Programming is the process of setting forth, in written form, clients' and users' requirements for a given project. Specifically, the designer identifies and analyzes client and user needs and goals, evaluates existing premises, assesses project resources and limitations, identifies applicable life safety, accessibility and building code requirements, considers site issues, prepares the project schedule, develops a budget and analyzes design objectives and spatial requirements. The need for, and coordination of, consultants also is determined, as well as an investigation made of requirements for regulatory approval. The data developed usually culminates in a formal programming document. -NCIDQ

1. Establish contact with client
   1. Outline scope of project
   2. Outline time schedule and budget
   3. Determine need for specialized consultants (i.e. phone, data, etc)
   4. Outline time schedule and budget
   5. Agree on designer-client contract relationship
   6. Schedule design work
2. Programming
   1. Schedule design work
   2. Select spaces to be dealt with
   3. Obtain/prepare survey of spaces
   4. Conduct interviews and collect data on requirements
   5. Develop preliminary program and present/review with client
   6. Prepare final program
   7. Obtain program approval from client
   8. Develop square footage for space allocation
   9. Prepare adjacency studies
   
   
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This process explores and develops visual responses to the programmatic requirements in order to satisfy aesthetic, functional, behavioral, life safety, accessibility, building code and other regulatory/legal requirements and usually results in the development of a design or concept statement. Specifically, the process relies upon the techniques of bubble, relationship, affinity/adjacency and zoning diagrams. The results produce space plans, elevations, sections, furniture plans, color/ finish palette and/or three-dimensional views. -NCIDQ

1. Typicals
   1. Develop typical workstations
2. Preliminary Design
   1. Develop block plans and present to client
   2. Revise block plans
   3. Begin placing furniture for preliminary design and review with client
   4. Revise and finalize preliminary design and obtain client approval

The design development phase of a project requires a refined level of determination of all aspects of the design. All components affecting the project are evaluated and selected to respond to design intent and all jurisdictional authorities regarding life safety, accessibility and building codes. The communication and coordination of necessary specialists and consultants continues. Final design recommendations for space planning, furnishings, fixtures, millwork, interior surfaces, lighting, HVAC (heating ventilation air conditioning), plumbing, electrical and communications are made, and art, accessory and graphic/ signage programs are developed. -NCIDQ

1. Develop detailed design
   1. Prepare final design
   2. Make material selections
2. Prepare detailed budget
   1. Prepare final design
   2. Make material selections
3. Present to client
   1. Review final design
   2. Review material selections
   3. Review final budget
4. Obtain client approval
   

Contract documents consist of working drawings, related schedules and interior construction specifications. They describe in both text and graphic form all the essentials of construction work including the articulation of all legal and regulatory requirements to be performed clearly, accurately, consistently and completely. -NCIDQ

1. Prepare construction/installation drawings
   1. Note drawings with details for installation
   2. Prepare detail drawings (isometrics, etc.)
2. Specifications
   1. Prepare final specifications
   2. Audit design
   3. Make cost estimates and obtain bids
3. Scheduling
   1. Make time schedule for constructions/ installation
   2. Select contractors and issue work orders
   3. Prepare and issue purchase orders

Contract administration is the preparation of bid documents for the purpose of awarding a construction contract and is primarily involved with the agency* and responsibility of administering the construction contract between the owner or client and the general contractor. As contract administrator, the designer ensures that the contractor's work conforms to the requirements of the contract documents, including periodic site inspections; reviews and recommends payments; maintaining progress records and presiding over the certification of substantial completions; final inspection and occupancy permits and payment; and releases and warranties. In addition to these related functions, the designer interprets the contract documents when disagreements occur. Upon completion of a project, the designer also conducts a post-occupancy evaluation aimed at measuring project performance to obtain data for maintaining a project database to use in securing future projects. *Agent/agency-holds responsibility between the parties (client and contractors, for example) -NCIDQ

1. Supervise construction/installation
   1. Coordinate and expedite installation and deliveries
   2. Supervise installation completion
   3. List defects/errors and facilitate correction
2. Supervise move-in

1. Facilitate end user orientation
2. Make needed adjustments/changes
3. Prepare post move-in evaluation