For more than 80 years we have been providing project management services centering on architectural design. This long experience enables us to carry out effective management from the three perspectives of quality and cost control, schedule control, and design control, helping to bring projects to successful outcomes.
In a development project, assigning priorities to the vast number of conditions and variable elements is important for achieving balance between quality (function/performance) and cost. At the same time, the proper distribution of costs to each quality aspect has to be checked from the standpoint of the client. There is a tendency to decide only on the costs for basic performance, then move quickly to signing an agreement with the building contractor; but this can result in an unexpectedly expensive purchase if unforeseen adjustments become necessary in quality aspects that were not immediately apparent.
Schedule control in a development project is not only aimed at achieving faster project turnaround time but also applies to the design time, including project planning, and to the time for acquiring necessary approvals. As seen in the importance attached recently to front-loading,* submitting materials that can be decided at a very early stage concerning the essential elements of a project will increase the certainty of the project, enabling the risks (financial, legal, and material) regarding various uncertain elements to be reduced to a minimum.
Generally a development project is said to become more fascinating as it grows in complexity of scope and functions. The real fascination, however, comes from being able to provide total coordination of these complexities, which is why total design that includes functionality is so important. This is true not just at the individual building level but applies to the design of the overall architectural project, landscape design, leasing design (strategy), sign design, and other aspects, which together can raise the brand value of the area as a whole.
※ Front-loading: An approach aimed at raising quality and shortening delivery time in product manufacturing or system development, by concentrating labor and resources on the initial processes (front) in order to reduce the load from specification changes, etc. that may occur in later processes.
