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022: Residential Construction Costs

April 14, 2019 by Bob Borson Leave a Comment

022: Residential Construction Costs

In the beginning, when you are starting to plan your budget for building a new house, residential construction costs are not that complicated unless you really want to make them that way. There are … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Career, Construction, Contractors, Dallas Architecture, Episodes, Office Tagged With: architects office, Construction Process, contractors, Podcast, residential construction costs

Stairs are Complicated

March 26, 2019 by Bob Borson 1 Comment

Stairs are Complicated

Some of the most complicated and underappreciated architectural drawings to ever exist are those depicting stairs. While I will readily concede that part of me likes the technical challenges that come … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Construction, Design, Graphics, Oak Grove Tagged With: architectural sketching, architectural technology, details, Graphics, Modern Architecture

020: The Construction Bid Process

March 17, 2019 by Bob Borson 1 Comment

020: The Construction Bid Process

Every client wants to know what their project is going to cost and who’s going to build it. That means sending the drawings out and getting contractors involved … Let’s get ready to rumble because … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Career, Construction, Contractors, Episodes Tagged With: construction, Construction Observation, Construction Process, great to work with architects, Podcast

Estate Project – Preston Hollow

January 29, 2019 by Bob Borson Leave a Comment

Estate Project – Preston Hollow

Life of been disproportionately busy as of late - which is nothing that should win me any awards, but I am already disproportionately busy so for me to single it out should count for something ... I … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Construction, Graphics, My Work, Preston Hollow Estate, Residential Tagged With: Construction Process, details, Graphics, modern house

The Competitive Bid Process

July 18, 2018 by Bob Borson 5 Comments

The Competitive Bid Process

Of all the moments on a job, the bid phase gives me the most heartburn. It is a stressful period full of hardcore short-term deadlines and while my personal history tells me that I don't really have … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Career, Construction, Contractors, Observations Tagged With: a day in the life, architects office, Construction Process

Metal Shelf of Awesomeness

January 8, 2018 by Bob Borson 18 Comments

Metal Shelf of Awesomeness

It all started with a party - getting ready for one to be exact. It is not lost on me that it always seems to take having people over before you decide to fix things up. Nonetheless, we had an open … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Construction, Design, Graphics, My Work, Office Tagged With: Architects, architects office, architectural sketching, Construction Process, details

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