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Start with what sounds familiar

Choose the situation closest to yours. Each path leads to a few articles to start with.

“The project looks organized. Why am I uneasy?”

Meetings are happening. Reports are coming in. Yet important decisions may still lack an owner.

“We have a project idea. Do we actually have a project?”

Before drawings create momentum, someone needs to establish the scope, probable cost, funding, and tradeoffs.

“We’re taking on a new space.”

A lease, layout, or move date can make the work feel settled while the tenant is still learning what it has agreed to decide.

“The building is done. What did we inherit?”

Turnover should leave the owner with reliable records and the reasoning behind decisions that will affect the building for years.