{"id":12743,"date":"2018-10-20T12:26:03","date_gmt":"2018-10-20T12:26:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/examchum.uk\/?page_id=12743"},"modified":"2022-02-02T22:51:07","modified_gmt":"2022-02-02T22:51:07","slug":"practice-and-project-related-questions","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/examchum.uk\/practice-and-project-related-questions\/","title":{"rendered":"Practice and Project related Questions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]You&#8217;ve gone through all the generic questions and you&#8217;re able to answer them adequately. Now it&#8217;s time to think about the practice that you work for (or have worked for in the past) and understand how all this is applied to your everyday work life.<\/p>\n<p>The list below is non-exhaustive and gives you an idea of the things that you need to consider in order to fully understand how a practice operates and manages time, staff, revenue and anything that comes up on a daily basis.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_tta_tabs][vc_tta_section title=&#8221;Section 1&#8243; tab_id=&#8221;1540039707085-ef0fcfaf-7e32&#8243;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"sc-list\">\n<ul>\n<li>Do you know how many standards there are in the Code of Conduct?<\/li>\n<li>Can you phrase the Standards in your own words?<\/li>\n<li>Would you work for a client that has a reputation of bad environmental ethics if they still paid well?<\/li>\n<li>Do you know who the client is for the projects you&#8217;ve been involved in?<\/li>\n<li>Has your practice ever worked with two clients bidding on the same project?<\/li>\n<li>How do you formalise the relationship between a client and a landscape architect?<\/li>\n<li>Would you take on any type of work regardless of the skills required to perform it?<\/li>\n<li>Would you take on work during a very busy period that you can&#8217;t actually resource it?<\/li>\n<li>Is your practice organising social events were existing or prospect clients are invited?<\/li>\n<li>Have you carried on working on something that wasn&#8217;t aligned with your values but was paying well?<\/li>\n<li>Has your practice turned down work for any reason?<\/li>\n<li>Have you every worked on an oversees project? Where your obligations the same as in the UK?<\/li>\n<li>How often does the practice you work for organise CPDs?<\/li>\n<li>How do you record your CPDs?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>[\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=&#8221;section 2&#8243; tab_id=&#8221;1540039707086-be5c6420-9b82&#8243;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"sc-list\">\n<ul>\n<li>What type of practice are you working for?<\/li>\n<li>Was your practice always this type?<\/li>\n<li>What kind of services is your practice offering?<\/li>\n<li>Is your practice ISO 9001 accredited?<\/li>\n<li>How does your practice manage Quality Assurance?<\/li>\n<li>Why do you have\u00a0Quality Assurance procedures at your place of work?<\/li>\n<li>What project management tools\/ systems does your practice use to control project finances?<\/li>\n<li>How do you record accidents, what systems are in place at your practice?<\/li>\n<li>Do you have a Health &amp; Safety protocol in the office?<\/li>\n<li>What type of insurances does your practice have and to what extent of cover?<\/li>\n<li>How much PII cover does your company have?<\/li>\n<li>How does your company manage large projects in terms of fees and how do you ensure that projects remain in budget and what would happen if over spent?<\/li>\n<li>How do you engage with new or existing clients on new projects?<\/li>\n<li>Where do your work stages for fee proposals come from?<\/li>\n<li>Has your practice started working on a project without an agreement on fees?<\/li>\n<li>Do you follow the work stages found in the LCA or RIBA&#8217;s?<\/li>\n<li>How do you charge fees and get paid?<\/li>\n<li>Are travel expenses included in your fees? What about travelling time?<\/li>\n<li>How are additional fees to the original estimate handled and paid?<\/li>\n<li>What type of fee charging is your practice using the most?<\/li>\n<li>How is work carried out in your practice?<\/li>\n<li>How many staff do you have?<\/li>\n<li>Do you know the structure of the practice you work for?<\/li>\n<li>What is the type of appointment document that your practice signs with trusted clients?<\/li>\n<li>Does your practice have a Marketing\/Promotions officer or someone who deals with the practice set up (licences \/ insurances)?