Incomplete or uncoordinated working drawings can lead to confusion on a job site, higher project costs, even lawsuits. In an ingenious companion guide to his ArchitectÕs Portable Handbook, which gave "first-step rules of thumb for building design," Pat Guthrie helps you make certain such errors never happen. Cross-Check features a unique, easy-to-use matrix system that, when applied, ensures nothing is missing from your plans and every step is taken to assure coordination between drawings and project specs. This portable field guide includes samples of how to use the matrix system...is useful in the design stage and when creating working drawings...alerts you to common errors in such drawings...covers new construction, renovation, exteriors, interiors, and sites...creates a project "paper trail" to minimize the possibility of lawsuits...and can be used anywhere because it transcends U.S. construction practices.
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Keep projects on track by keeping track of hundreds of essential project details. Incomplete or uncoordinated working drawings can lead to confusion on a job site, higher project costs, even lawsuits. In an ingenious companion guide to his Architect's Portable handbook, which gave "first-step rules of thumb for building design." Pat Guthrie helps you make certain such errors never happen. With Cross-Check, Guthrie offers a unique, easy-to-use matrix system that, when applied, ensures nothing is missing from your plans and every step is taken to assure coordination between drawings and project specs. This portable field guide: Is especially valuable when different tasks are being done or different building systems interface. Includes samples of how to use the matrix system. Can be used in the design stage and when creating working drawings. Alerts you to common errors in such drawings. covers new construction, renovation, exteriors, interiors, and sites. Creates a project "paper trail" to minimize the possibility of lawsuits. Can be used anywhere because it transcends U.S. construction practices. the most conscientious architects, interior designers, and engineers can miss vital details among the hundreds they must consider. Why take that chance? Take Cross-Check.
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John Patten ("Pat") Guthrie, AIA, is a Principal of John Pat Guthrie Architects, Inc. of Scottsdale Arizona. A licensed architect in 13 states, he heads a broad-based practice that includes commercial, residential, industrial, medical, and religious facilities and that also specializes in passive solar energy design. Mr. Guthrie is author of the best-selling ArchitectÕs Portable Handbook, published by McGraw-Hill and now in its second edition.
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- Architect's Portable Handbook by Pat Guthrie in Back Matter, and Back Cover
- Working Drawing Manual by Fred Stitt on page 7
- Architectural Quality Control: An Illustrated Guide by Fred Nashed in Back Matter
- Architect's Portable Handbook by Pat Guthrie in Back Matter
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