The strongest teams do not blur roles; they define them clearly, expose the interfaces, and give one person responsibility for keeping the complete interior connected.
Strong teams do not eliminate overlap. They make overlap deliberate and accountable.
Respect distinct expertise.
The architect protects the building and design framework. The interior designer develops the spatial and material experience. The general contractor controls construction, trades, safety, and schedule. The execution partner connects specialty scope, technical information, vendors, fabrication, and field delivery.
The most dangerous project responsibility is the one everyone assumed belonged to someone else.
Define the handoffs.
Problems arise where one discipline’s output becomes another’s input: design development to shop drawings, selection to procurement, rough-in to fabrication, and delivery to installation.
- Name approval authority.
- Create responsibility matrices for complex scope.
- Define information required at each release.
- Record who closes each interface.
Collaboration needs a decision path.
Meetings alone do not create coordination. Each issue needs a decision owner, due date, required participants, and documented resolution that reaches the affected parties.
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