Potash House: Construction Contract for renovation to the home of Daniel Potash and Maureen McCabe

04/07/1987

Contractual, Construction Contract

7-page signed construction contract between Mr. Daniel Potash & Mrs. Maureen McCabe and the Center for Environmental Structure, for the purpose of renovation of their home. A list of nine construction operations with costs are listed, and later described in detail in the attached Appendix 1, where it is stated that Chester J. Cervellino is acting as agent for the Center of Environmental Structure. Also attached is one page of an amendment to the contract listing the design decisions to be executed by the Center for Environmental Structure signed between Daniel Potash and Chester J. Cervellino .

Authors:

Mr. Daniel Potash and Mrs. Maureen McCabe, San Anselmo, CA, U.S.A.
Christopher Alexander, Center for Environmental Structure, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

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Project

House for Daniel Potash and Maureen McCabe 1986 to 1988

1341 Butterfield Road, San Anselmo, CA, U.S.A.

Residential, Realized , Construction completed in 1988

Client:

Mr. Daniel Potash and Ms. Maureen McCabe

C.E.S. staff:

Christopher Alexander, Gary Black, Artemis Anninou, Chester Cervellino, Mark Brinner, Stephen Duff, Kleoniki Tsotropoulou

Contractor:

Center for Environmetal Structure

Project cost:

$150,000

Project stages:

Layout on the site by clients and C.E.S. Use of full scale mock-ups Design Development and Building Permit drawings done after layout Direct construction management and on-site design decisions

Complete reconstruction of existing house, with emphasis on the house kitchen. Hand painted interiors, hand-plaster work, furniture, and garden terraces; benches, seats, table, fireplace and floor of kitchen --all built and painted by C.E.S. Total construction 2,500 square feet.

References

Scientific Research

A New Approach to Design and Construction Management

Areas of focus:

Design and Building Process

Guiding idea:

Construction Process

A new kind of design/construction/management process, especially for large projects, is required, which will allow the building to be conceived, designed and built so that it comes to life. Below are the ground rules of such a process, already tried ...

Reports

Potash House: Design Agreement 26/02/1986

Project, Contractual, Design Services Agreement

Authors:

Mr. Daniel Potash and Mrs. Maureen McCabe, San Anselmo, CA, U.S.A.
Christopher Alexander, Center for Environmental Structure, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

6-page signed design agreement between Mr. Daniel Potash, Ms. Maureen McCabe and the Center for Environmental Structure for remodeling and building additions to an existing house. Total area to be about 1200 square feet to be performed in three phases ...

Records

Potash House: Amendment to Contract dated 04-Jul-1987 between Daniel Potash and Center for Environmental Structure 22/10/1987

Project, Financial, Services Fee

Authors:

Chester Cervellino, Center for Environmental Structure, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

Amendment for who will be paid for the stucco installation portion of the contract, in lien of payment to the Center for Environmental Structure. Includes copies of the invoice by the Nichelini Plastering Inc. and of a check with partial ...