Upham House: Construction Management Contract for Construction of Home for Chris and Stephanie Upham

10/06/1990

Contractual, Construction Contract

5-page construction management contract between the Center for Environmental Structure and Chris and Stephanie Upham, for building their two story according to plans prepared by the Center for Environmental Structure. It is signed only by C.E.S. Also, a draft named “Appendix 3, Version 3: Breakdown of Construction Operations” is included.

Authors:

Mr. & Mrs. Christopher and Stephanie Upham, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
Christopher Alexander, Center for Environmental Structure, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

Content of

Project

House for Chris Upham and Stephanie Upham 1989 to 1994

37 Poppy Lane, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

Residential, Realized , Construction completed in 1994

Client:

Mr. & Mrs. Christopher and Stephanie Upham

C.E.S. staff:

Christopher Alexander, Randall Schmidt, Carl Lindberg, Gary Black, James Maguire

Contractor:

Center for Environmetal Structure

Project cost:

$439,000

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

Two-story family house, with 2,400 square feet floor area, designed with the participation of the clients. The construction of a massive 15 high foot high retaining wall and sewer reconstruction caused by unusual hill condition added $96,000 to the house ...

Contents

Reports

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 ...