Abstract:
A system for creating a project (including a building, facility, or product) is disclosed. The system comprises two classifications of assets or items: a Building Component which is either inherently permanent or necessary for the operation or maintenance of the building; and an Architectural Element which is either removeable, reuseable, relocatable, decorative or supplemental. A method of creating a project (including a building, facility or product) using Building Components and Architectural Elements is also provided. Further, a method of classifying and/or documenting assets associated with a project (including a building, facility or product) using Building Components and Architectural Elements is provided. The method of classifying and/or documenting assets comprising the steps of determining if the asset is permanent, determining if the asset is relocatable, determining if the asset is necessary, determining if the asset is decorative, determining if the asset is supplemental, and conducting a factual analysis of the tangible and intangible characteristics of the asset for verifying the classification of the asset. The present invention provides that the Architectural Elements can be reconfigured for improving user efficiency, enhancing facility management, reducing construction cost and time, simplifying remodeling construction thereby allowing projects to be rehabilitated that would otherwise be demolished, reducing the employee down-time associated with building remodeling construction and maintenance, reducing the building down-time because remodeling can be done more quickly with less demolition, noise, waste or delay, and at least one of separating and identifying the Architectural Elements during the pre-design, design, documentation, implementation, audit or after-life to accommodate future changes in environmentally sensitive or ecologically beneficial manners.

Description:
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION  
       [0001]     This application is a continuation application of and claims the benefit of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/431,040 entitled “Project System and Method,” filed Oct. 30, 1999. 
     
    
     FIELD OF THE INVENTION  
       [0002]     This invention is in the field of project creation and includes project design, documentation, construction, implementation, use, reuse, alternate use, and after-life waste. Projects include buildings, facilities, or products. The present invention uses building components and architectural elements. Building Components are defined as components that are inherently permanent, or components that are necessary for the operation or maintenance of the building. Architectural Elements are defined as elements that are removeable, reuseable, relocatable, decorative or supplemental.  
       BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION  
       [0003]     The life of a project includes many phases, for example, conception to birth to death to burial. The typical project includes the following phases.  
         [0004]     Pre-design—Initially, a project is conceived for a building, facility or product. The first phase of the project is referred to as pre-design and includes site analysis, Project Pro Forma (the analysis of the financial feasibility and related design of the project), program, and the like.  
         [0005]     Design—Typically, after the pre-design phase, the Building Components of the project are designed. Building Components are items that are necessary for the operation or maintenance of the building or are inherently permanent. The design phase includes schematic design and design development of the project.  
         [0006]     Documentation—Typically, after the design phase, the design is then documented and often further refined. The documentation phase includes working drawings, specifications, and construction contracts, and the like.  
         [0007]     Pricing—Typically, after the documentation phase the project is priced or bid.  
         [0008]     Implementation—Typically, after the pricing phase the project is implemented. Implementation includes construction administration, construction, installation, assembly, change orders, field orders, movers instructions, product warranties for facility management, occupancy, placed in service, use, and the like.  
         [0009]     Audit—Typically, after implementation the building is audited for reporting purposes. An audit of Building Component costs may include some wrongly reported asset classifications. Cost recovery or cost segregation services audit the list of Building Component assets with their associated costs and identify assets that were wrongly reported with Building Components, and correct the error. A prior art audit may include cost segregation services but does not include coordinating with other professionals to conform or transform a Building Component into an Architectual Element. Cost segregation is the process of identifying assets that already exist in a building for accounting purposes only. Cost segregation separates personal property from real property. Personal property includes fixtures, furniture or equipment. Real property is generally considered to be inherently permanent and fixed to the land. Cost segregation is the segregation of just the costs, not the segregation of architects&#39;, engineers&#39; or contractors&#39; drawings, documents, specifications, products and the like. Cost segregation separates the costs of personal property assets from real property assets without coordinating or influencing the work or documents of the architect, designer, engineer, contractor, facility manager, product manufacturer and the like.  
         [0010]     Abandonment—At some point in time the initial use or even the building itself is abandoned. Abandonment may include a study to determine the feasibility of an alternate use that usually requires partial or even full demolition. When alternate uses are determined unprofitable (usually because of elevated cost and complexity associated with remodel construction) the result is a vacant building that is characteristically a social and health hazard having a negative influence on neighborhood cohesion and welfare.  
         [0011]     Demolition—Typically, next comes demolition. This is often necessary because our current building methods generally do not lend themselves to being “de-constructed” into segregated parts which could be reused. Therefore, the demolition of buildings, or parts of projects, is currently a process that destroys the integrity of the individual building components by compacting and compressing them into a composite mass.  
         [0012]     Landfill/toxic waste—The demolished parts of a project must then be transported to a permitted burial site for landfill, some of which becomes toxic waste. This constitutes a health hazard and it adversely affects the environment. Separating the individual components from the compressed composite mass for recycle or subsequent use is often impractical at this point. Therefore, construction demolition of projects and their components become very low grade waste at best and more often become an environmental hazard requiring special landfill permits because, in its composite state, it produces off-gases and byproducts that are volatile and hazardous to the health safety and welfare of the public. The prior known projects methods result in undesirable characteristics including landfills, hazardous waste, energy waste, restricted alternate uses for a building, and high remodel costs. Additional undesirable characteristics include difficulties in accommodating user or equipment changes during design, documentation, pricing, implementation, use (such as less efficient work flow, increased worker stress, and the like), audit, or after-life. In the prior known project methods isolated events do occur which renders items relocatable that are normally inherently permanent. However, such isolated events are not part of a building system such that they change the nature of the facility use or afterlife. For example, isolated relocatable items will typically be demolished along with the rest of the building. However, where they are part of a project system of relocatable elements then the project becomes a candidate for de-construction and re-use rather than demolished and buried in a landfill.  
         [0013]     Comform/Transform—For the purposes of this patent, to conform means to correspond in form or character; be similar; to act or be in accord or agreement; to comply; to act in accordance with current customs or modes; to bring into agreement or correspondence; to make similar; to change the nomenclature, semantics or documentation. To transform includes revising or substituting or to change markedly the appearance or form of something; or to change the nature, function, or condition of; to create or convert.  
       FEATURES OF THE PRESENT INVENTION  
       [0014]     Building Components and Architectural Elements—It is, therefore, a feature of the present invention to provide a project system and method that segregates or distinguishes between Building Components and Architectural Elements, where Building Components are necessary for the operation or maintenance of the building or are inherently permanent; and, Architectural Elements are removeable, reuseable, relocatable, or decorative, or provide some supplemental use.  
         [0015]     Facility flexibility—A feature of the present invention is to provide a project system and method that enhances facility flexibility making reconfiguration of spaces to improve user efficiency more feasible.  
         [0016]     Facility management—A feature of the present invention is to provide a project system and method that enhances facility management, in part because the facility is more flexible and documents are coordinated to relate to the various types of professionals involved.  
         [0017]     Construction cost and time—Another feature of the present invention is to provide a project system and method that can reduce construction cost, time or complexity.  
         [0018]     Interaction between the various trades—Another feature of the present invention is to provide a project system and method that reduces the required interaction and coordination between the various trades or subcontractors which can also reduce required involvement by a general contractor.  
