Innovation — blueprints

Contractors increasingly involved in shaping blueprints through Generative Design practices   Credit: Stamhuis Contractors have been edging their way into the design process for some time now. The increasing trend toward more design-build, integrated project delivery and other collaborative methods have brought contractors more and more into the mix. But even when presented with plans and specifications created 100% by a design professional, contractors have always had some influence on a project’s ultimate design. Whether that's through the Request for Information process, creation of shop drawings or through as-built drawings, for instance. Many people don’t realize that it’s not just...