Management Contract with Fixed Budget

A contract type where the builder is paid a fixed management fee, with no profit beyond, and must deliver the best building within the given sum.

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Living process
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A generative process that repeatedly applies the fundamental process to create uniqueness and belonging in the environment

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Chapter 4: How Differently A Living Process Generates Large Public Buildings
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The working unit chapter that presents Alexander's method for generating large public buildings through living process, illustrated by six major projects.

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Fixed Percentage Management Contract with Open Booksmethod0.782
The specific contract form used by Alexander since 1976, where price is fixed but design and funds are continuously re-distributed.
fixed ends with varying meansquote0.695
James' test for minimal mentality, cited as describing morphogenesis.
A successful unfolding process requires a special kind of contract with fixed price, rough plan, continuous modifications without change orders, and open books.claim0.690
Assertion that the living process is enabled by a specific contractual framework.
Program Budgetingmethod0.689
A cost-plan method where budget allocations are set intuitively from the start and subsequently tested and modified, keeping price fixed and letting design float.
The key issue in the contract needed to create life is control over money.claim0.684
Traditional contracts create conflicts of interest that prevent adaptation.
Multi-Level Contracts for Large Buildingsframework0.683
A new contractual framework based on fixed price, open books, continuous design modification without change orders, and architect-builder discretion.
biddingconcept0.679
The act of placing monetary bids in the auction phase.
Flexible construction management sequencemethod0.679
A sequence for contract and management that allows a house to be built organically within a fixed budget, under architect's direct control.