         [0019]     Remodeling construction/more rehabilitated projects/less demolition—Yet still another feature of the present invention is to provide a project system and method that simplifies remodeling construction which results in time and cost savings and predictability. This feature allows many projects to be rehabilitated that would otherwise be demolished.  
         [0020]     Revisions during construction—Another feature of the present invention is to provide a project system and method that makes revisions during construction faster, simpler, more cost effective and cost predictable.  
         [0021]     Reduces the employee down-time—Yet still another feature of the present invention is to provide a project system and method that reduces the employee down time associated with building remolding construction or maintenance.  
         [0022]     Reduces the building down-time—Another feature of the present invention is to provide a project system and method that reduces the building down time because remodeling can be done more quickly (perhaps over weekend or overnight) with less demolition, noise, waste or delay.  
         [0023]     Utilizes Architectural Elements—Another feature of the present invention is to provide a project system and method that utilizes Architectural Elements in the assembly of a building.  
         [0024]     Increases efficiency of facility users—Yet still another feature of the present invention is to provide a project system and method that increases efficiency of facility users by enabling the facility to be easily reconfigured in the most efficient manner.  
         [0025]     Increases efficiency of facility equipment—Yet still another feature of the present invention is to provide a project system and method that increases efficiency of facility equipment by enabling the equipment to be easily relocated to create a more efficient arrangement.  
         [0026]     Electrical power—Another feature of the present invention is to provide a project system and method that provides Building Component electrical power on one hand, and Architectural Element electrical power on the other hand.  
         [0027]     Lighting, plumbing, mechanical, millwork-cabinetry, ceilings, floors, walls, etc.—Yet another feature of the present invention is to provide a project system and method that provides Building Component lighting, plumbing, mechanical, millwork-cabinetry, ceilings, floors, walls, etc. on the one hand, and Architectural Element lighting, plumbing, mechanical, millwork-cabinetry, ceilings, floors, walls, etc. on the other hand.  
         [0028]     Electrical power circuiting—Another feature of the present invention is to provide a project system and method that provides Architectural Element power and lights which have there own coordinated separate power circuits which allows for easier relocation. The Architectural Element power and lights will reduce or eliminate the required particular re-balancing of the electrical loads due to re-configuration as required in typical Building Component implementation.  
         [0029]     Creation of Architectural Elements—Yet another feature of the present invention is to provide a project system and method for the creation, separation or identification of Architectural Elements during the pre-design, design, documentation, implementation, audit or after-life. This also accommodates future changes in environmentally sensitive or ecologically beneficial manners.  
         [0030]     Distinguish documentation—It is another feature of the present invention to provide a project system and method to separate or distinguish documentation pursuant to those items in a building that are Building Components on one hand, and are Architectural Elements on the other hand.  
         [0031]     Reduced need for licensed personnel—Another feature of the present invention is to provide a project system and method having Architectural Elements that reduces the instances where installation or relocation personnel have to be licensed or authorized.  
         [0032]     Reduce need for many building permits—Another feature of the present invention is to provide a project system and method having Architectural Elements that reduce the instances where installation or relocation of Architectural Elements is required to obtain a building permit.  
         [0033]     General Contractor—It is another feature of the present invention to provide a project system and method having Architectural Elements that may not necessarily require a general contractor thereby saving construction costs.  
         [0034]     Reduce need for licensed design professionals—Yet another feature of the present invention is to provide a project system and method of constructing a building wherein the use of Architectural Elements often do not require the building owner to hire licensed professionals to design, redesign or implement their configurations or reconfigurations.  
         [0035]     Less construction waste/conservation of energy—It is another feature of the present invention to convert items from Building Components to Architectural Elements so as to provide less waste in construction and to conserve energy.  
         [0036]     Decorative items distinguished—Another feature of the present invention is to provide a project system and method that segregates or distinguishes between Building Component decorative items and Architectural Element decorative items while or by coordinating the decorative items with work or documents of architects, designers, engineers, contractors, facility managers, accountants, or manufacturers.  
         [0037]     Supplemental task items distinguished—Another feature of the present invention is to provide a project system and method that segregates or distinguishes between Building Component supplemental task items and Architectural Element supplemental task items while or by coordinating the supplemental task items with work or documents of architects, designers, engineers, contractors, facility managers, accountants, or manufacturers.  
         [0038]     Decorative items transformed—Another feature of the present invention is to provide a project system and method that transforms or conforms Building Component decorative items to Architectural Element decorative items while or by coordinating the decorative items with work or documents of architects, designers, engineers, contractors, facility managers, accountants, or manufacturers.  
         [0039]     Supplemental task items transformed—Another feature of the present invention is to provide a project system and method that transforms or conforms Building Component supplemental task items to Architectural Element supplemental task items while or by coordinating the supplemental task items with work or documents of architects, designers, engineers, contractors, facility managers, accountants, or manufacturers.  
         [0040]     Transforms items to Architectural Elements—Another feature of the present invention is to provide a project system and method that transforms Building Component items to Architectural Element items while or by coordinating the items with the work or documents of architects, designers, engineers, contractors, facility managers, accountants, or manufacturers, whereby transformation includes a physical change to the item.  
         [0041]     Conforms items to Architectural Elements—Another feature of the present invention is to provide a project system and method that conforms Building Component items to Architectural Element items while or by coordinating the items with the work or documents of architects, designers, engineers, contractors, facility managers, accountants, or manufacturers, whereby to conform includes corrections to the descriptive documentation of the item.  
         [0042]     Correctly characterize—Another feature of the present invention is to provide a project system and method that conforms the nomenclature or documentation associated with Building Components so as to correctly characterize them as Building Components or Architectural Elements.  
         [0043]     Manufacturer&#39;s products—Yet still another feature of the present invention is to provide a project system and method to segregate or conform Building Components, on one hand; and segregate, create, transform, or conform Architectural Elements, on the other hand, with respect to the manufacturer&#39;s products, literature, designs, drawings and documents.  
         [0044]     Segregate pre-design—Yet still another feature of the present invention is to provide a project system and method to segregate or conform Building Components, on one hand; and segregate, create, transform or conform Architectural Elements, on the other hand, with respect to the pre-design which includes site analysis, project Pro Forma, program, etc.  
         [0045]     Segregate design—Yet still another feature of the present invention is to provide a project system and method to segregate or conform Building Components, on one hand; and segregate, create, transform or conform Architectural Elements, on the other hand with respect to the design which includes schematic design, design development, sketches, drawings, etc.  
         [0046]     Segregate documentation—Yet still another feature of the present invention is to provide a project system and method to segregate or conform Building Components, on one hand; and segregate, create, transform or conform Architectural Elements, on the other hand with respect to the documentation which includes sketches, drawings, construction drawings, specifications, contracts, change orders, field orders, manufacture&#39;s literature, etc.  
         [0047]     Segregate pricing—Yet still another feature of the present invention is to provide a project system and method to segregate or conform Building Components, on one hand; and segregate, create, transform or conform Architectural Elements, on the other hand with respect to the pricing which includes bidding and negotiation, etc.  
