Chandanie Francis _ Professional Pratice _ Case Study 2 _ Fall 2019
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Chandanie Francis
Arch 4861- Professional Practice
Professor Mishara
Case Study 2
Question: What risk has the owner assume? What risks are the designer and contractors assuming through this system? Draw up an organizational Chart depicting this condition and the “standard” condition.
Answer: When there comes a situation like this where the owner makes the decision to hire consultants and their own contractor without the use of the standard method he is creating a situation where many disasters can happen, from miscommunication to liability that can be caused by being disorganized. For example the standard method involves having a general contractor who is incharge of hiring a team, who he is knowledgeable about. But when the owner hires his own consultant he is taking a chance on someone who he may know and have personal ties with, but if something was to go wrong that consultant can pull back at any moment. Also this method can cause the individual contractors to work separately and independently from the others who are working on the project creating a huge chance of miscommunication.
