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Managing Design: Conversations, Project Controls, and Best Practices for Commercial Design and Construction Projects

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Offers state-of-the-art principles and strategies gleaned from high-profile projects to help readers manage design

This guide to managing design process within the commercial design and construction industry addresses a growing pain point in an industry where collaborative approaches to project delivery are outpacing the way professionals work. It synthesizes issues by investigating the “why,” “how,” and “who” of the discipline of managing design, and gives the “what” and “when” to apply the solutions given various project delivery and contracting methods. The book features candid interviews with over 40 industry leaders―architects, engineers, contractors, owners, educators, technology evangelists, and authors―which present a broad look at current issues and offer paths to future collaboration and change.

Managing Design: Conversations, Project Controls and Best Practices for Commercial Design and Construction Projects is a self-help book for design and construction that provides aninsider’s look at the mysteries of managing design for yourself, team, firm and future. It tackles client empathy; firm culture; owner leadership; design and budgets; dealing with engineers, consultants, and contractors; contracts; team assembly; and much more. 

  • Features eye-opening interviews with 40 industry luminaries
  • Exposes issues and poses solutions to longstanding industry ills
  • Offers a project design controls framework and toolset for immediate application and action
  • Includes best practice tips, process diagrams, and comparative analytical tables to support the text

Written in a relatable style, Managing Design: Conversations, Project Controls and Best Practices for Commercial Design and Construction Projects is a welcome resource for owners, contractors, and designers in search of better ways to work together.

“Managing Design blends practical advice from the author's five decades in architecture and construction with wisdom from more than three dozen luminaries in the design, delivery, ownership and operation of the built environment. The result is an extraordinary guide to integrating practice across disciplines.”

―Bob Fisher, Editor-In-Chief, Design Intelligence

“Managing Design peers into the soul of a contentious industry as it grapples with change―a deep dive into the design and construction process in the words of those doing the work. I enjoyed the engineers and contractors’ pleas to be made parties to design process early on. The questions―as interesting as the answers―are both here in this book.”

―Richard Korman, Deputy Editor, Engineering News Record

“Managing Design hits many of the design and construction industry’s ills head-on with insightful interviews by new and established leaders and real-world tactics on creating better teams, better communications between players, and―most vitally―better project results.”

―Rebecca W. E. Edmunds, AIA, Editor, Author and President, r4 llc

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"Managing Design blends practical advice from the author's five decades in architecture and construction with wisdom from more than three dozen luminaries in the design, delivery, ownership and operation of the built environment. The result is an extraordinary guide to integrating practice across disciplines."
—Bob Fisher, Editor-In-Chief, Design Intelligence

"Managing Design peers into the soul of a contentious industry as it grapples with change—a deep dive into the design and construction process in the words of those doing the work. I enjoyed the engineers and contractors' pleas to be made parties to design process early on. The questions—as interesting as the answers—are both here in this book."
—Richard Korman, Deputy Editor, Engineering News Record

"Managing Design hits many of the design and construction industry's ills head-on with insightful interviews by new and established leaders and real-world tactics on creating better teams, better communications between players, and—most vitally—better project results."
—Rebecca W. E. Edmunds, AIA, Editor, Author and President, r4 llc

OFFERS STATE-OF-THE-ART PRINCIPLES AND STRATEGIES GLEANED FROM HIGH-PROFILE PROJECTS TO HELP READERS MANAGE DESIGN

This guide to the managing design process within the commercial design and construction industry addresses a growing pain point in an industry where collaborative approaches to project delivery are outpacing the way professionals work. It synthesizes issues by investigating the "why," "how," and "who" of the discipline of managing design, and gives the "what" and "when" to apply the solutions given various project delivery and contracting methods. The book features candid interviews with over 40 industry leaders—architects, engineers, contractors, owners, educators, technology evangelists, and authors—which present a broad look at current issues and offer paths to future collaboration and change.

Managing Design: Conversations, Project Controls, and Best Practices for Commercial Design and Construction Projects is a self-help book for design and construction that provides an insider's look at the mysteries of managing design for yourself, team, firm and future. It tackles client empathy; firm culture; owner leadership; design and budgets; dealing with engineers, consultants, and contractors; contracts; team assembly; and much more.

  • Features eye-opening interviews with 40 industry luminaries
  • Exposes issues and poses solutions to longstanding industry ills
  • Offers a project design controls framework and toolset for immediate application and action
  • Includes best practice tips, process diagrams, and comparative analytical tables to support the text

Written in a relatable style, Managing Design: Conversations, Project Controls, and Best Practices for Commercial Design and Construction Projects is a welcome resource for owners, contractors, and designers in search of better ways to work together.

