It’s a known fact—albeit an unfortunate one—that the designer-contractor relationship is often fraught with tension and challenges. How can the two parties work together in the best interests of the ...

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Contractors’ use of virtual design and construction technology can help expedite development and fabrication of building systems, but application of these tools still requires teamwide collaboration ...

WHERE AN ARCHITECT or engineer is involved in a construction project, it is not unusual to find a contractual requirement that the contractor has to submit samples, shop drawings or other “submittals” ...

Since the worlds of construction and design are so closely intertwined, the collaboration between those two disciplines is an artform that when mastered, can provide benefits to the involved teams and ...

Customers will find a wide variety of home decor, much of it designed by Kautz. Her path to opening a storefront has its origins amid construction projects. As a licensed contractor who oversees home ...