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The American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC) and American Institute of Architects’ (AIA) AIA Contract Documents released “Design Assist: Collaborative Design Approach Guidelines for the Fabricated Structural Steel Industry,” the second part of a document intended to provide guidance for three common strategies: informal involvement, design assist, and delegated design. Part two focuses on the implementation of design assist in the fabricated structural steel industry.
“Great teams drive great projects–and great teams rely on clear communication,” says Babette Freund, chair of AISC’s Code of Standard Practice Committee. “This paper aims to help project teams use design assist strategies to meet a defined project schedule and budget while minimizing the costs and disruptions that might arise from team misalignments.”
“Design Assist: Collaborative Design Approach Guidelines for the Fabricated Structural Steel Industry” describes the roles and responsibilities of various project participants and provides general guidelines about applying those strategies to fabricated structural steel projects.
The paper addresses design assist and delegated connection design as applied to the fabricated structural steel industry. The paper was written by AISC with contribution from the AISC Code of Standard Practice Committee and reviewed by AIA Contract Documents. Members of the AIA Contract Documents content development team reviewed the paper for general conformance with the principles set forth in part one of the paper, which addressed three common collaboration strategies: informal involvement, design assist, and delegated design, common in the construction industry.
