Quality by Design: Construction, Coordination, and Collaboration

About this episode

This episode explores the complexities of achieving quality in design and construction through effective processes and collaboration.

Quality in design and construction is easy to recognize, but far more complex to achieve. It’s not just about how a building looks when it’s finished, but about the processes that carry a project from concept through construction. In this episode of Side of Design, we sit down with BWBR’s Director of Professional Services Dan Hottinger and Construction Administration Manager Bryan Desma to unpack what “quality” really means in design and construction—and how it begins long before a proj...

People in this episode

Host: BWBR

Guests: Dan Hottinger, Bryan Desma

Topics covered

• quality in design
• construction processes
• collaboration
• project management
• design principles

Keywords

• quality
• design
• construction
• collaboration
• project management
• architecture

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: BWBR

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