You want it WHEN??

Contractors and Construction Managers live, eat and breathe detailed project scheduling.  It's a mandatory survival skill.  Architects are not nearly as adept.

The other day, I listened to a CM rant about an Architect who had activities he had to incorporate into a detailed preconstruction services schedule.  "They couldn't even tell me what their tasks would be within the standard defined design phases!  How could they possibly know they're on schedule if they can't name the activities?"  His comments fell on sympathetic ears, but I felt inclined to defend the hapless Architect.

"Fact of the matter," I said, "most Architects have an intuitive sense of where they are in terms of completion within the Phases".  They certainly know how much time they've spent against budget. (At least, usually)  Architects just don't have the experience of CM's to fall back on, with their emphasis on critical timing.

So, now here I sit just having prepared a qualifications submittal to a State agency looking to hire an on-call scheduling consultant.  Will I be stereotyped because of the AIA on the letterhead?  Time will tell.