Architect George T. Heery Sr., a powerhouse who cofounded architect-engineer Heery & Heery in 1952 and became an expert in project delivery, died on Jan. 21 in Atlanta. He was 93.

Unlike most architects who thought only about design, “George thought about the process,” says retired architect Chuck Thomsen, who was chairman of 3D/International until 2006. “He understood the moving parts, the motivation and everyone’s biases,” adds Thomsen, who calls Heery, often a competitor and occasionally a collaborator, his best friend.

2012年，Heery和15名公共和私营部门建筑专业人员成立了美国桥接研究所，这是一个非营利性教育和倡导小组the design to a certain stage, and hand it off to the design-builder’s architect. The approach, a hybrid of design-bid-build and design-build, is intended to eliminate the architect’s conflict of interest in typical contractor-led design-build projects.

降低所有者的风险和成本

总体而言，该方法的主要重点是降低所有者的风险和成本。Heery在2012年说：“设计师和构造师之间的合作越来越多，并且在纠正问题方面更快，更便宜。”

当时，Heery是布鲁克伍德集团（Brookwood Group）的董事长，布鲁克伍德集团（Brookwood Group）是一位房地产顾问，他于1989年与他的儿子S. Shepherd“ Shep” Heery，开发商S. Shepherd和Architect-Planner的女儿Laura Heery。布鲁克伍德现任董事长兼首席执行官谢普说：“我想出了'桥接'的名字，爸爸比他一直使用的名字更喜欢它，他称之为“集中责任合同”方法。”“我的灵感是金门大桥，我每天都经常越过。”

Shep's idea was that the two bridge towers might symbolize contract award points in the two-step award process, and the entire span might be seen as bridging over and avoiding risks often encountered by owners in the course of managing design, construction and initial occupancy of major projects.

The bridging group was the culmination of George Heery's considerable experience in project delivery, which started in the 1960s. Heery was among a small group of American design and construction professionals, including Thomsen, who pioneered the professions of construction management and construction program management, now called program management.

控制项目时间和成本

Heery和他在该公司的同事更名为Heery International Inc.。磨练了他们仍被其他公司使用的项目管理程序，以通过主要建筑计划的前期，设计和施工阶段来控制项目时间和成本。除传统的设计服务外，该公司还提供建筑管理，计划管理，开发管理和桥接设计建设方面的服务，尽管直到1989年才被称为。

In 1974, Heery authored Time, Cost and Architecture, published by McGraw-Hill. In 1981, he developed a real estate and facilities planning methodology for corporations and institutions with multiple facilities and real estate holdings.

In 1983, after working for several years to devise new and better ways to organize the roles and responsibilities of architects, engineers and contractors, Heery refined his new method of design and construction procurement to reduce risk, cost and post-construction problems for owners.

这家设计公司经历了多个所有权过渡。Heery与他的父亲，建筑师C. Wilmer Heery Jr.共同创立了该公司，1961年，乔治成为Heery＆Heery的首席执行官，并将该公司成长为一家600人，多学科专业公司，在美国和欧洲设有办事处。1989年，乔治（George）从Heery International退休，当时由拥有Balfour Beatty Construction Co.的企业集团收购。当时，该公司在Enr的前500家设计公司名单中排名第195。新利18备用2017年，Balfour Beatty将Heery卖给了CBRE。

Heery设计了大联盟体育场，位于辛辛那提的亚特兰大，波士顿和纽约州布法罗市的领先项目。新利18备用网址从佛罗里达州到阿拉斯加的大型基础设施，政府，医疗保健，公司和学术项目，从苏格兰到葡萄牙，从约旦到日本。新利18备用网址

“George just lived life big,” says Thomsen. “He was a pioneer.”