         [0048]     Segregate implementation—Yet still another feature of the present invention is to provide a project system and method to segregate or conform Building Components, on one hand; and segregate, create, transform or conform Architectural Elements, on the other hand with respect to the implementation which includes construction administration, construction, installation, assembly, occupancy, place in service, use, user&#39;s manuals, etc.  
         [0049]     Segregate audit—Yet still another feature of the present invention is to provide a project system and method to segregate or conform Building Components, on one hand; and segregate, create, transform or conform Architectural Elements, on the other hand with respect to the audit .  
         [0050]     Segregate reconfiguration, relocation, removal, reuse or recycle—Yet still another feature of the present invention is to provide a project system and method to segregate or conform Building Components, on one hand, and segregate, create, transform or conform Architectural Elements, on the other hand with respect to reconfiguration, relocation, removal, reuse, or recycle.  
         [0051]     Segregate retrofit or recycle into a new product—Yet still another feature of the present invention is to provide a project system and method to segregate or conform Building Components, on one hand; and segregate, create, transform or conform Architectural Elements, on the other hand with respect to the retrofit or recycle into a new product.  
         [0052]     Segregate to create useable energy fuel—Yet still another feature of the present invention is to provide a project system and method to segregate or conform Building Components, on one hand; and segregate, create, transform or conform Architectural Elements, on the other hand with respect to creation of useable energy fuel.  
         [0053]     Work of professionals coordinated to facilitate audit—Yet still another feature of the present invention is to provide a project system and method such that work or documents of facility owners, developers, financiers, architects, designers, accountants, contractors, facility managers, product manufacturers, and the like is coordinated so as to facilitate audit.  
         [0054]     Conservation of natural resources by the work of professionals being coordinated with the laws—Yet still another feature of the present invention is to provide a project system and method such that work or documents of facility owners, developers, financiers, architects, designers, accountants, contractors, facility managers, product manufacturers, and the like is coordinated with the law. This also enhances the fulfillment of regulations enacted to encourage conservation of natural resources.  
         [0055]     Additional features and advantages of the invention will be set forth in part in the description which follows, and in part will become apparent from the description, or may be learned by practice of the invention. The features and advantages of the invention may be realized by means of the combinations and steps particularly pointed out in the appended claims.  
       SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION  
       [0056]     A system for creating a project (including a building, facility or product) is disclosed. The system comprises two classifications of property, assets or items (1) a Building Component which is either inherently permanent or necessary for the operation or maintenance of the building, and (2) an Architectural Element which is either removeable, reuseable, relocatable, decorative, or supplemental.  
         [0057]     Also, a method of creating a project (including a building, facility, or product) using Building Components and Architectural Elements is provided. The method of creating the project comprises the steps of determining the scope of the project such that the project can be defined, and determining if the project is a candidate for Architectural Element coordination. If the project is not a candidate for Architectural Elements coordination, then the Building Components are identified and implemented for the construction of the project. If the project is a candidate for Architectural Elements coordination, then determining if the design is Architectural Element coordinated. If the design is not Architectural Element coordinated, then coordinating the design with the Architectural Elements. If the design is Architectural Element coordinated, then identify the Architectural Elements for the scope of the defined project, identify the Building Components for the scope of the defined project, and implement the identified Architectural Elements and Building Components for creating the project.  
         [0058]     Further, a method of classifying property or assets associated with a project (including a building, facility, or product) using building components and architectural elements is provided. The assets have tangible and intangible characteristics. The method of classifying assets comprising the steps of determining if the asset is inherently permanent, determining if the asset is relocatable, determining if the asset is necessary, determining if the asset is decorative, determining if the asset is supplemental, conducting a factual analysis of the tangible and intangible characteristics of the asset for verifying the classification of the property or asset.  
         [0059]     Still further, a system for creating a project (including a building, facility, or product), the project having a plurality of building components which are either inherently permanent or necessary for the operation or maintenance of the project is provided. The improvement being a plurality of architectural elements which are either removeable, reuseable, relocatable, decorative, or supplemental such that the architectural elements can be reconfigured for improving user efficiency, enhancing facility management, reducing construction cost and time, simplifying remodeling construction thereby allowing projects to be rehabilitated that would otherwise be demolished, reducing the employee down time associated with building remodeling construction and maintenance, reducing the building down time because remodeling can be done more quickly with less demolition, noise, waste or delay, providing for the easy relocation of equipment or personnel, providing for individualized power circuits which allows for easier relocation of power and lights for reducing the required particular re-balancing of electrical loads, and at least one of separating and identifying the Architectural Elements during the pre-design, design, documentation, implementation, audit or after-life to accommodate future changes in environmentally sensitive or ecologically beneficial manners. 
     
    
     BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS  
       [0060]     The accompanying drawings which are incorporated in and constitute a part of the instant specification, illustrate various preferred embodiments of the invention and together with the general description of the invention given above and the detailed description of the preferred embodiments given below, serve to explain the principles of the invention. These drawings represent examples of the many acceptable embodiments of the present invention.  
         [0061]      FIG. 1  is a flow chart illustrating the basic constituents of the project system and method of the present invention in association with the prior known building constituents.  
         [0062]      FIG. 2  illustrates the project system and method of the present invention with the project and examples of Building Components in comparison with examples of Architectural Elements.  
         [0063]      FIG. 3  is a flow diagram illustrating another embodiment of the project system and method of the present invention.  
         [0064]      FIG. 4  is a floor plan of a prior art building comprising Building Components.  
         [0065]      FIG. 5  illustrates a comparable floor plan as that illustrated in  FIG. 4  which incorporates differing utility Architectural Elements of the present invention.  
         [0066]      FIG. 6  illustrates an elevation view of a building that also comprises Architectural Elements of the present invention.  
         [0067]      FIG. 7  illustrates a floor plan for the second floor of the facility elevated in  FIG. 6 .  
         [0068]      FIG. 8  illustrates a fixed-structure sink comprising Building Components as taught by the prior art.  
         [0069]      FIG. 9  illustrates a relocatable sink element comprising Architectural Elements as used in practicing the project system and method of the present invention.  
         [0070]      FIG. 10  illustrates yet another embodiment of the project system and method of the present invention concerning distinguishing Building Component documentation and Architectural Element documentation.  
         [0071]      FIG. 11  illustrates the prior art methodology of using Building Components in the construction or manufacture of a building project in contrast with the use of Architectural Elements as practiced with the project system and method of the present invention.  
         [0072]      FIG. 12  is an illustration of yet another embodiment of the facility or building system and method of the present invention wherein the project is illustrated from the initiation of the project through the implementation phase showing that the Architectural Elements can be coordinated at any phase.  
         [0073]      FIG. 13A  illustrates the phases of a conventional project utilizing Building Components from origin through the implementation phase, the project abandonment phase, the demolition phase and the low-grade fuel waste phase or landfill-health hazard.  
         [0074]      FIG. 13B  illustrates the phases of a novel project utilizing the Architectural Elements of the present invention from origin through the implementation phase, the project audit phase, the reconfigure-relocate-remove-reuse phase, the retrofit-recycle-new product phase and the energy fuel phase.  
         [0075]      FIG. 13C  is an illustration of yet another embodiment of the project system and method of the present invention wherein the project is illustrated from the initiation of the project through the afterlife phase showing that the Architectural Elements can be coordinated at any phase with respect to Building Components. It will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that there are times when the phases can be in reverse order or alternating order.  
