Complex building codes and technological developments have made the quality assurance process complicated and time-consuming for building professionals. Packed with detailed illustrations, step-by-step methods, and check sheets for each discipline, this is the only book to offer a proven, team-driven process for simplifying and expediting quality control at the drafting stage.Provides a step-by-step process for a team approach to quality control at the drafting stage -- before costly mistakes happenExtensive, detailed illustrations and clear explanations of the rationale and code issues behind each checkReal-world examples and 60+ details and diagrams that offer at-a-glance information
Offering a tested, almost automatic method, Fred Nashed's
Architectural Quality Control
helps expedite and ensure sound checking procedures to produce, consistent high-quality construction documents. Proven on more than 120 major architectural projects, and used in his highly successful quality-control consultancy, Fred Nashed's program provides:
Step-by-step methods for ensuring quality during the production of construction drawings
Involves each member of the team in the checking process
Uses an innovative checking label methodology for reviewing the drawings from each discipline
At-a-glance information that's clear and convenient
Thorough background information including code issues
More than 100 detailed drawings and diagrams featuring real-world examples
Expert tips on starting an architectural quality control business based on the author's personal experience
Fred Nashed's step-by-step, team approach drastically reduces errors, conflicts, and omissions in architectural documents. It greatly reduces expenses associated with these oversights.
ONE OF THE MOST EFFICIENT METHODS FOR ARCHITECTURAL QUALITY CONTROL: Methodology * The Checking Labels * Checking the Exterior Envelope * Checking Interior Drawings * Checking Consultant Drawings * Concluding the Checks * Starting a Quality Control Business
is an award-winning architect who established Architectural Consulting Services (ACS) -- a firm specializing in technical checks conducted on final architectural drawings -- in 1994. His quality control methods have been used on more than 120 projects for major architectural firms. He currently lives in Georgetown, Texas.