Edward Flaherty: Project Implementation

Sat, 19 Jun 2004 21:32:43 GMT

Bovis Lend Lease provides clients with construction methodologies, including the scheduling and logistics associated with the building, the site, and the surroundings. The company helps clients adapt its real estate requirements in response to market dynamics and changing environments, and then provides the support for making the strategy a reality.

Sat, 19 Jun 2004 20:40:03 GMT

Life cycle service/marketing as part of landscape architecture service/marketing package...How would you do it?...How important is it to your planning/design/construction?...How could it be practically implemented?...And is there a life cycle digital interface that saves time and is user-friendly for your clients?...work it!...IBM delivers product life cycle service. IBM on Tuesday launched an on demand-flavored PLM (product life cycle management) service designed to help standardize the design practices and improve collaboration across the breadth of a manufacturer's supply chain. [InfoWorld: Top News]

Sat, 06 Mar 2004 16:29:38 GMT

The Netherlands, OMA, Rem Koolhaas, trying to catch the leading edge technology in NYC:: how do architecture and leading edge dbase management fit together? See Business2 for the details. Bummer, Business2 requires you to pay to read followon pages of article. Visit the OMA WWW site for their description of the project. Their lead architect suggested that the Prada New York project was too anticipatory in its use of technology. Here is a free summary review and links to QuickTime walk throughs. Below is my summary of the Business2 smack down.

Prada opens a $40mil flagship in Manhattan with Koolhaas, RFID fully kitted out with all high tech bells and whistles. Place is jammed with architectural groupies and geeks--too many rubber neckers--store does not work with that crowd--employees rather walk to store room for inventory check than use RFID and PDA. After 3 years not making 1/3 of what is needed to break even. Re-think in progress.

But, for landscape architecture, I wait for trackable RFID, from plant propagation, through nursery growth, through shipment to site, through maintenance regimes. Do you hear that?

Edward Flaherty

Mon, 12 May 2003 00:04:13 GMT

Do you think there is something in remote collaboration that can increase project quality and reduce project cost? Adaptive Path: Fifteen Tips for Remote Collaboration. It will always be easier to rally a group of people who work in the same building, but you can accomplish just as much (or more) with a motivated remote team. Getting team members motivated in the first place and holding their interest are your goals. Here are fifteen quick and useful tips to get you started. [Tomalak's Realm]

Mon, 17 Mar 2003 22:52:06 GMT

Bill Thompson examines the impact of time on older designed landscapes in his April 2003 Landscape Architecture magazine editorial. What are these impacts of time on a design? Can the time be planned for? Is there a simulation program that might help us around the negative sides of these time impacts?

Wed, 05 Feb 2003 00:38:42 GMT

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What happens after planning, design and engineering? What happens during permitting? What happens during construction? What are the logistics of supply and transport? What happens during operations and maintenance?

What is the current state of digital innovation in these areas? Will digital project processes gradually evolve the traditional landscape architecture project process?