<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"fontstyle0\">How does your office record the Employer&#8217;s responsibilities?<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"fontstyle0\">How does your company win their work?<\/span><\/li>\n<li>How often does your practice issue invoices?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>[\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=&#8221;section 3&#8243; tab_id=&#8221;1540039811918-bb5ed95b-3314&#8243;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"sc-list\">\n<ul>\n<li>Do you know the type of planning application that will be submitted for every project you&#8217;ve been heavily involved in?<\/li>\n<li>Was there a pre-app or public consultation for any of your projects?<\/li>\n<li>What presentation material did you have to prepare for a public consultation?<\/li>\n<li>Which policy documents did you have to consult with when putting together your proposals for a big project?<\/li>\n<li>Was an LVIA prepared for the projects you&#8217;ve worked on? Why\/why not?<\/li>\n<li>Who were the stakeholders for each of your projects?<\/li>\n<li>How were the stakeholders identified?<\/li>\n<li>Who were the statutory consultees?<\/li>\n<li>Were there any representations for the a planning application you&#8217;ve been involved in?<\/li>\n<li>Were there any statutory designations on your sites?<\/li>\n<li>Are you aware of the conditions attached to an outline planning application of a project? Name a few.<\/li>\n<li>How did the existence of TPO trees influence\/affect your design in a project?<\/li>\n<li>Have you ever had any veteran trees on any of your sites?<\/li>\n<li>How did the existence of bat roosts or other habitats influence\/affect your design in a project?<\/li>\n<li>Where there any mitigation measures for the relocation of the Great Crested Newts found on a site?<\/li>\n<li>What were the time implications in progressing with the project when you protected species were found present on site?<\/li>\n<li>Were there any Listed Building including in a project you&#8217;ve worked on?<\/li>\n<li>What aspects of the current planning policies were affected by Brexit?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>[\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=&#8221;section 4&#8243; tab_id=&#8221;1540039815096-7d7647cc-e315&#8243;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"sc-list\">\n<ul>\n<li>Has your practice ever been the Principal Designer for any contract? What did you have to do?<\/li>\n<li>Has your practice ever been involved in a Collateral Warranty? How was this handled?<\/li>\n<li>Was a project that you&#8217;ve worked on notifiable? What did you do?<\/li>\n<li>Was someone from your practice the Contract Administrator for any of your projects?<\/li>\n<li>Do you know which form of contract was used for each one of the big projects you&#8217;ve worked on?<\/li>\n<li>How did you deal with a discrepancy between the specification and the construction detail that was picked up by the project manager?<\/li>\n<li>You&#8217;ve specified a site visit for inspection of tree pits prior to planting but the contractor has already planted them. What would you do?<\/li>\n<li>What is the process of sharing information with other disciplines in large projects?<\/li>\n<li>What is your practice&#8217;s current BIM level?<\/li>\n<li>Are you always working to certain BIM standards for all of your projects?<\/li>\n<li>Have you ever put together a tender package? What was included?<\/li>\n<li>How did you shortlist potential contractors before inviting to tender?<\/li>\n<li>Have you ever been to a nursery to tag trees?<\/li>\n<li>Do you consider plant availability and current stock in nurseries when specifying species in your planting plans?<\/li>\n<li>How would you deal with a request for multiple tree species substitutions during construction due to lack of stock?<\/li>\n<li>Do you need to report back to the planners any changes in the planting during construction?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>[\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tabs][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_message icon_fontawesome=&#8221;fas fa-lightbulb&#8221;]Got some more questions that you think would be helpful to others? Just drop us a line then from the<a href=\"https:\/\/examchum.uk\/contact-us\/\"> contact page<\/a>.[\/vc_message][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]You&#8217;ve gone through all the generic questions and you&#8217;re able to answer them adequately. 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