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Author Message David Axt, AIA, CCS, CSI Senior Member Username: david_axt Post Number: 875 Registered: 03-2002 Posted on Monday, July 23, 2007 - 05:38 pm:    I am currently doing CA on a project that is basically a Code/ADA and tenant improvement project. It is a school project and the contractor has 2 months to build it. I would like some advice on how to speed up the project. I would like to somehow dispense with a lot of the formalities and paperwork yet protect the Owner and my butt. Any advice would be appreciated. J. Peter Jordan Senior Member Username: jpjordan Post Number: 246 Registered: 05-2004 Posted on Tuesday, July 24, 2007 - 05:20 pm:    Best butt protection is paper especially since this is a public project. David Axt, AIA, CCS, CSI Senior Member Username: david_axt Post Number: 880 Registered: 03-2002 Posted on Wednesday, August 01, 2007 - 08:12 pm:    Peter, The problem is one of timing. We (contractor, architect, owner) does not have time to formally ask RFI questions wait for a response, then issue a CCD. John Bunzick, CCS, CCCA Senior Member Username: bunzick Post Number: 768 Registered: 03-2002 Posted on Thursday, August 02, 2007 - 08:37 am:    Meet more often, write the minutes by hand, photocopy them in the contractor's trailer and hand them out on the spot. Nor does every meeting need to be a "project meeting." You can meet for coordination, discussion of observations, and resolution of questions that would have become RFIs. Turn around time then becomes a matter of minutes, rather than days. Even, if you don't get it, ask for more fee from the client on the grounds that the criticality of the schedule justifies more on-site presence. They need to know this is not "normal" (whatever that is.) Ralph Liebing, RA, CSI Senior Member Username: rliebing Post Number: 670 Registered: 02-2003 Posted on Thursday, August 02, 2007 - 08:58 am:    Be available on-site and off, at all times via all media. Promote close and continual communication. Keep running formal [even if hand-written] "needs list", much like a continual punch list; update frequently and distribute to all concered. David J. Wyatt Senior Member Username: david_j_wyatt_csi_ccs_ccca Post Number: 66 Registered: 07-2005 Posted on Thursday, August 02, 2007 - 09:44 am:    One of the things I stress to owners in these situations is to process payment applications promptly. When cash flows properly, relationships tend to function better. I hope your documents are good and tight!