Requests for information are a common tool frequently used between contractors and architects in the design and construction industry today. Some contractors use them to facilitate communication with the architect, and some use them to facilitate making claims. Contractors who want to send RFIs seem to generate more, and contractors who do not want to send RFIs seem to generate fewer.
I don’t know why I get into gunfights. I guess sometimes I just get lonely.
- Billy Clanton from the movie Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957)
In the AIA article Shootout at the RFI Corral, Grant A. Simpson, FAIA and Jim Atkins FAIA discuss the history and practical applications of life after RFI’s. Well worth the read since so much of the business of architecture is wrapped up in such paperwork.
I start fightin’ a war, I guarantee, you’ll see somethin’ new.
-Capt. Malcolm Reynolds from the movie Serenity