PODCAST EP 015 - CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS - Instructions for Building Your Home
Construction Documents for Your Custom Home
Construction documents are one of the essential tools to communicate design intent to You, Banks, Municipalities & Builders. Preparing well-designed construction documents to get an accurate scope, pricing, and design for items in your construction contract is crucial to a successful project.
Architect JD Carling breaks down construction documents in this episode of the CA-RD Custom Home and Architecture podcast. He also discusses your architect's role and the architectural process.
Please enjoy!
Here are key things to listen out for:
What construction documents are: Learn more about what they are and why they are essential.
The construction drawings: They are part of the construction documents
Gauging builders: Identify builders interested in implementing your design and have goals that align with yours.
The Pre-review meetings: Many jurisdictions now require a pre-review meeting, a pre-permit, and a pre-approved site plan.
Timestamps
[00:31] What exactly are construction documents?
[01:31] Connections that make the architecture special.
[02:54] Different ways to understand what is going on in construction documents.
[03:23] How construction documents communicate the design intent.
[05:12] The process and sequence to follow for the drawings.
[06:10] Contract documents include construction drawings.
[06:20] Specification
[09:29] Standard graphical conventions.
[11:50] Determining whether the builder wants to implement the design or only make money
[14:18] The DNA process
[15:30] Selecting a team
[17:47] Pre-review meetings
[20:43] Why applying for a permit is a continuous process
[21:13] The architect and the architectural process.
Notable Quotes
● "Construction documents phase is when we start to focus on the connection between systems and a connection between materials."
● "I'm a builder, too; I have the way I like to do stuff. To ensure quality, I only build the things I designed."
● "As the builder, …a good builder makes sure that the architect's minimalist details are getting executed in the home of your dreams as intended."
● "The more check-ins you can have with your architect regarding what's going on, the better because the drawings are the architects' drawings, so they will understand them even though they use standard, you know, we use all the standard graphical conventions. "
● "When you take your construction drawings and get bids from a builder, many people want to go with the lowest one, right? But the lowest one may not be the lowest one, and it may be the wrong one. You need the one with the right scope and skills."
● "Once you've done construction documents and bidding when you go to permitting, there is something that could change; you could also want to change something. So there's a myriad of things to happen to be prepared for and to stay enjoying the journey.
● "When you go to permit. When your drawings are being: done that it's a continuous process."
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