Why lighting is always the first thing on the chopping block.
Third-party project managers often face the difficult task of balancing aesthetics with rigid budgets. Lighting packages frequently become the primary target for cuts, despite their critical role in the final project value. This analysis explores strategies to shift that conversation, demonstrating how to communicate the long-term investment value of lighting to clients and project managers alike, ensuring quality design doesn't get sacrificed unnecessarily. #lightingdesign #projectmanagement #constructionbudget #interiordesign #architecture
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For the third-party project managers who are managing the budget, getting us on the RFPs, and getting them to a point of understanding — this particular firm has this added value, and at the end there's a deliverable: the client understands what they've invested in toward lighting.
Because as a third-party project manager, they are one of the first ones to come to the table and say, "Hey, all this stuff is costing XYZ, we know your finishes have to meet a certain aesthetic" — and lighting is always the target for them.
Being able to give them a reminder that, at the end of this project, the lighting is going to be an investment to the tenant, and being able to come together with them to help that conversation, would be good.
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