Episode 24

From Concept to Completion: How Early Coordination Improves Facade Outcomes

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Join with AEC leaders in conversation as they discuss real-world examples of how early collaboration with facade partners leads to optimized costs, higher performance, and preserved design intent.

In this wide-ranging and eye-opening conversation learn how better alignment and coordination leads to successful project outcomes by eliminating surprises and avoiding costly rework. Participants will also discuss how to collaboratively navigate the dreaded value-engineering process to support project goals and design-intent while opening opportunities to optimize facade systems.

Learning Objectives

• Understand the Design Assist Process, Its goals, and examples of successfully delivered projects with this method.
• Learning the Value of Collaboration at early stages and communicate with all partners at all phases of Design
• Learn how to conduct thorough constructability reviews to identify potential issues and optimize design solutions for efficiency and cost savings.
• Understand how to navigate value-engineering (VE) conversations collaboratively and with shared project goals in mind.

Russ Naylor

Founder

BOK Modern

Russ Naylor

Russ Naylor is a seasoned professional with over 30 years of experience as a licensed architect and contractor. After earning his Master’s in Architecture from UCLA, he worked in Los Angeles and San Francisco with firms like Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, and Ai+Architecture before becoming a partner at NC2 Studio. Now, as a founding partner at BŌK Modern, Russ is a leader in redefining architectural metal systems, blending his expertise and innovation to shape the future of design.

Jonas Weber

Associate

David Baker Architects

Jonas Weber

Jonas Weber, AIA, is an Associate and Modular Studio Lead at David Baker Architects, a nationally recognized, locally oriented architecture and urban design firm with a focus on sustainable, mixed-use communities that support stability and connection. Jonas holds more than two decades of professional design experience, including work on affordable housing projects like the modular-built Tahanan Supportive Housing. 

Richard Faigle

Senior Project Manager

Cahill Contractors LLC

Richard Faigle

Richard Faigle, Senior Project Manager, joined Cahill in 2008 and brings over 20 years of construction experience. He has managed numerous affordable housing projects across the Bay Area, including 833 Bryant, Maceo May, and multiple phases of Hunters View, delivering impactful community-focused developments with skill and dedication.

Alan Beirne

Senior Project Manager

BŌK Modern

Alan Beirne

Alan Beirne is a Senior Project Manager at BŌK Modern, an architectural sheet metal firm based in California. With a background in industrial design and over a decade of experience in architectural metal fabrication, Alan specializes in bridging design and manufacturing through creative problem-solving, 3D modeling, and process development. He leads a multidisciplinary team of designers, architects, and engineers, focusing on efficiency, precision, and innovative building solutions. Originally from Ireland, Alan now lives in Petaluma, California, where he continues to drive the integration of design, technology, and fabrication in contemporary architecture.

Jack Murphy

Executive Editor

The Architect’s Newspaper

Jack Murphy

Jack Murphy is Executive Editor of The Architect’s Newspaper. Previously he was Editor of Cite: The Architecture and Design Review of Houston and an adjunct professor at the University of Houston. His writing has appeared in Architectural Record, Dwell, The Architect’s Newspaper, Texas Architect, Places, Cite, PLAT, Paprika!, the SF Gate, the Houston Chronicle, and the New York Review of Architecture, among other publications. He received an Honorable Mention for the Pierre Vago Journalism Award 2020 from the International Committee of Architecture Critics. He earned degrees in architecture from MIT and Rice University and contributed to award-winning architectural practices in Texas, New York, and Massachusetts.