Senior QA/QC Technical Manager Site Design Group, Ltd. Chicago, Illinois
Avoid costly mistakes before they happen. Drawing sets can expose landscape architects to liability, E&O claims, and unexpected project costs. Gain practical, contractor-informed insights and straightforward strategies to strengthen your documents, reduce risk, and improve coordination from a former landscape contractor with 20 years of field experience.
Learning Outcomes:
Understand how landscape contractors analyze drawings and assemble bids, demystifying the pricing process from takeoffs through final proposal.
Identify and prevent 15 common drawing set mistakes that lead to pricing errors, change orders, delays, and field confusion.
Evaluate construction documents from a contractor’s perspective to recognize gaps, ambiguities, and coordination issues before they affect cost and constructability.
Distinguish between essential bid information and unnecessary detail to produce clear, concise drawing sets that support accurate, competitive pricing.
