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How to Build Sustainable Recruitment Strategies for Small Firm Success

EntreArchitect

Recruitment Strategies for Small Firm Architects. Recruiting new employees is one of the most important things a professional services firm can do to be sustainable. All of these organizational systems should be defined before bringing on a new employee, as they are the first introduction to a firm’s culture and structure.

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AIA Antitrust and Establishing Fees for Small Firm Architects

EntreArchitect

Fees for Small Firm Architects. There are hundreds of articles, forums, blog posts and comments discussing how we architects are not paid enough and how our clients don’t understand what we do. We’re a disgruntled bunch of professionals. We find ourselves in a most unfortunate position. We Alone Are The Problem.

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7 Steps to a Happy Work Week as a Small Firm Architect

EntreArchitect

A Structured Monday Leads To A Happy Work Week. Every magazine and blog is running an article about how to plan for 2018. Here are seven steps to structure your Monday for a successfully happy work week: 1. I’m sure you’ve heard me say this or seen my write it somewhere here on the blog in the past.

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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. The problem is attaining this mastery is presently beyond the reach of most small firms.

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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. Because we designed and built the two structures, either Lance or I were on site most of the time. Project Name. Project Location. Longmont, Colorado. Consultants.

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Structure Your Monday: 7 Steps to a Successful Week

EntreArchitect

Every magazine and blog is running an article about how to plan for 2014. Here are seven steps to structure your Monday for a successful work week: No Monday Meetings. This quiet time would clear my mind and prepare me for the “chaos” that is running a small firm architecture studio. Scan Email. How about you?