Designing for China: responding to the challenges
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Building journal Hong Kong China, Feb, 1993, pp. 36-37
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To judge by the enthusiasm with which developers are courting China projects, it is inevitable that most Hong Kong architects will find themselves taking on over-the-border commissions this year. Is your firm prepared for the rigours and hassles of working in the Middle Kingdom? Building Journal sought out a number of old China hands for advice on taking the pain out of China projects.
(1) An architect's survival guide to China
(a) Try to negotiate a fixed, lump-sum free, payable in advance in Hong Kong dollars.
(b) Work with the local design institute during the preparation of working drawings.
(c) Design to local trade capabilities and material availability - source as much material locally as possible.
(d) Plan numerous site visits and then double that number.
(e) Let the client pay local taxes and seek final planning approval.
(f) Spend some time getting to know local authorities before plunging into a project.
(g) Take on projects only where you have an established relationship with the client.
(h) Send Hong Kong site staff who are conversant in the local dialect and Mandarin.
(i) Closely monitor the design and installation work of the local e&m consultant.
(2) Role-taking
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1993
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en