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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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It may be the most important step in the entire process of acquiring a new architecture client. Send your client an overwhelmingly comprehensive legal agreement intended for large projects and it may end up on an attorney’s desk waiting for review and revision (or in many cases, a complete re-write). Make it “client friendly”.

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My 5 Rules for Developing Contract Documents for Small Firm Architects

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It may be the most critical step in the entire process of acquiring a new architecture client. We may have perfected our marketing, developed a strong reputation, executed a flawless sales process and have received our prospective client’s eager authorization to proceed with a new project. Make it “client friendly”.

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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. Additional Services.

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7 Reasons Why Small Firm Architects Should NOT Abandon the AIA

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Many small businesses, including many small architecture firms, after years of finding ways to keep the doors open are succumbing to the years of economic instability and calling it quits. We’re spending only what needs to be spent to build a stronger firm… and much sacrifice remains. The AIA Will Not Save Us.

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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. Time management will be difficult.