SAT-C02 - Building Great Ideas - Art, Science and Reality in Design Through Construction

Saturday, November 20, 2021

4:00 PM – 5:00 PM CDT

Location: Music City Center, Room 209

Compliments of:

1.00 PDH, LA CES/HSW, AICP, FL, NY/HSW

Lead Speaker(s)

Tom Doolittle, FASLA

Program Manager
Skanska
Acton, Massachusetts

Speaker(s)

Annette P. Wilkus, FASLA, LEED AP

Partner
SiteWorks Landscape Architecture
New York City, New York
Susan K. Weiler, FASLA

Partner
OLIN
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

1.00 PDH, LA CES/HSW, AICP, FL, NY/HSW

1.00 PDH, LA CES/HSW, AICP, FL, NY/HSW

Getting projects built well is hard! Diverse owners, project types, complex designs, costs of labor and materials, demanding timelines, “perfect” installations, all converge making project delivery a daunting challenge. This session, by veteran designers, construction managers, and owners, share overlooked fundamentals of designing and building in today's construction environment.

Learning Outcomes:

There is more to successful landscape architecture than the big idea.
How a prime consultant successfully manages a coordinated set of construction documents
The impact of estimates and how the bidder looks at contract documents, as well as how different bid types affect documentation requirements
See how a coordinated set of documents leads to successful construction