Leasons Learned
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"Design Oriented Architectural & Engineering firms" want to work with.
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We have developed technical building specifications for nearly
$3 billion in construction projects
in the last 5 years
Thomas Berger, Managing Principal
NEWS:
NEW San Francisco Area Office
DTR has established a San Francisco-North Bay Office to better serve our Clients in the San Francisco & East Bay areas. Overseeing this new office is John Guill, AIA, CSI, CCS, CCCA, SCIP a new “Associate in the Firm” with our firm.
John recently joined our team as a Senior Specification Writer/ Quality Control person with over 27 years experience Architectural experience. John regularly teaches a regular webinar series nationally with CSI and AIA. John has taught courses in Construction Contract Administration and Construction Specification writing at Sonoma State University’s School Construction Management Program since 2001.
John Guill, a licensed architect has recently been awarded with the prestigious honor of the Ben John Small Memorial Award from the National Headquarters of the Construction Specifications Institute. The Ben John Small Memorial Award is presented to a Professional Member who has attained special proficiency and outstanding stature as a specifications writer.
Please welcome John aboard…
Updated: January 10, 2011
Industry News:
Recently
Dynaflair Corporation - name change to Security Closures
Irwin Telescopic Seating Company - merged into Irwin Seating Co.
Compudyne - changed company name to Norment Security Group, had previously combined Norshield Security Products
Dynamic Lighting - name change to Amerlux Exterior
Alcan Composites USA - name change to 3A Composites USA
Oldcastle Glass is now Oldcastle BuildingEnvelope
Updated: January 03, 2011
Professional Events:
Conferences & Seminars
Green California Summit & Exposition- Sacramento, CA
April 19 - 20, 2011
AIA National Convention - New Orleans
May 12 - 14, 2011
CSI Construct 2011 - Chicago, IL
September 13 - 16, 2011
Cal Green Seminars - California
January thru April 2011
Updated: January 16, 2011
What have we Learned
Incorporating Lessons Learned
Albert Einstein
Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school.
This term means different things to different people. I was fortunate early in my career to work for some really great organizations. It was there that I first saw the implementation of "Lessons Learned" through tracking reports and Lunch & Learn meetings in which those of us that were in the field, shared problems we faced that were either attributed too, or not helped by our own construction documents.
When founding DTR Consulting Services I felt this feedback was extremely important, especially for Consultants who may not get the same field exposure as the architectural person in the field would on a weekly basis. How many times do you answer questions in the field or respond to an RFI because something on the documents is not clear or conflicts with another portion of the documents. Many of us have seen this time and time again.
As a technical consultant, we rely on our Clients to give us feedback on our specifications or other technical services. It is through that feedback along with individual experience with current field conditions that we develop our services.
It is also with that same experience we like to conduct client presentations/ discussions in which we can interject specific case studies into a common theme topic to get direct feedback from CA folks, Project Architects & Project Manager.
In many of these presentations we identify items that caused additional work on the part of the Architect or Engineer (or both) which ultimately hurts your firm in lost revenue. Some of these items result in Change Orders, others simply consume time. Both are counterproductive.
Test & Measure
How do we know what we are doing is working?
We Measure... Our Change Order Goal Rate is less than one half of one percent. We are currently well below that. Ask us to track this on your project.
Thomas C Berger
Managing Principal/CEO
