Project Delivery

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I have been asked by a client to provide very limited services for a office remodeling. AutoCAD seems overkill for such a small project and am considering using Sketchup with layout. Have others found this to be an optimal use of a different platform for smaller projects?

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David Cooper AIA
The Genesis Group, Inc.
Greenwood Village, CO
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Use whichever tool will get the job done correctly in the least amount of time. Pencil and Paper? If all your standards are in ACAD, do that! Why fast? To be profitable. Good luck! ------------------------------------------- Larry Fredlund Assoc. AIA Vanman Architects & Builders, Inc. Isanti MN -------------------------------------------
Original Message: Sent: 10-15-2012 09:28 From: David Cooper Subject: Software This message has been cross posted to the following Discussion Forums: Project Delivery and Small Project Practitioners . ------------------------------------------- I have been asked by a client to provide very limited services for a office remodeling. AutoCAD seems overkill for such a small project and am considering using Sketchup with layout. Have others found this to be an optimal use of a different platform for smaller projects? ------------------------------------------- David Cooper AIA The Genesis Group, Inc. Greenwood Village, CO -------------------------------------------

I would have to agree with Mr. Larry Fredlund. Use whatever software medium in which you can complete the job quickly and efficiently.

That being said, using Sketchup with Layout will obviously allow your presentation to the client to be much more interactive than ACAD would. Keep in mind that any potentially unnecessary modeling done for a 3-dimensional presentation will drive your fee up (depending on how your fee is structured) and your profit down. If the client is interested in a 3-dimensional representation of the space, use Sketchup and go for it. If not, use whatever can allow you to be efficient in an effort to maximize your profit! Good luck.

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Matthew Davis Assoc. AIA
Good Fulton & Farrell, Inc.
Addison TX
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Original Message:
Sent: 10-16-2012 09:00
From: Larry Fredlund
Subject: Software

Use whichever tool will get the job done correctly in the least amount of time. Pencil and Paper? If all your standards are in ACAD, do that! Why fast? To be profitable. Good luck!

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Larry Fredlund Assoc. AIA
Vanman Architects & Builders, Inc.
Isanti MN
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I have done so and it has been both successful and fun.  The clients have especially liked the "real-time" way we could sit together and explore options in 3D. The small-scale contractors were comfortable with it, too.  Getting the printed output to look the way I wanted was a bit of a challenge at first, but that got better with time and experience.

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David N. Hingston, AIA
Princeton NJ
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I find pencil on velum most efficient for small project C.D.s.

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Stephen Jouriles AIA
Architect
SNJ Design Studio LLC
Lakewood OH
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