If you're like many builders, you're
accustomed to working directly with
your customers. You have input into
what you build and complete control
over how you build it. But add an architect
to the picture, and three's a crowd.
Many builders are uncomfortable solving
problems or correcting omissions
and oversights by committee. Many
have difficulty interpreting the intent
of a design with which they have not
been involved from the beginning.
In my experience as a carpenter,
foreman, and project manager on
architect-designed projects, I've grown
accustomed to working on projects
where the client hires an architect to
design the building and a general contractor
to build it. My initial assumptions
about working with an architect,
however, proved to be