NCJ Number
122980
Journal
Corrections Today Volume: 52 Issue: 2 Dated: (April 1990) Pages: 72-75
Date Published
1990
Length
4 pages
Annotation
If a client's expectations and needs are to be met in the design of a correctional facility, intensive dialogue and inquiry are required between the architect and the client.
Abstract
In the interaction with the architect, the client should ensure that certain steps are taken. The client should insist on a regularly updated project plan and designate a single person to represent the client at all project meetings and planning sessions. Internal coordination should be maintained to ensure the architect does not receive conflicting advice or requirements. Regular meetings with the project team should be planned, and all contacts between the architect and the client must be documented. Other steps are to establish a decisionmaking method, make decisions quickly and stick with them, and establish appropriate project phases. The client must provide the architect with key information and services if the outcome is to be satisfactory. The client should provide design objectives, constraints, and criteria as well as flexibility, expandability, special equipment, and site requirements. Also needed from the client are a budget and a statement of available project funds, a legal description and survey of the site, and a list of required services during construction. Additionally, the client should provide the architect with timely information, services, decisions, and approvals; prompt notification of any observed faults or defects in the project; and any legal, financial, and insurance services.