Question

1A. Identify a new project that has been constructed in your area. Who was the lead design firm? Identify the subconsultants/designers hired by this firm. Identify the training and/or registration of the key designers that were used on the project.

B.Within the Architecture-Engineering-Construction (AEC) industry you hear the terms project Manager and program Manager used. Do some research and describe the difference.

C. Visit a job site and identify the trades that are presently working there. Write up a description of work for each trade.

Answer 1

1.A.The lead designer will often be the architect, however this is not necessarily the case and appointment documents for other consultants will generally offer provision for them the be nominated lead designer.

The lead designer (sometimes referred to as the design coordinator), directs and co-ordinates other designers in the consultant team as well as any specialist designersthat are appointed. This role might include:

• Co-ordinating site surveys.
• Co-ordinate the preparation of information for the project brief.
• Co-ordinating the preparation of designs and specifications.
• Integrating different aspects of the design and their interfaces into the overall design.
• Co-ordinating internal and external consultations and design reviews.
• Defining the form and content of design information to be prepared.
• Reporting to the client on design matters and seeking approvals.
• Co-ordinating the preparation of schedules of inspections, tests, mock ups and samples.
• Co-ordinating consultations, negotiations and submissions to planning authorities and other statutory and non statutory authorities.
• Co-ordinating the preparation of tender documentationand reviewing submissions.
• Co-ordinating quality control systems.
• Co-ordinating the issue of production information to contractors and the review of designs prepared by contractors.
• Co-ordinating procedures for inspections, commissioning, testing and client training.

1.B.The main distinction is that a Project Manager will create, drive, and execute project planning on one, or more likely multiple projects. The Program Manager is overseeing multiple Project Managers and all of their respective work, and tying it into a larger picture and documents/software to track all deliverables across a much larger picture (this includes interactions, dependencies, and larger blockers to make sure all projects under them go off as smoothly as possible). In most orgs, this means operatively that the Project Manager might have 10% or more of a large program, whereas the Program Manager should be looking at and overseeing all of it. In larger orgs, there is sometimes also a Portfolio Manager to oversee multiple programs, although in many cases this is a Director level task.

1.C.Trades:

• Boilermaker
• Carpenter
• Carpet Installer
• Cement & Concrete Finisher
• Dredge Operator
• Electrician/Technician
• Equipment Operator
• Elevator Mechanic
• Estimator
• Fencer/Fence Erector
• Flooring Installer
• Foreman
• Glazier
• HVAC Tech
• Insulation Worker
• Iron-worker
• Laborer
• Landscaper
• Mason
• Millwright
• Painter
• Pile Driver Operator
• Plasterer
• Plumber, Pipefitter, Steamfitter
• Sheet Metal Worker
• Safety Manager
• Construction Manager
• Ironworker
• Roofer
• Safety Manager
• Welder