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"Managing Design blends practical advice from the author's five decades in architecture and construction with wisdom from more than three dozen luminaries in the design, delivery, ownership and operation of the built environment. The result is an extraordinary guide to integrating practice across disciplines."
 Bob Fisher, Editor-In-Chief, Design Intelligence

"Managing Design peers into the soul of a contentious industry as it grapples with change a deep dive into the design and construction process in the words of those doing the work. I enjoyed the engineers and contractors' pleas to be made parties to design process early on. The questions as interesting as the answers are both here in this book."
 Richard Korman, Deputy Editor, Engineering News Record

"Managing Design hits many of the design and construction industry's ills head-on with insightful interviews by new and established leaders and real-world tactics on creating better teams, better communications between players, and most vitally better project results."
 Rebecca W. E. Edmunds, AIA, Editor, Author and President, r4 llc

OFFERS STATE-OF-THE-ART PRINCIPLES AND STRATEGIES GLEANED FROM HIGH-PROFILE PROJECTS TO HELP READERS MANAGE DESIGN

This guide to the managing design process within the commercial design and construction industry addresses a growing pain point in an industry where collaborative approaches to project delivery are outpacing the way professionals work. It synthesizes issues by investigating the "why," "how," and "who" of the discipline of managing design, and gives the "what" and "when" to apply the solutions given various project delivery and contracting methods. The book features candid interviews with over 40 industry leaders architects, engineers, contractors, owners, educators, technology evangelists, and authors which present a broad look at current issues and offer paths to future collaboration and change.

Managing Design: Conversations, Project Controls, and Best Practices for Commercial Design and Construction Projects is a self-help book for design and construction that provides an insider's look at the mysteries of managing design for yourself, team, firm and future. It tackles client empathy; firm culture; owner leadership; design and budgets; dealing with engineers, consultants, and contractors; contracts; team assembly; and much more.

  • Features eye-opening interviews with 40 industry luminaries
  • Exposes issues and poses solutions to longstanding industry ills
  • Offers a project design controls framework and toolset for immediate application and action
  • Includes best practice tips, process diagrams, and comparative analytical tables to support the text

Written in a relatable style, Managing Design: Conversations, Project Controls, and Best Practices for Commercial Design and Construction Projects is a welcome resource for owners, contractors, and designers in search of better ways to work together.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Significant Contribution to the Industry

J.A.A. · June 18, 2019

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5.0 out of 5 stars Read it NOW!

L.L. · March 25, 2021

This book is an insightful revelation of the difficulty in managing the building design process. From that premise, the author gives understandable advice on processes that work coupled with successful approaches with real life interviews from reliable and experienced practitioners.Lessons learned is a popular phrase meaning we avoid repeating mistakes. Mike Lefevre presents lessons learned so we can get ahead of the curve. This should be required reading for all architects to get experience from reading before encountering in a project.It reminds me of the saying: "Good judgement comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment." Good judgement is to read Managing Design before you have a bad experience.

5.0 out of 5 stars Invaluable Resource

H.S.F. · June 5, 2020

What an immense and impressive feat Mike LeFevre has pulled off with this book. As a former facilities/project Owner, I am intimately aware of how hard it can be to "herd cats" and manage the design effort. Still, it might be even harder to capture best practices for doing so in a thoughtful, organized, and all-inclusive way ... but LeFevre has done it. The organization I now lead, the Construction Owners Association of America, thinks enough of Mike and this resource that we've asked him to record an introductory video for our 8-hour class for Owners entitled, Design Process Management. Great job, Mike ... the industry thanks you!

5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic insight for emerging professionals

T.&.A.E. · March 16, 2020

The book is a great resource for learning more about how to recent advances within the AEC industry has affected practices in their efforts to design and construct buildings. The interviews was a great way to learn from a range of professionals and there are many lessons that I plan to apply to how I work with other companies, owners, and within my own firm. The style of writing is also done in a way that is easy to relate to. Cannot recommend enough for leaders in design, construction, management, or owners!

5.0 out of 5 stars Owners, contractors, architects, educators: Let’s Do this!

S. · June 14, 2019

They say the teacher appears when the student is ready. This book arrived in the mail yesterday and I was up all night. It has made me laugh, cover my face with my hands (“why didn’t I get this earlier?!”), and put into words a built-in tension between design and production I was wrestling with. I’m delighted to get more clarity on those dynamics, and to see approaches to handle them with positive outcomes for the client, contractor and design team. Highly recommended.Thank You Michael LeFevre, FAIA Emeritus, and contributors Barbara White Bryson FAIA, Emily Grandstaff-Rice FAIA! #ManagingDesign

5.0 out of 5 stars A Very Thorough and Detailed Perspective

C.F. · April 2, 2020

Great perspectives on how others see the process. I work in the construction industry for a small trade contractor. This book helped me understand how designers think - and how they see us. This book outlines how we can be better partners to them. An easy read, both for professionals - and those who aren’t. Very helpful. (Wish I would’ve read it years ago!) I purchased a few of these for business associates.

5.0 out of 5 stars A look behind the curtain

E.M. · March 12, 2021

With the pace of a good thriller, Managing Design offers candid insights from a broad range of professionals who've spent their careers trying to crack the nut of meshing the creative process with the hard realities of delivery and execution. I wish this had been written decades ago!

5.0 out of 5 stars Comprehensive & Thoughtful Resource for Design & Construction Professionals

A.C. · June 27, 2023

This thoughtful resource provides a highly detailed and comprehensive text for design and construction professionals alike - I have used it in both areas of the industry! The diverse interviews enliven the stories surrounding design practice and make this book all the more timely and relevant to today's challenges and solutions. Whether you are seeking a manual to better execute design operations or a resource to better understand this complex industry, look no further.

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