         [0076]      FIG. 14  is an illustration of yet another embodiment of the project system and method of the present invention wherein an existing project is evaluated with respect to being coordinated for Architectural Elements after implementation, construction and re-construction.  
         [0077]      FIG. 15  illustrates yet another embodiment of the project system and method of the present invention concerning determining classification of project assets, items, or things as Building Component documentation and Architectural Element documentation. 
     
    
       [0078]     The above general description and the following detailed description are merely illustrative of the generic invention, and additional modes, advantages, and particulars of this invention will be readily suggested to those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.  
       DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS  
       [0079]     Reference will now be made in detail to the present preferred embodiments of the invention as described in the accompanying drawings.  
         [0080]      FIG. 1  is a flow chart illustrating the basic parts or phases of the present invention. The project  10  is typically associated with an assemblage of Building Components  100 . The project may be a building, facility, or a manufacturer&#39;s product, etc. The combination of the project  10  and Building Components  100  is what is typically known in the art. The present invention includes the new usage of Architectural Elements  200 . Architectural elements  200  may be similar to or provide the same utility as Building Components, but will have the characteristics of being removable, reusable or decorative, or provide some supplemental characteristic. The Building Components  100  are necessary for the operation or maintenance of the building or they are inherently permanent; whereas the Architectural Elements  200  are removable, reusable, or “relocatable,” provide support for some supplementary task, or are merely decorative.  
         [0081]      FIG. 2  illustrates the present invention with the project  10  and Building Components  100  in comparison with the Architectural Elements  200 . The Building Components  100  may be categorized as the listing A  102 . The list A  102  includes without limitation partitions, walls, baseboards, doors, door frames, windows, mill work and cabinetry, finishes (for example: floor, wall, overhead, etc.), floors (for example: raised, lowered, pavers, paving, etc.), ceilings, lighting, electrical power, telephone and data means, mechanical, plumbing, structural, roof, roof plan, elevation, balconies, fences, screens, section cuts, details, specifications, landscaping, planters and plants, case goods and furniture, stairs, elevators, escalators, moving walkways, and the like. The characteristics of all the Building Components  102  listed in list A  102  are that they are necessary for the operation or maintenance of the building or they are inherently permanent. The Architectural Elements  200  can be described as items in list B  202 . List B  202  provides for removable, reusable, or supplemental, or decorative partitions, walls, baseboards, doors, door frames, windows, mill work and cabinetry, finishes (for example, floor wall overhead, etc.), floors (for example, raised, lowered, pavers, paving, etc.), ceilings, lighting, electrical power, telephone and data means, mechanical, plumbing, structural, roof, roof plan, elevation, balconies, fences, screens, section cuts, details, specifications, landscaping, planters and plants, case goods and furniture, stairs, elevators, escalators, moving walkways, and the like. Thus, many characteristics of Building Components can be similar to those of Architectural Elements, however, the components would be very different, for example, a Building Component wall would be inherently permanent and not an easily removable and reusable wall. Whereas, an Architectural Element wall would be a wall that would be readily movable so as to provide for enhanced project uses, and preservation of the environment by reusing elements or products as well as by separation of project waste which can reduce or prevent health hazards caused by off-gases in landfills, and by creating useful energy from even the reduced amount of project waste, etc.  
         [0082]     It can be appreciated by those skilled in the art that the term wall includes any partition or wall and any related apparatus comprising the wall including things in or things on the wall, for example doors, door hardware, door frames, windows, baseboards, base tracks, crown trim, headtracks, studs and fastners, floating compounds, joint tape, adhesives, wall boards and panels, and the like.  
         [0083]     It can also be appreciated by those skilled in the art that the term lighting includes a light and any related apparatus comprising wiring, conduit, switches, panel boxes, circuit boxes, junction boxes, connectors, and the like. It can also be appreciated by those skilled in the art that the term electrical apparatus comprising wiring, conduit, switches, panel boxes, circuit boxes, junction boxes, connectors, solar panels, and the like for electrical power, voice, data, telephone, and the like.  
         [0084]     It can also be appreciated by those skilled in the art that the term plumbing apparatus comprising pipes, tubes, conduit, connectors, valves, solvents, tubs, sinks, toilets, facuet, showers, meters, and the like for water, gas, air, and the like.  
         [0085]     It can also be appreciated by those skilled in the art that the term mechanical apparatus comprising ducts, furnances, compressors, blowers, filters, registers, grills, pipes, tubes, conduit, connectors, valves, solvents, facuet, meters, thermostats, heat collectors, solar collectors, solar panels, and the like for effecting room temperture, humidity, air flow, and the like.  
         [0086]      FIG. 3  is a flow diagram illustrating another embodiment of the present invention.  FIG. 3  illustrates the project  10  in association with the Building Components A  100 . The Architectural Elements  200  are also part of the project  10 , but have not been considered or identified as they are with respect to the present invention. Particularly, the Architectural Elements  200  comprise elements which are relocatable  204 , provide supplementary tasks  206 , or are decorative  208 . Generally, the Building Components  100  do not have the inherent, removable, relocatable, or reusable characteristics required by the Architectural Elements  200 .  
         [0087]      FIGS. 4, 5 ,  6 ,  7 ,  8  and  9  are examples to help materially illustrate an understanding of Building Components and Architectural Elements.  
         [0088]      FIG. 4  is a floor plan of a prior art project comprising Building Components  100 . Particularly,  FIG. 4  illustrates a building floor plan  300 . The building floor plan  300  has exterior building walls  302 , interior building walls  304 , and building lighting  310 . All of the Building Components illustrated in  FIG. 4  are necessary for the operation or maintenance of the building, or they are inherently permanent. The architect, designer, engineer, facility manager, developer, project professional, product manufacturer, or contractor is generally unaware of the full significance of whether or not the items are necessary for the maintenance or operation of the project and therefore make no such distinction, nor effort to transform Building Components into Architectural Elements; conversely, select accountants and attorneys may be partially aware of the significance but lack the technology, or method to coordinate with the project, process, or system.  
         [0089]      FIG. 5  illustrates a comparable floor plan as that illustrated in  FIG. 4  which incorporates the differing utility elements of the present invention. It should be noted that the project floor plan  301  in  FIG. 5  also has exterior building walls  302 , interior building walls  304  and building lighting  310 . Additionally, the floor plan  301  has supplemental task lighting  322  and decorative lighting  324 . The supplemental task lighting  322  is supplemental (not necessary) to the operation or maintenance of the building, and the decorative lighting  324  is merely decorative. Items may or may not also be relocatable, removable or reusable  330  as in this particular example; however, it is also common to distinguish these elements where appropriate.  
         [0090]      FIG. 6  illustrates an elevation view of a project comprising elements of the present invention. The project illustrated in  FIG. 6  has exterior building walls  302  which are Building Components  100  as illustrated in  FIGS. 1-3 . Also,  FIG. 6  has a decorative mansard roof looking screen  326  which can be removed, reused or changed to have a different view or eye appeal. Similarly, a decorative balcony  324  is provided. The balcony  324  can be moved from one location to another and provides for various uses or reuses in conjunction with other similar relocatable, removable, reusable balconies. Many other Building Components could be transformed or conformed into Architectural Elements such as decorative skins, moveable doors or windows or partitions or roof panels or paving, etc.  
