Outside of costs the other big question I usually get from a client or potential client is how long will the project take.
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The top question I get from a client or potential client when they reach out to me for a project is how much will the architectural services cost. Every project has its own unique variable so its not necessarily an easy answer.
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On a recent podcast with my one client, Chas Peruto, he mentioned my drawings had convenient gaps in them. What he explained that to mean is that the level of documentation in the drawings allowed his team of builders to have some flexibility in the construction of the building. Basically the drawings have just enough amount of information on them, but not too much information where each component needs to be perfectly installed for everything to work.
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I’m currently working on a restaurant for a client and one of the items we have to cover in a project like this (or any project) is the bathroom. The building code has a chart that determines the number of men and women’s bathrooms there are, and how many toilets and sinks are required in each bathroom. Smaller restaurants will have a single bathroom for each sex with a sink in it. As the size of the restaurant gets bigger the bigger each bathroom then becomes.
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