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Design professionals should be responsible for functional design details as well as the budget. In "Form Follows Function", Budget is a critical part of Function. Preliminary designs and budget goals must grow together in tandem. All buildings, living or working space, must be functional and practical before they become award winning.

Some questions may be elementary Feng Shui; but the ultimate issues still are how does it make us feel; is there good indirect natural light into our living and working space; is employee productivity benefitted?

The building assemblies, structure and envelope, also have performance needs. There are aspects that predict its longevity, cost of operation; ease of maintenance; energy efficiency; all affecting the bottom line of a business plan or budget.

The true "Design build" process, versus the "design bid" alternative, saves clients substantial time and funding. Contract aspects must have expectations that maintain joint accountability and responsibility. Budgets must be controlled and mature in tandem with design, a very beginning comprehensive budget line-item review of the initial sketching design process.

We must maintain a design build path that provides affordable and accountable solutions.