         [0091]      FIG. 7  illustrates a floor plan for the second floor of the project elements elevation in  FIG. 6 . The floor plan in  FIG. 7  illustrates exterior building walls  302 , interior building walls  304  and associated windows and doors. Of particular interest in  FIG. 7  is the use of the relocatable walls  330  and associated doors, windows, power, etc. The relocatable walls  330  are provided so that in areas of the project where they are used the interior can be changed with need. The relocatable walls  330  are not part of the Building Components  100 .  
         [0092]      FIG. 8  illustrates a fixed-structure sink  340  as taught by the prior art. The fixed-structure sink  340  comprises building walls  342 , a building fixture  344  and building plumbing  346 . All of the components of the fixed structure sink  340  are rigidly secured, inherently permanent, and are not easily removable or reusable.  
         [0093]      FIG. 9  illustrates a relocatable sink structure  350  as would be used in practicing the present invention. The relocateable sink structure  350  comprises a relocatable wall  352 , a relocatable fixture  354  and relocatable plumbing  356 . All of the elements of the relocatable sink  350  can be disassembled, moved and implemented or used with other relocatable Architectural Elements  200 . Simply stated, any relocatable Architectural Element  200  can be used in association with or in conjunction with some Architectural Element  200  or some other Building Component  100 .  
         [0094]      FIG. 10  illustrates yet another embodiment of the present invention concerning distinguishing Building Components  100  and Architectural Elements  200 . Particularly in  FIG. 10 , the Building Components  100  are described in the Building Component documentation  400  and the Architectural Element documentation  500 . The documents associated with the various types of Building Components  400  are provided. Particularly, documents related to the Building Components  400  are inherently permanent  401  or necessary for the operation or maintenance of the building  403 . The documents associated with the various types of Architectural Elements  500  are also provided. Particularly, documents related to the Architectural Elements  500  are the removable, reusable, or “relocatable” Architectural Element documents  504 , the supplemental task documents  506 , and the decorative Architectural Element documents  508 . The Architectural Element documents  500  are provided within the scope of all documentation for the Architectural Elements  500 .  
         [0095]     It is important to distinguish between the Building Component documentation  400  and the Architectural Element documentation  500 . Project items, assets or things are often distinguished by or separated into documents, diagrams or drawings as illustrated in  FIG. 10 . The organization of such items typically provides for the separation into titles that are descriptive of the architectural purpose for which they are used. For example, a partition plan may describe or include walls, doors, door frames or windows. The partition plan may also describe mill work and cabinetry. Or, if the scope of the mill-work is large enough, the partition plan may also provide for a separate drawing for the mill-work often called a mill-work plan. Likewise, various documents may also describe electrical power, telephone lines, data lines, finishes, lighting, plumbing, structural or the like. If the scope of the project is large enough these items may be described in separate documents or drawings, or may be provided in composite drawings. Further, the partition plan may be titled floor plan, construction plan or the like. Examples of typical groupings of project items, assets or things would be a partition plan, a floor plan, a finishes plan, an electrical plan, a telephone plan, a data plan, a security plan, a reflective ceiling plan, a lighting plan, a lighting power plan, a furnishing plan, a plumbing plan, a plumbing riser diagram and the like. Such project items are typically grouped and can be categorized under terms that are somewhat descriptive of the use of the item.  
         [0096]     Typically, the building lighting used as a Building Component  100  is placed so as to illuminate work areas. The building lighting is often placed in a uniform pattern to meet general requirements. For example the Lights are often placed to meet the general needs at all locations in the building. Thus, Building Component lighting is typically considered necessary for the operation or maintenance of the building or it is often inherently permanent. Such Building Component  100  lighting typically requires more energy wattage use for the project as a whole because the foot-candle requirements must be sufficiently high at any given location to provide for detail work, not just at specialty locations with high foot-candle requirements. However, when Building Component lighting is used in coordination with Architectural Element lighting then the requirements for overall Building Component lighting can be significantly reduced. This can result in substantial energy savings plus reduced glare and worker fatigue. Therefore, energy requirements for Building Component  100  lighting are typically higher, or lower, than the requirements set for the Architectural Elements  200 . The Architectural Elements  200  could be used, and are used, for particular matters when used as a supplemental task element  206 . Architectural Elements are often designed with the “intent” to be moved as the associated desks or work task is moved. Transforming or conforming of Building Component lighting to Architectural Element lighting encourages easy relocation of lights for optimum efficiency which reduces environmental depletion of natural resources for energy use while reducing glare and health hazards associated with the eye strain and headaches associated with the glare. Refer to  FIG. 15  for a detailed understanding of Building Components versus Architectural Elements.  
         [0097]      FIG. 11  illustrates the prior art methodology of using Building Components  100  in the construction or manufacture of a project  10  in contrast with the use of Architectural Elements  200  as practiced with the project system and method of the present invention. The prior art method would be to design a project  10 , assemble the Building Components  100 , perform the bidding and pricing  606 , and implement the construction or the manufacture of the project  608 . The present invention requires a different analysis than the prior art analysis. In the present invention, the project  10  is determined. Thereafter, a decision  602  is made with respect to whether the project  10  is a candidate for coordination of the Architectural Elements  200 . If yes then, the project  10  is designed with Architectural Element  200  coordination. Those things that are not candidates for Architectural Elements  200  coordination would be typical Building Components  100 . Those items that are candidates for Architectural Elements  200  coordination would be designed as Architectural Elements  200 . The coordination of the design may include removable, reusable, or “relocatable” Architectural Elements  204 , supplemental task Architectural Elements  206 , or decorative Architectural Elements  208 . All of the design work would result in various Architectural Elements  200 . The Architectural Elements  200  may be in the form of relocatable  204 , supplemental task  206 , decorative  208  or some other descriptive term that would be appreciated by those skilled in the art. The Architectural Elements  200  would then be priced  606  (however in many situations it would be best for them to be priced separately and distinctly from the Building Components  100  because the Architectural Elements  200  are very different items). The combination of the Building Components  100  and the Architectural Elements  200  would result in the overall implementation  608  and result in construction and manufacture of the project.  
         [0098]      FIG. 12  is an illustration of yet another embodiment of the project system and method of the present invention wherein the project  10  is illustrated from the initiation of the project  10  through the implementation phase  404  showing that the Architectural Elements can be coordinated at any phase. Typically, a project  10  may be comprised of a building, a facility, or some other product. The Building Component design  12  is performed. Then typically the Building Component documentation  400  of the Building Component design is performed. The Building Component documentation  400  can include, for example, components such as partitions, walls, baseboards, doors, windows, stairs, elevators, and the like  102 . From the Building Component documentation  400 , the Building Component pricing  402  is derived. The Building Component documentation  400  provides the resources and information to price each specific Building Component. Thus, the Building Component pricing  402  is capable of formulation based upon the Building Component documentation  400 . With the Building Component documentation  400 , the Building Component implementation  404  can be accomplished. Building Component implementation  404  would include purchasing the Building Components pursuant to the Building Component pricing  402  and construction, manufacturing or implementing  404  the building pursuant to the Building Component documentation  400 .  
