The DQI process helps facilitate the conversations you have every day about building design.  It streamlines discussions by providing a process for all stakeholders to have a voice in setting the goals and objectives for the project and by providing a benchmark for quality measurement.  The web-based tool makes the process easier, saves time and cost and provides a value-added resource for you and your clients.

The DQI also provides a competitive edge in the marketplace and a point of difference over other service providers.  It helps makes you a better problem solver for your clients, helps you complete programming in less time, and reduces project cost and change orders due to incomplete scope. It enables the delivery of high performance buildings and projects in less time and at lower cost.

What is DQI?
The DQI (Design Quality Indicator) is an online survey tool used to capture the voice of all project stakeholders, quantify design intangibles, and validate the design of a building or space from start to finish. For new buildings or renovations, it helps:

1. Establish consensus on design priorities at the onset of the project – balancing the needs of all stakeholders involved to achieve success. 
2. Provide a framework and formal method to continually evaluate and monitor priorities throughout a project’s duration.
3. Improve project scoping, scheduling, and management. The DQI makes the elements of good design visible through measurable and reportable statistics. This methodology emerged from the UK and has been used on over 1,000 projects worldwide.

Learning Objectives

Each attendee will learn how DQI metrics can be used to:

• Improve programming with a process for setting goals and objectives based on all stakeholder input
• Prioritize your client’s capital allocation and resource spending
• Increase your firm’s revenue and profitability
• Accelerate your client’s planning and approval processes
• Build a database of project success factors including building quality, functionality and impact and their reasons
• Prevent unnecessary change orders, project delays and design rework
• Reduce administration time, paperwork and project hours
• Document and improve client satisfaction
• Attract new clients and offer value add consulting services
• Apply for LEED credits

All Attendees Receive

• Continental Breakfast
• Guidance using DQI for LEED credits
• 7 AIA Continuing Education Credits (SD/HSW)

User Testimonials

“The up-front risk reduction by having more predictability with the design – it’s a really good thing.”  -WATG Architects, Los Angeles

“DQI can help all voices to be heard and objectively assess building quality while saving the architects time and money on the processes they already have in place.”
-CANNON - OWP/P Architects, Chicago

“The DQI tool helps the project team create a better building, evaluated along a spectrum that includes aesthetic, functional and construction-based values, while increasing the chances that it comes within budget and on schedule”  -NYC Department of Design and Construction

Agenda
8:30am – 12:00pm
Breakfast (provided) & Networking
Welcome & Introductions
Defining the DQI Process
break
Starting the discussion around project objectives
Creating consensus

12:00pm – Lunch Break

12:45pm – 5:30pm
Measuring success throughout the process
Working with clients to prioritize resources
break
Conducting a Post-Occupancy evaluation
Memorializing the design report
How to set up your own DQI
Wrap Up

VIEW DQI TESTIMONIALS HERE 

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