Join the Northwest EcoBuilding Guild's Central Puget Sound Chapter for 10x10x10, a fast-paced evening highlighting some of the most exciting new green building projects in the Seattle area. The format is straightforward: 10 presenters are allowed 10 minutes and 10 slides to show the crowd why their projects are leading edge green. Please join us--seating is limited, so we encourage purchasing advance tickets.

For architects and design professionals: 10x10x10 features some of Puget Sound's foremost green design professionals, showing their latest approaches to regional sustainable design. Come see what clients are looking for, and enjoy an opportunity to network with like-minded design professionals (and potential clients).

For builders and developers: 10x10x10 offers an opportunity to see what technologies and strategies design professionals and building owners are including in their projects, and hear how the real-life application plays out. This event is a snapshot of the future of building--come see what's around the bend, and stay ahead of the curve.

For homeowners: 10x10x10 is a chance to see the future of green building, today. See real-life projects and learn what works as well as lessons learned... invaluable information if you're considering a green remodel or new construction project yourself. 10x10x10 creates a fun atmosphere in which to peek into the workings of local green design and construction firms, and can provide inspiration for your own project plans.

When: Friday September 25, 2009 (doors open at 6:30pm)
Where: Seattle Public Library, Microsoft Auditorium 1000 Fourth Avenue, Downtown Seattle
Complimentary light fare available; no-host beer and wine; green raffle
Tickets: $20 advance, $25 door (cash or check only at door) www.brownpapertickets.com/event/75141
Information: www.ecobuilding.org/chapters/central_puget_sound/10x10x10
Email: 10x10...@cps.ecobuilding.org


For thoughts on green building see: http://www.ctabuilds.com/2009/07/building-green-building-sensibly.html

Labels: architecture and design, green building

One thing you have to love when you work in a general contractor's office is paperwork! It's at every turn of every day and it's all to protect our clients and get it right!

Entering a simple payable invoice to a Subcontractor that provided cabinets to one of our jobs includes two sets of paperwork and two people to check over the invoice for accuracy of what was ordered versus what was delivered and how that works with the budget that was allowed for the purchase.

Although we have the most up-to-date accounting software, it's these double-checks and excess of paperwork that we sift through every day that our clients never see, but benefit in the end. It's always the goal of the office to work in the background of our jobs, to ensure accuracy in the billings that our clients receive on a monthly basis and help with the flow of information from the office to the field, and ultimately, to our customers.

It's really a great and unique view into the construction process that I receive by working in a construction and architectural office. Through invoices, billings and payroll, I get to see the progression of our client's project come to fruition through a different set of eyes than our clients see and that our carpenters see.

The best part of all of this paperwork and system of double-checks is communicating with our clients and ultimately, being able to stop by the jobsite and see what our great team of carpenters and architects have designed and built! It's one thing to see an order of cabinets on a payable invoice, and an entirely different thing to see them set into place in a beautifully efficient and functional kitchen.

Labels: construction costs and financing