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Do Small Firm Architects Need Professional Liability Insurance?

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Professional Liability Insurance for Architects. We must protect ourselves, our firms and our families from the risk of legal action. We must be diligent and we must limit our exposure to action with a comprehensive professional liability insurance policy. Perfection is Impossible. Perfection is impossible.

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Contract Documentsfor Small Firm Architects

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Every project we perform as professionals must be commenced with a signed written agreement, but for small firm architects working with inexperienced clients, this is a critical moment. 5 Rules For Developing Contract Documents for Small Firm Architects. It’s your proposal. You are designing it. You are writing it.

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My 5 Rules for Developing Contract Documents for Small Firm Architects

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Every project we perform as professionals must be commenced with a signed written agreement, but for small firm architects working with inexperienced clients, this is a critical moment. 5 Rules For Developing Contract Documents for Small Firm Architects. It’s your proposal. You are designing it. You are writing it.

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Does Your Architecture Firm Qualify for the IRS R&D Tax Credit?

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One important thing to note is that the R&D tax credit is only available to small businesses, defined as those with less than $5 million in gross receipts. Larger firms may still be able to claim the tax break, but the amount they are able to claim may be limited.

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How to Make More Money as a Small Firm Architect

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Like any small business, architects must pay the typical operating expenses required to remain buoyant, such as utilities, professional service fees, consultants’ fees, insurances and several other overhead expenditures. Every business, including architecture firms (yes, its true!), must earn a profit.

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Entrepreneur Architect Academy 011 | Professional Liability Insurance: The Risk and Reward

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Following these comments is a guest post; originally published in the AIA Trust educational booklet, Making The Transition To Running Your Own Firm. We must protect ourselves, our firms and our families from the risk of legal action. As a profession, we need to work to find ways to reduce the cost of insurance.

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Almost 40 Tips for Starting an Architecture Firm

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Almost 40 tips for Starting an Architecture Firm. After obtaining my license as an Architect in New York, I brainstormed several long term goals and decided to start a personal blog, develop design projects, and learn everything that I could about starting an architecture firm.