Axium presents numerous webinars that are a great way for you to learn A/E best practices. If you were not able to attend the live webinar, the recordings are available for download to view at your convenience.
Successful Owner/Designer Relationships 
July 15th, 2010
Many construction projects suffer unnecessarily from schedule delays, cost overruns, and poor performance by team members. Finger pointing and passing blame often become a major focus of effort for the parties. At the center of this storm is the owner, who has retained all of the other parties to solve a need and paying for the problems that have arisen. This Webinar will provide some ideas to improve the owner/designer relationship and avoid project problems.
What you will learn:
• About owner/client expectations
• What owners should ask designers before selecting them
• Owner/client concerns
• The role of an assertive and knowledgeable owner
• How designers can meet owner expectations
Howard Birnberg is president of Birnberg & Associates, a management consulting, association management and publishing firm. He served as an instructor on project management for six years in the Office of Executive Education at the Harvard University, Graduate School of Design and also as an adjunct assistant professor at Michigan State University, College of Human Ecology. Mr. Birnberg formerly served as a lecturer on project management for the University of Wisconsin, Department of Engineering Professional Development for nearly twenty years. He has also lectured at the University of Illinois-Chicago, Northwestern University, University of Texas-El Paso, University of Kansas and Andrews University.
