learn presentations for building material manufacturers, webinars covering the subjects of Aging-in-Place and Architectural Acoustics and eleven distance learning courses for architects, engineers and contractors. As he nears retirement from managing his small architectural practice, Paul hopes to focus even more of his energy on teaching and on course development.