Balancing feedback from design consultants with your engineering vision: How do you ensure both are aligned?

To balance feedback from design consultants with your engineering vision, start by clearly communicating the project’s core objectives and constraints. Foster open collaboration where consultants feel heard, but also ensure that your engineering principles are understood. Use iterative feedback loops to integrate their insights while maintaining alignment with your vision. Regularly review progress together to make sure both sides are on the same page, and be willing to compromise where necessary to achieve the best overall outcome.

Defining goals isn’t just about setting targets!! it’s about creating a shared vision. Clear goals ensure that both the engineering team and design consultants are aligned from the start, minimizing misunderstandings. However, flexibility is key. While the core objectives should remain intact, being open to adjustments based on expert feedback ensures that the project can evolve without losing sight of its primary purpose.

Firstly, communicate your engineering vision to your consultants, and stress that you want all goals, decisions and recommendations to be made based on that vision

Al inicio del proyecto se presentan las Bases de Dise?o a todos los involucrados. Documento que plasma el conocimiento del proyecto arquitectonico, la normativa nacional y local que rige, criterios de calculo para cada una de las especialidades, materiales y equipos. Documento vivo que se ajusta a los requerimientos especificos del proyecto y a la experiencia del cliente, siempre acordes a la normatividad vigente y que sirve como medio de transmisión de acuerdos entre las diversas partes hasta la conclusión del proyecto ejecutivo.

Clearly defining project goals at the outset provides a framework for the engineering team and design consultants, ensuring alignment on performance, cost, and timelines. This clarity helps in evaluating feedback against these benchmarks, while maintaining flexibility to integrate valuable insights without compromising the core vision.

How confident you are in your skills for this project? If you're highly confident in yourself, then input is not as important. If you're not confident, you should be actively seeking input and consider all of it very carefully. And you should also judge input giver. If the input giver is more skilled or committed than you, then you can consider that input to be correct and helpful. If they're not, then you'll need to more thoroughly evaluate the input

Todo proyecto de ingenieria debe de contar con la información para poder desarrollar los trabajos. El ocultamiento de estudios adversos, negación a realizar estudios mínimos, etc no permitiran desarrollar un proyecto ejecutivo acorde a las necesidades.

Actively seek feedback from design consultants early in the process to incorporate diverse perspectives before the design progresses too far. Challenge your assumptions and remain open to change, as this can lead to innovative solutions while enhancing rather than overshadowing your vision.

For feedback that conflicts with the goals of a project, the most important quality is the ability to decisively say no. You should also explain WHY you're saying no, and reiterate the goals and vision of the project

La entrega parcial de los avances de proyecto permiten ver si se cumplen los requerimientos del cliente, ajustar o cambiar ciertos criterios que no esten en contardiccion con la normatividad o implementar criterios que inicialmente no se habian considerado. por ejemplo que la edificiación deba obtener certificacion LEED. Se pueden proporcionar al cliente tambien comparativas entre diferentes sistemas, marcas etc.

When receiving feedback, critically evaluate it against established goals, as not all advice will be equally relevant or aligned with your vision. Use a feedback matrix to categorize suggestions based on their impact and feasibility, helping you make informed decisions about which ideas to incorporate.

Communication is very important. You need to clearly and regularly communicate the goals and vision of the project. And if you receive feedback, you must ask questions and paraphrase the feedback to make sure that you understand it. Anyone who gets annoyed by questions and annoyed if you paraphrase their feedback back to them is a bad giver of feedback

La solución ingenieril para un proyecto se desarrolla de acuerdo con la experiencia del ingeniero de dise?o tomando en cuenta la normatividad, tipo de edificación y requerimientos iniciales plasmados en las Bases de Dise?o. La recomendacion es que los consultores participen desde las primeras etapas y no al final con la entrega del proyecto ejecutivo.

Effective communication with design consultants involves clearly articulating your vision and reasons while actively listening to their insights. This fosters mutual respect and collaboration. Additionally, document all feedback and decisions, as this record-keeping is valuable for future projects and resolving potential disputes.

Cada comentario vertido por los consultores y/o Corresponsable en Intalaciones se toma en cuenta, buscando la obtencion de Ordenes de Cambio si implican trabajos adicionales a los contratados. Estas adiciones al contrato no deben ser tomadas por el cliente como una omisión deliberada por parte del ingeniero de dise?o o de la consultora contratada.

While considering feedback, it's crucial to maintain the integrity of your original engineering vision, as it drives innovation and differentiates your project. Balance openness to improvements with preserving the unique aspects of your design, and regularly check that any changes align with your project goals.