House for Gail Kaiser and Mark Anderton: Construction Management Contract

22/03/1990

Contractual, Project Management Agreement

5-page signed construction management contract between the Center for Environmental Structure and Mark Anderson with Gail Kaiser, for the remodeling of their existing house. With an Appendix 3 with a breakdown of twenty one construction operations to be performed, and the analytical costs of each operation. Two more drafts of the contract are included.

Authors:

Mr. Mark Anderton and Mrs. Gail Kaiser, Palo Alto, CA, U.S.A.
Christopher Alexander, Center for Environmental Structure, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

Content of

Project

House for Gail Kaiser and Mark Anderton 1989 to 1991

2904 Ramona Street, Palo Alto, CA, U.S.A.

Residential, Realized , Construction completed in 1991

Client:

Mr. Mark Anderton and Ms. Gail Kaiser

C.E.S. staff:

Christopher Alexander, Gary Black, James Maguire

Contractor:

Construction management by the Center for Environmental Structure

Project cost:

$250,000

Project stages:

Design Development drawings Direct Construction management and on-site design decisions

Complete remodelling of an existing house, to be about 2,200 square feet of indoor space, plus balconies, porches and garage. The remodelled house is two-storey and includes a living room, a kitchen, a master bedroom and an extra bedroom on ...

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Correspondence

House for Gail Kaiser and Mark Anderton: Christopher Alexander expressing his disagreement with the attorney's version of the contract by explaining how it will abstract a more wholesome construction process and final result. Suggesting that, if such a limiting contract is required by the clients, then a general contractor closer to their home should be considered 05/11/1989

Project, Contractual, Response to Request

Sender:

Christopher Alexander, Center for Environmental Structure, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

Recipient:

Mark Anderton, Gail Kaiser, Palo Alto, CA, U.S.A.

Medium:

Letter

Reports

House for Gail Kaiser and Mark Anderton: Design Agreement 20/06/1989

Project, Contractual, Design Services Agreement

Authors:

Mr. Mark Anderton and Mrs. Gail Kaiser, Palo Alto, CA, U.S.A.
Christopher Alexander, Center for Environmental Structure, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

4-page signed Design Agreement between Mark Anderton and Gail Kaiser with the Center for Environmental Structure for designing the remodeling of their house. The total area of the house to be about 2000 .