Acronyms!
A civil rights law enacted in 1990 that prohibits discrimination against persons with disabilities. It also prescribes a number of accessibility standards that architects must observe in the design of buildings.
What is the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)?
The process of making a decision to resolve a dispute.
What is Adjudication?
A formal indication from the client that the design team should proceed with the project.
What is a Letter to Proceed?
The process of determining the time frame and sequence of any aspect of the project.
What is Scheduling?
A rich dish, full of flavorful, simple ingredients. Most versions use Ahi Tuna chopped into small cubes and combined with onions, sesame seeds, limu seaweed, and soy sauce.
What is Poke?
A formal document that provides details about a potential project and solicits proposals from prospective project team members.
What is a Request for Proposal (RFP)?
The complete process of specifying, buying, and receiving goods and equipment.
What is Procurement?
A formal introduction of a project concept or idea, presented for client consideration.
What is a Letter of Proposal?
The amount of time a task can be delayed without affecting other tasks or the project end date.
What is Float?
You can show gratitude by saying this Hawaiian phrase.
What is Mahalo?
A non-profit standards organization that develops voluntary consensus standards for products, services, processes, systems, and personnel. These standards can impact building design and construction.
What is the ANSI: American National Standards Institute?
A meeting for the public to learn about a proposed project and express concerns or ask questions. As a component of both public and private projects, these meetings need to be managed to gain approval for a project.
What are Public Hearings?
The layout and organization of a business practice. Factors that influence this include firm size, age, governance/incorporation style, range of services, etc.
What is Firm Structure?
The process of breaking a construction effort into smaller parts for reasons of timing, management, financial considerations, and so forth.
What is Phasing?
Hawaii officially became known as the "_____ State" in 1959.
What is Aloha?
A single source of information for all aspects of a project, including documentation, digital modeling, and other data, that is available to the entire project team.
What is a Common data environment (CDE)?
Strategies and processes used to minimize the probability and severity of an unfavorable outcome at the lowest long-term cost.
What is Risk Management?
A written note or message for business purposes. Typically created as a written record made for future use and reference.
What is a Memorandum (memo)?
Plan used by a business to determine staffing and project completion milestones.
What is an Internal Budget?
Humuhumunukunukapuaa.
What is the national fish of Hawaii?
A compensation structure for the contractor which includes a maximum price cap. If the cost of construction exceeds the price cap, the contractor must pay the difference. On these projects the architect should be aware of this cap and the measures the contractor may take to maintain the budget, for example by buying cheaper, non-conforming products.
What is Guaranteed Maximum Price (GMP, GMAX)?
Insurance held by a business to protect it against claims of malpractice in the delivery of its professional services. Also called errors and omissions insurance.
What is Professional Liability Insurance?
A document accompanying a transfer or shipment which describes its contents.
What is Transmittal?
A scheduling process in which all tasks necessary for the completion of a given goal (or overall project) are mapped out so that dependencies and optimal timeframes can be established.
What is the Critical Path Method (CPM)?
The maximum height of a structure on Kauai cannot be taller than this.
What is a palm tree?