         [0099]     The process of defining a project  10 , achieving a Building Component design  12 , creating the Building Component documentation  400 , performing the Building Components pricing  402  and implementing the construction  404  of the Building Components  100 , provides for the typical implementation process of a project. One aspect of the present invention provides that the design is coordinated with various Architectural Elements  200  which are not necessary for the operation or maintenance of the building. For example, as illustrated in  FIG. 12 , the project  10  can be defined. Thereafter, the Building Component design  12  is implemented, and, a determination is made whether the design is to be Architectural Element coordinated  511 . If it is not going to be coordinated with an Architectural Element design the Building Component design  12  is all that is necessary. If the project (or part of the project) design is going to be coordinated with the Architectural Elements  200 , an Architectural Element design  513  must be performed. With the Architectural Element design  513  created, the Architectural Element documentation  500  can be created. It is anticipated with the present invention that the Architectural Element documentation  500  comprises relocateable  504 , supplemental task  506  or decorative  508  documents. The various documents  500  associated with relocateable  504 , supplemental task  506  or decorative  508  Architectural Elements are coordinated so as to implement the project design  10  in a manner to achieve features such as health, safety, and welfare of the public, conservation of time and expenses, facility flexibility, environmental conservation or preservation of natural resources, and or energy related conservation and benefits, and the like.  
         [0100]     After the Architectural Element documentation  500  is provided, the determination is made as to whether all, part, or none of the pricing  402  will be Architectural Element coordinated  516 . If all or part of the pricing is not going to be coordinated with Architectural Elements  200 , the Building Component pricing  402  is performed. If all or part of the pricing is going to be coordinated with the Architectural Elements  200 , the Architectural Element pricing  517  is initiated. After the Architectural Element pricing  517  is provided, a determination  518  must be made as to whether the implementation of all or part of the project will be coordinated with the Architectural Element documentation  500 . If the implementation of the project is not going to be coordinated with Architectural Elements  200 , the Building Component implementation  404  can readily be pursued. If the project implementation is to be coordinated with the Architectural Elements  200 , then the Architectural Element implementation  520  will be pursued. Thereafter, the Architectural Element implementation  520  and the Building Component implementation  404  will be combined for final implementation of the project  10 . It can be appreciated that at any time during the normal path after the project conception  10  to the Building Component implementation  404 , the project can be coordinated with the Architectural Elements  200 . For example, after the Building Component design  12  is performed, a determination can be made with respect to whether all, part, or none of the documentation will be coordinated  514  with Architectural Elements  200 . If the documentation will not be coordinated  514  with Architectural Elements  200 , the Building Component documentation  400  will be produced and, if the documentation will be coordinated  514  with Architectural Elements  200 , the Architectural Element documentation  500  is produced as well. Similarly, at the step of Building Component pricing  402 , a determination  518  can be made as to whether the implementation will be coordinated with Architectural Elements  200 . If no coordination, then the Building Component implementation  404  is used, if there will be coordination, the Architectural Element implementation  520  is used, and thereafter, implemented with the Building Component implementation  404 . Thus, at any step during a project  10 , the coordination with Architectural Elements  200  can be considered.  
         [0101]      FIG. 13A  illustrates the phases of a conventional project utilizing Building Components  100  from origin through the implementation phase  404 , the project audit  406 , the project abandonment phase  408 , the demolition phase  410  and the low-grade fuel waste or landfill health hazard phase  412 .  FIG. 13A  illustrates the project  10  being, for example, a building, facility or product. After the project  10  is identified, the project pre-design phase  11  is done. It is typical in the art to have a pre-design phase  11  for the project  10  prior to a design phase  12 . After the project pre-design phase  11 , the Building Component design  12  is done which normally includes schematic design and design development. The Building Component design phase  12  provides for all of the Building Components  100  to be designed as normally done in a building, i.e., as fixed assets within the building. After the Building Component design phase  12 , the Building Component documentation phase  400  is done which includes specifications, drawings, etc. The Building Component documentation phase  400  provides for the production of documents for all the Building Components  100  designed in the Building Component design phase  12 . After the Building Component documentation phase  400 , the Building Component pricing phase  402  is done. The Building Component pricing phase  402  provides for the bidding and pricing of all the Building Components  100 . Thereafter, the Building Component implementation phase  404  is done. The Building Component implementation phase  404  provides that the building is constructed, placed in service, occupied, etc. Sometime during the project  10 , normally (but not limited to) after the building component implementation phase  404 , the Building Component audit phase  406  is done. The Building Component audit phase  406  provides that each of the Building Components  100  is itemized and appropriately audited using generally accepted accounting principals. Thereafter, the project abandonment phase  408  is typically initiated. After a project  10  has lived its useful life, the project abandonment phase  408  is implemented. The project abandonment phase  408  provides for the de-utilization of the project  10 . After the project abandonment phase  408 , the project is typically demolished  410 . The project demolition phase  410  provides that the project is reduced to waste material. Thus, the low grade waste fuel or landfill health hazard phase  412  is the result of the project demolition phase  410 . Refer to the “features” section for undesirable characteristics associated with the methods depicted by  FIG. 13A .  
         [0102]      FIG. 13B  illustrates the phases of a novel project utilizing the Architectural Elements  200  of the present invention from origin through the implementation phase  504 , the project audit phase  506 , the reconfigure-relocate, remove, or reuse phase  508 , the retrofit, or recycle to, or new product phase  510  and the energy fuel phase  512 .  FIG. 13B  provides for a unique way to design portions of a project.  FIG. 13B  provides the steps associated with incorporating Architectural Elements  200  into a project  10 . It can be appreciated that the steps of implementing the Architectural Elements  200  into a project  10  can be in various arrangements and that the order identified in  FIG. 13B  is a preferred order, but not a required order. As the project  10  is conceptualized, the Architectural Element pre-design phase  11 A is implemented. The next phase is the Architectural Element design phase  12 A. This includes schematic design, design development, etc. The Architectural Element design phase  12 A provides for the design of the Architectural Elements  200  as appropriate for the particular project  10 . After the Architectural Element design phase  12 A, the Architectural Element documentation phase  500  is done. The Architectural Element documentation phase  500  provides for the creation of documents associated with removable, reusable, or “relocateable” Architectural Elements, supplemental task Architectural Elements, and decorative Architectural Elements. This includes specifications, drawings, contracts, etc. After the Architectural Element documentation phase  500 , the Architectural Element pricing phase  502  is performed. The Architectural Element pricing phase  502  includes the biding and pricing of the Architectural Elements  200 . After the pricing  502 , the Architectural Element implementation phase  504  is done. The Architectural Element implementation phase  504  provides that the project is constructed, installed, or assembled, and includes occupancy, use, placed-in-service, etc. After implementation, it is typical to have an Architectural Element audit phase  506  which provides that the specific Architectural Elements  200  are placed in their appropriate categories, for example, a relocateable Architectural Element, a supplemental task Architectural Element, or a decorative Architectural Element. Thereafter, it is available in practicing the present invention that the reconfigure, relocate, remove or reuse phase  508  is implemented. This phase  508  provides that the project can be totally or partially reconfigured, relocated, removed or reused. It can be appreciated by those skilled in the art that such an undertaking is complicated if not impossible with the implementation of typical Building Components  100 . Also, after the Architectural Element implementation phase  504 , the project  10  can be altered by the retrofit, or recycle to, or new product phase  510 . The retrofit, or recycle to, or a new product phase  510  provides that the existing project  10  can be changed totally or partially. After the useful life of the project  10 , the Architectural Elements  200  provide an energy fuel phase  512 . The energy fuel phase  512  provides that the waste product from the project  10  have adequate end uses.  
