*Scope of Practice Flashcards
Define project management
Management of project budget, contracts, schedule, consultants, staffing, resources, and general business practices
Define project goals
Understand, document, and confirm the client’s and stakeholders’ goals and objectives, including design outcomes, space needs, project budget, and needs for specific or measurable outcomes.
Define data collection
Collect data from clients and stakeholders by engaging in programming, surveys, focus groups, charrette exercises, and benchmarking to maximize design outcomes and
occupant satisfaction.
Define existing conditions
Existing Conditions: Evaluate, assess, and document existing conditions of interior environments.
Define conceptualization
Conceptualization: Application of creative and innovative thinking that interprets collected project data and translates a unique image or abstract idea as a design concept, the foundation of a design solution. The concept is then described using visualization and communication
strategies.
Define selection and materiality
Selections and Materiality: Selection of interior building products, materials, and finishes; furniture, furnishings, equipment, and casework; signage; window treatments, and other nonstructural/non-seismic interior elements, components, and assemblies.
Selections shall be made based on client and occupant needs, project budget, maintenance and cleaning requirements, lifecycle performance, sustainable attributes, environmental impact, installation methods, and
code-compliance.
Define Documentation
Documentation: Develop contract documents for the purposes of communicating design intent
and obtaining a building permit, as allowed by law.
Documentation by phases may include
schematic, design development, and construction drawings and specifications. Drawings may consist of floor plans, partition plans, reflected ceiling plans, and finish plans; furniture, furnishings, and equipment plans; wayfinding and signage plans; code plans; coordination plans;
and elevations, sections, schedules, and details illustrating the design of non-load-bearing / nonseismic interior construction and/or alterations.
Define coordination
Coordination: Overseeing non-structural/non-seismic interior design scope in concert with the
scope of allied design professionals and consultants, including, but not limited to, the work of
architects, mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and fire-protection engineers and designers, and
acoustical, audio-visual, low-voltage, food service, sustainability, security, technology, and other
specialty consultants.
Define contract administration
Contract Administration: Administration of the contract as the owner’s agent, including the distribution and analysis of construction bids, construction administration, review of contractor payment applications, review of shop drawings and submittals, field observation, punch list
reports, and project closeout.
Define Negligence liability
Also referred to as professional negligence, the designer has failed to use due care as expected of a professional in carrying out their design responsibilities
Define Breach-of-contract liability
Failure to complete (or adequately meet) the requirements of a contract
Define strict liability
Under strict liability, people are responsible for their acts, regardless of intent, who is at fault, or use of reasonable care.
Define legal liability claim
A legal liability claim is also different from a construction claim. A construction claim is a demand for either additional time or/and payment due to some action.
What is the difference between professional certification and licensure?
Licensure = governmental regulation
Certification = self-regulation of a profession.
Define practice acts
Practice act = establish what an individual can or cannot do in practice as a licensed professional in a state.
An example is that only a licensed engineer (or P.E.) can design a bridge.
Practice acts also define who can use a specific term when referring to themselves, otherwise known as the professional title.
