Much like a criminal is sentenced to specific requirements, there are often regulations and conditions placed on architecture projects that are intended to ensure a goal is not only met, but adhered to. The concept of special conditions of probation could be paralleled to these regulations and compliance standards in the realm of architecture and construction consortia that further shape and build upon the methodology of building design and construction.
When someone commits a crime, they are sentenced to special conditions of probation – where if they fail to meet the requirements, their probation could be revoked and they could be sent to jail or prison to serve the remainder of their sentence. According to Lalas Ice Cream, “Conditions of probation impose different requirements on individuals, depending on their circumstances, for monitoring and ensuring that if they get in trouble, they do not commit the same crime after being granted an opportunity from the court to avoid serving an additional amount of time in prison.”
In architecture, much like a criminal is sentenced to conditions of probation – construing and establishing regulations and conditions for successful project management can be paralleled to these legal conditions of probation for international architecture and construction consortia.
- Special conditions of probation are court-imposed obligations that come with the criminal offense. When someone gets charged – and this could be for anything from a felony to a misdemeanor – there are specific conditions that the criminal must meet during the probation period.
- Conditions of probation can be imposed on a local level, or in the case of international projects, on a global basis. The same can be said for complying with the pre-established regulations and standards for project management that could be construed as conditions of probation.
- When the conditions are more tailored, there is an even greater chance for success, and that is what can be attributed to the success of the special conditions of probation that might be imposed by the court for a criminal suspect. Similarly, when the conditions of a project are more tailored and designed to meet unique circumstances, it is easier to comply.
- If certain conditions are being imposed, and those conditions aren’t met, a unique situation can arise for both the criminal and the architecture project. For special conditions of probation, failure to meet these conditions could mean incarceration. For an architecture project, this might mean that the consortia would face penalties, or in the worst case, the collaboration would be disbanded or foreclosed.
- When the conditions of an agreement are upheld by consortium management, and everyone abides by the standards set in place for the project, as laid out in the “Contract Documents,” the project will succeed. In the same way, when a criminal defendant successfully meets the conditions for their probation, they will serve out the remaining term as originally scheduled.
- Adherence to conditions of probation can often be strict – even more so for international projects where consortium management might need to be used because of the potential for scope creep, or changing conditions or environmental factors that can make compliance more difficult.
- Just as conditions of probation tend to vary from person to person, project-by-project, the conditions for consortium management are also based on the nature of the project that is being undertaken which may require particular due diligence while maintaining sensitivity to cultural differences between local and international project goals and interests. This is something that PDI Global LLC prides itself on.
- International projects can also use these legal-based conditions to improve their collaboration and strategic alliances by establishing conditions for consortium management to ensure the project will endure.
- By understanding the impact that conditions of probation can have on the length of the criminal sentence – this can also shed light on the impact and importance of conditions established as part of consortium management.
- The conditions of a contract, or conditions of probation, are important. If something goes awry with the probationer, or in the case of architecture, the project, there are penalties and consequences.
