Project Management

Management Approach
As principal and senior project manager, James W. Emr, AIA conducts weekly in-house staffing and project scheduling meetings. At these meetings, new projects and staffing requirements are discussed, and new work assigned to a project manager. Experienced project architects and additional staff are assembled into teams to provide the type of expertise and level of manpower necessary to facilitate each project. The project development schedule and the staffing needs are discussed weekly to ensure that all projects are adequately staffed for quality assurance and timely completion. By creating this type of project personnel structure, a staff member who is familiar with the project is readily available, further insuring project quality and adherence to schedule.

Consultant and In-House Coordination
At each project phase, an inter-discipline coordination meeting is conducted. At this meeting, each consultant coordinates with the entire team to ensure total team understanding of the project systems, their interrelationships and their critical elements. These meetings are scheduled near the end of each phase, allowing sufficient time to modify drawings, coordinate documents and provide a final review. Most importantly, time is scheduled for the Principal or Senior Associate to thoroughly check and coordinate the entire set of project documents at the end of each phase before the documents leave the office. This review is crucial to issuing a set of documents that are complete, coordinated and accurate. Through the use of these routine procedures and other in-house standards and checklists, we endeavor to maintain a high and ever-increasing level of quality.