         [0103]      FIG. 13C  is an illustration of yet another embodiment of the project system and method of the present invention wherein the project  10  is illustrated from the initiation of the project through the afterlife phase  538  showing that the Architectural Elements  200  can be coordinated at any phase with respect to Building Components  100 .  FIG. 13C  is a composite of  FIG. 13A  and  FIG. 13B  incorporating the Building Component aspect of a project  10  with the Architectural Element aspects of the project  10 . Also,  FIG. 13C  provides the related decision-making associated with incorporating the present invention at any location along the life of a project. The project  10  is determined to be a building, facility or product. Typically, after the project  10  is established, the project pre-design phase  11  can be done or the decision phase  522  for coordinating the pre-designed with Architectural Elements is addressed. If it is determined that the pre-design is not going to be coordinated with the Architectural Elements, then the project pre-design phase  11  is performed. If it is determined that all or part of the pre-design is to be coordinated with Architectural Elements, then the Architectural Element pre-design phase  11 A is done on appropriate parts. Typically, the next decision phase  524  is to determine if all or part of the design is to be coordinated with Architectural Elements is addressed, and if all or part of the design is coordinated with the Architectural Elements, then the Architectural Element design phase  12 A is done on appropriate parts. If the Architectural Elements are not to be coordinated with the design, then the Building Component design phase  12  is to be done. Typically, the next decision phase  526  is whether or not to coordinate the documentation with the Architectural Elements. If the documentation is to be coordinated with all or part of the Architectural Elements, the Architectural Element documentation phase  500  is done on the appropriate parts. If the documentation is not to be coordinated with Architectural Elements then the Building Component documentation phase  400  is to be done. The Building Component documentation phase  400  provides for the documentation supporting those components that are required and necessary for the operation or maintenance of the building or are inherently permanent. The Architectural Element documentation phase  500  provides for the documentation of items that are relocatable, supplemental task or decorative. Typically, the next decision phase  532  is whether the pricing is to be coordinated with the Architectural Elements. If all or part of the pricing is coordinated with the Architectural Elements, the Architectural Element pricing phase  502  is done on the appropriate parts. If the pricing is not to be coordinated with the Architectural Elements, the Building Component pricing  402  is to be done. Typically the next decision phase  534  is whether the implementation is to be coordinated with the Architectural Elements. If all or part of the implementation is to be coordinated with the Architectural Elements, the Architectural Element implementation phase  504  is carried out on the appropriate parts. If the implementation is not to be coordinated with the Architectural Elements, the building component implementation phase  404  is carried out. Typically, the next decision phase  536  is whether an audit is to be coordinated with Architectural Elements. If an audit is to be coordinated with all or part of the Architectural Elements, an Architectural Element audit phase is initiated on the appropriate parts. If an audit is not to be coordinated with the Architectural Elements, a Building Component audit phase  406  is typically implemented. Typically, the next decision phase  538  is whether the afterlife of the project is to be coordinated with Architectural Elements. If all or part of the afterlife is coordinated with the Architectural Elements there are several options that are appropriate for the coordinated parts. The project can be in the reconfigure, relocate, remove, or reuse phase  508 , the retrofit, or recycle to, or new product phase  510  or the energy fuel phase  512 . It can also be appreciated that if the afterlife  538  is coordinated with Architectural Elements then the reconfigure, relocate, remove or reuse phase  508  can proceed into the retrofit, or recycle to, or new product phase  510  which can proceed into the energy fuel phase  512 . Similarly, if the afterlife of the project  10  is not to be coordinated with the Architectural Elements two alternate possibilities exist. The project abandonment phase  408  can be implemented or the project demolition phase  410  can be implemented. It can also be appreciated that if the project abandonment phase  408  is done, then the project demolition phase  410  could be performed thereafter. The last phase would be the low grade waste fuel or landfill health hazard phase  412 . Refer to the “features” section or similar figures for benefits associated with this new project system and methods.  
         [0104]     Thus,  FIG. 13C  shows that the interaction of the Architectural Elements  200  with the Building Components  100  can be implemented at numerous decision phases. Particularly the decision phases are the coordination of Architectural Elements with the pre-designed phase  522 , the coordination of the design with the Architectural Elements phase  524 , the coordination of documentation with Architectural Element phase  526 , the coordination of pricing with the Architectural Elements phase  532 , the coordination of implementation with Architectural Element phase  534 , the coordination of audit with Architectural Element phase  536 , and the decision phase of whether to coordinate Architectural Elements with the afterlife  538 . These decision phases can be taken in the order illustrated in  FIG. 13C , or in any other relevant order.  
         [0105]     The decision of coordinating Architectural Elements  200  can be initiated at various stages of a project  10  as illustrated in  FIG. 13C . The decision can be made up-front after the project  10  is defined by coordinating the design with Architectural Elements  524 . The decision to coordinate the documentation with Architectural Elements  526  can be made after the step of Building Component design  12 . Also, the decision to coordinate pricing with Architectural Elements  532  can be initiated after the Building Component documentation  400  has been performed. Still further, the coordination of the implementation with Architectural Elements  534  can be initiated after the Building Component pricing phase  402  or the Architectural Element pricing phase  502 . Still further, the determination of whether the after life of the Architectural Elements will be coordinated  538  can be determined after the Building Component implementation  404  and after the Architectural Element implementation  504 . Once it is determined that the Architectural Elements  200  will not be coordinated with the after life  538 , the project abandonment  408  can be performed or the project demolition  410  can be performed. In either case, low grade waste fuel or landfill health hazard  412  will typically be created. On the other hand, if the after-life is coordinated  538  with the Architectural Elements  200 , then energy fuel  512  is created. Energy fuel  512  is not the only by product of coordinating the after-life with the Architectural Elements  200 . The reconfigure, relocate, remove or reuse phase  508  of the Building Components  100  is of critical value in the environmentally safe building of the present invention. Yet still further, the present invention provides, with respect to coordinating  538  the after-life of Architectural Elements  200  the ability to retro-fit or recycle and utilize various Building Components  100  with new products  510 . Thus, the present invention provides the opportunity for many decisions with respect to the utilization and coordination of Architectural Elements  200  into the project design.  
