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New
Directions in Project Delivery: Project Alliances are gaining
ground in Australia. The concept is that of a risk-sharing collaborative
that focuses on the project
itself rather than the competing interests of designers, builders,
and owners. In an alliance contract, the parties agree to collective
performance obligations and sharing of risks and rewards. Central
management is provided by a project alliance board that supports
cooperation and innovation. Queensland University made a case
study of
the Acton Peninsula project. more...
Even the lawyers like it! Imagine a non-adversarial
construction contract that puts the interest of the project ahead of
the individual parties. Such a contract could fairly distribute
risks and rewards based on project success. Attorney Roger
Quick discusses alliancing and relationship contracting. more...
Connecting
the Dots: News from San Francisco: 240 of the most forward
thinkers in architecture and construction gathered
last month for the AIA Technology in
Architectural Practice conference in San Francisco. Lachmi Khemlani
reports. more...
Research
in E-Government: The Digital Government Research Center was
established in 1999 with support from the National Science Foundation.
DGRC is
a joint research center of the Information Sciences Institute at the
University of Southern California and Columbia University's Department
of Computer Science. more...
Private
Finance Initiatives: In the UK, much public sector building is now
delivered in a design/build/operate system known as PFI. Richard Faircliff
reflects on the role of the architect in such a system. more...
The
Michelangelo Project: architecture, modeling, and historic
reconstruction at the University of Stuttgart. more...
Recommended
reading:
Virtual Reality and the Built Environment by Jennifer Whyte
The
Information Age: Economy, Society, and Culture, by Manuel Castells
The
Experience Economy, by Joseph Pine and James Gilmore
Global
City Blues by Daniel Solomon
Communication
and Design with the Internet by Jonathan
Cohen
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Coming
attractions:
Jonathan Cohen will speak at these events:
Build
Boston,
November 18-20, 2003
The
new master-builders: networked design/build
organizations
also:
Participatory Design with the
Internet: The WTC Reconstruction
UC Berkeley Department of Architecture, Professor Yehuda
Kalay's Arch
132 class: computing
in architectural design
Regionalism under the Trends
of Globalization,
sponsored by UIA and UNESCO, Department of Architecture, Southeast University,
Nanjing,
China,
December 2003. more...
A|E|C SYSTEMS, Orlando, FL, February 17-19, 2004 more...
AIA04 Convention, McCormick Place, Chicago, June 10-12,
2004 more...
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