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Construction
Bond Fund:
Choosing an Architect for Your Project
- Is the architect
registered to practice in New Jersey?
- Will the architect
work as part of a design team?
- Who will be the key
contact in the firm for the entire project?
- Who is part of the
architect's support team? (landscape architect, civil,
structural, mechanical, sanitary, electrical engineers,
ADA compliance officer, and interior designer and
others)?
- Will your architect
work with an interior designer consultant?
- Does the firm have
the resources and time to complete your project?
- Has the architect
worked on other libraries? Have you visited the libraries?
Talked with them? Checked references?
- If the architect
has not worked with libraries, is the architect willing
to learn about the needs and requirements of libraries?
- Does the architect
have good listening skills?
- Will the architect
work with the staff and public and stakeholders in
your project?
- Does the architect
have good written and oral presentation skills?
- Does the architect
have the political skills necessary to listen and
respond to the concerns of all the various stakeholders?
- Will the architect
use charrettes to gather input on the project design
and needs? (Charettes are on-site preliminary design
sessions involving, frequently, elected officials,
library board, staff, members of the public, and Friends
for imput and to look over the architect's work and
give any feedback.)
- Is the architect
flexible?
- Will the architect
use additional support from the firm or sub-consultants
hired for your project?
- Have you visited
the architect's place of business?
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Comments and questions
to:
Tina Kerestury, Construction Bond Specialist tkeresztury@njstatelib.org |
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Page last updated on:
January 5, 2004
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