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Do Small Firm Architects Need Professional Liability Insurance?

EntreArchitect

As licensed professionals we are legally responsible for the health, safety and welfare of the people using the structures we design. Relative to the other expenses of a small firm, professional liability insurance is down right expensive… until you need it. Fivecat Studio would have been history.

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Coming Fast: A Driver of Industry Change

SW Oregon Architect

Together, these blog posts underscore the accelerating pace of technological change in how we design and construct buildings and the implications of that change for architects. It is increasingly common for the BIM model to be controlled by the contractor, and other roles subsumed beneath it, that of architects included.”

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EntreArchitect Behind The Design 009: SteelHouse 1&2 by Zack/de Vito Architecture & Construction

EntreArchitect

EntreArchitect: Behind the Design is a weekly blog series where we feature work designed, developed and/or built by small firm entrepreneur architect members of The EntreArchitect Community. Structural- Double D Engineering. Firm Address. What type of fee structure did you use on this project? Consultants.

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EntreArchitect Behind The Design 010: House on Kona Coast by Dynerman Architects

EntreArchitect

EntreArchitect: Behind the Design is a continuing blog series where we feature work designed, developed and/or built by small firm entrepreneur architect members of The EntreArchitect Community. What type of fee structure did you use on this project? Is that your preferred fee structure? With contractor?

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Behind the Design 002:HillHouse by Zack / de VitoArchitecture + Construction

EntreArchitect

What type of fee structure did you use on this project? As a development the design fee was “at cost” Is that your preferred fee structure? We bough the old house with permits based on a terrible, contractor prepared set of drawings, we were able to start work right away, but we changed everything so we were always behind.

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Behind The Design 004: Titan Two by F9 Productions

EntreArchitect

Front Range Structural Engineering. Firm Address. What type of fee structure did you use on this project? This was design-build, all done by our firm. With contractor? Because we designed and built the two structures, either Lance or I were on site most of the time. Project Name. Project Location.

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Behind The Design 005: River House by H. Sloane Mayor of UK Architects

EntreArchitect

What type of fee structure did you use on this project? Is that your preferred fee structure? With contractor? O’Hara and Gerke were the contractors. How early are the contractors involved in your designs? We had a contractor involved very early in the design to provide budget guidance. Among team?

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