MAINTENANCE MATTERS
BY WENDY GILMARTIN
Ensuring project integrity over the long term takes tact and tenacity.
FROM THE APRIL 2018 ISSUE OF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE MAGAZINE.
After months and possibly years of design development, on-site meetings, contractor discussions, submittal reviews, and long days drafting construction documents, the project is finally unveiled, the ribbon is cut, and handover completes the timeline. Or not" The time after a turnover can become its own stand-alone phase after all else is completed. How do firms ensure plants will be cared for, gutters cleaned, controls checked at the appropriate times, and that there are enough (or any) return visits accounted for in the fee" Three firms in different regions explain their approaches to maintenance and client relationships. Interviews have been edited and condensed. KTUA
San Diego
Kurt Carlson, ASLA, Senior Principal
Brooke Whalen, ASLA, Senior Associate
Stephen Nunez, Associate ASLA, Senior Designer and Planner
Does KTUA have a postoccupancy procedure once a project is built"
Stephen Nunez: One of the other designers in the office and I have been interested in postoccupancy, because it gives the designer feedback and it?s kind of in the vein of [Hideo] Sasaki?s method, where he uses research as a continuing part of the design process. We?re interested in getting feedback so that we expand our expertise as designers and so we can make better design decisions in the future. We were looking at not only the...
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