         [0106]      FIG. 14  is an illustration of yet another embodiment of the project system and method of the present invention wherein an existing project  10  is evaluated with respect to being coordinated for Architectural Elements  200  after implementation, construction and re-construction  404 .  FIG. 14  is yet still another embodiment of the present invention wherein an existing project is evaluated with respect to being coordinated for Architectural Elements  200  after construction. The project  10  is in place and the Building Component implementation  404  has been completed. Typically, a Building Component audit  406  can be provided or performed. Thereafter, the project  10  may be abandoned  408 . After abandonment  408 , the project  10  can be demolished  410 . After demolition  410 , low grade waste fuel or landfill health hazard  412  is an end-product. However, in practicing the present invention, the decision can be made to coordinate the Architectural Elements  200  with the after-life of the building  538 . If such coordination  538  is performed, it provides the ability to reconfigure, relocate, remove, or reuse elements  508 . Still further, the ability to retrofit, recycle, or utilize the Architectural Elements in new products  510  is a possibility for providing enhanced environmental benefits through conservation of our natural resources often at a cost savings. Lastly, the coordination of the after-life with respect to Architectural Elements provides for useable energy fuel from waste  512  while reducing or eliminating the toxic health hazards indicative of the prior art.  
         [0107]      FIG. 15  illustrates the classification of project parts, and illustrates determining and documenting the classification of project property, assets, items, things, or parts as a Building Component or an Architectural Element with respect to the project system and method of the present invention.  
         [0108]     A determination must be made of whether items are either “inherently permanent” or “relocatable”—The architect, designer, engineer, facility manager, project professional, developer, product manufacturer, or contractor is generally not aware of the full significance of whether or not the assets, items, things, or parts of a project are either “inherently permanent” or “relocatable”; therefore, they make no such distinction in their documentation, nor major effort to conform or transform Building  
         [0109]     A determination must be made of whether items are either “necessary for” or “supplemental to” the maintenance and operation of the project—Furthermore, the architect, designer, facility manager, project professional, developer, product manufacturer, or contractor is generally unaware of the full significance of whether or not the assets, items, things, or parts of a project are either “necessary for” or “supplemental to” the maintenance and operation of the project; therefore, they make no such distinction in their documentation, nor effort to conform or transform Building Components into Architectural Elements. While the facts supporting classification as “decorative” may differ from the facts supporting classification as “supplemental,” the classification methods parallel one another. Therefore, they are grouped together as illustrated in  FIG. 15 .  
         [0110]     A determination must be made of whether an asset is inherently permanent—In order to determine if an asset is inherently permanent one asks the following question to aid in making that determinations: 
        1) Is the asset capable of being moved?    2) Has the asset in fact been relocated?    3) Was the asset “designed” or constructed so that it can be relocated?    4) Owner intent: Are there circumstances that show expected or intended length of affixation?    5) How “easy” is it to remove the asset? This may involve a cost analysis comparison of relocation versus demolition with re-construction.     6) How much damage will the property sustain upon removal of the asset?    7) By what method is the asset attached to the project?       
 
         [0118]     The questions are not order determinative. The questions can be asked in any order with respect to permanent versus relocatable or with respect to necessary versus decorative/supplemental.  
         [0119]     Is an asset necessary for the operation or maintenance of a project—To answer the question “is an asset necessary” for the maintenance and operation of the building or project?” is illustrated in  FIG. 15  as items  15 B and  15 C which include considering the following: Using building codes and other standard requirements to determine whether an asset is decorative  508  or supplemental to  506  or necessary to  403  the operation or maintenance of a project as illustrated following with the example of the wall light scone.  
         [0120]     Factual analysis—The “factual analysis”  15 D is a re-evaluation of the questions and answers of the permanent/necessary analysis  15 A,  15 B, and/or the necessary analysis  15 C in light of extenuating circumstances related to the project and or the project owner and includes a “weighting” of the facts to render a judgement call when the facts may be vague or duplicit. Intangible assets can play a big role in the factual analysis  15 D, where they generally play a minor role it weighting of facts in the initial pass through the process. Therefore, it is often helpful to group these facts as tangible or intangible for clarity. In some circumstances these facts must be reanalyzed and reconsidered in light of additional facts. The process may take several iterations of analysis before a decision can be made of whether the asset is a Building Component or Architectural Element. These iterations may involve feeding back to the beginning  15 A or some other point in the process (See  401 ,  504 ,  15 B,  15 C), but do so now with greater knowledge about the asset. This may result in the facts being assigned a different weight.  
         [0121]     The process generally is to consider a project asset, thing, product, or part, etc.  10  and decide  15 A whether or not it is inherently permanent  401  or relocatable  504 .  
         [0122]     Process: Is asset Permanent? ( 15 A) YES—If it is determined to be permanent  401  then one must decide  15 B whether it is “necessary to”  403  or “supplemental to”  506  the operation or maintenance of a project or “decorative”  508 . If the asset is permanent  401  and necessary  403  then it is a Building Component  400 . However, if it is decided  15 B that the permanent asset  401  is supplemental  506  or decorative  508  then a decision must be made based on “factual analysis”  15 D to determine whether or not the asset is a Building Component  400  or an Architectural Element  500 . For example a wall sconce light that is “attached” in a inherently permanent  401  manner could be determined  15 B to not be necessary to the operation or maintenance of the project  403  but rather supplemental  506  or decorative  508 . Then a decision based on “factual analysis”  15 D will determine whether the wall sconce light is a Building Component  400  or an Architectural Element  500 . This “factual analysis” could include review of the basis for decision  15 B plus engineering and building code data for minimum lighting requirements to determine if these requirements are met without the light. This would be a “tangible” factual analysis. If so then, barring other facts, the light is not necessary  403 , but rather supplemental or incidental  506  to the operation or maintenance of the building and it would therefore follow that the wall sconce light is an Architectural Element  500 .  
         [0123]     Process: Is asset Permanent? ( 15 A) No, then relocatable—If it is determined “not” to be permanent and therefore “Relocatable”  504  then one must decide  15 C whether it is “necessary to”  403  or “supplemental to”  506  the operation or maintenance of a project or “decorative”  508 . If the asset is relocatable  504  and supplemental  506  or decorative  508  then it is an Architectural Element  500 . However, if it is decided  15 D that the relocatable asset  504  is necessary  403  then a decision must be made based on “factual analysis”  15 D to determine whether or not the asset is a Building Component  400  or an Architectural Element  500 . For example a ceiling tile that is “attached” in a relocatable manner could be determined  15 D to be necessary to the operation or maintenance of the project  403  and not supplemental  506  or decorative  508 . Then a decision based on “factual analysis”  15 D will determine whether the ceiling tile is a Building Component  400  or an Architectural Element  500 . This “factual analysis” could include review of the basis for decision  15 B plus engineering and building code data for mechanical functions, reflection of lighting, and or acoustical requirements, etc. to determine if these requirements are met without the ceiling tile. This would be a “tangible” factual analysis. If so then, barring other facts, the ceiling tile is not necessary  403 , but rather supplemental or incidental  506  to the operation or maintenance of the building and it would therefore follow that the ceiling tile is an Architectural Element  500 .  
         [0124]     Process: Decorative?—The term “decorative”  508  can imply “not necessary”. If an asset, thing, or part or a project is determine to be “not” necessary to the operation or maintenance of a building then decorative  508  and supplemental  506  are essentially equal terms. However, the term “decorative” also has “artistic” implications that may or may not be necessary to the operation of a building. Where an “artistically decorative” asset, thing, or part of a project is determine to be “necessary” to the operation or maintenance of a building then a factual analysis  15 D is required to determine whether the asset is decorative or supplemental.  
         [0125]     Note, in some circumstances reversing the order or point of entry or exit in the method will enhance the method.