After rebalancing workloads due to a held Office Building project and a four-month delay on the High School project, which adjustment should the firm make to rebalance the workloads?

• A. Hire an external project manager to rebalance the workloads.
• B. Delay the Elementary School project until resources free up.
• C. Architect #1 should take on construction phase responsibilities for the Elementary School project.
• D. Reassign all design work to a different firm.

Answer: (C)

Rebalancing workloads means shifting responsibilities to match what your team can realistically handle right now and to keep projects moving. In this case, giving the Elementary School project’s construction-phase responsibilities to the architect who led its design makes the most sense. That person already knows the design intent, has established coordination with consultants and contractors, and can maintain continuity through construction without a long onboarding period. Using an internal resource also avoids the extra cost and potential misalignment that can come with an external project manager, and it prevents the disruption of moving all design work to another firm or delaying the Elementary School further.

Briefly, this approach leverages existing knowledge and keeps momentum on the Elementary School project while the Office Building is on hold and the High School is delayed.