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Who Needs To Know?

Landscape Architecture Magazine

Firms are sharing project contracts and budgets more openly across teams as a matter of staff engagement. Landscape architecture offices are competing for creative, productive talent in spheres much broader than their peer groups in other design offices. PAUL KISSINGER, FASLA: They have to know the contract. It’s kind of basic.

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Managing Your Client’s Happiness

EntreArchitect

Expectation Management is an important practice that must be included in the overall management of every project. Manage their expectations and you will manage their happiness. The Expectation Management System. Question: Do you actively manage the happiness of your clients?

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The Best Architect Exam Prep Resources

The Architect's Guide

Divisions Covered Practice Management Project Management Programming & Services Project Planning & Design Project Development & Documentation Construction & Evaluation The ARE 5 Review Manual and its companion products are published by PPI. Project, Planning, & Design (PPD). Project Management (PjM) ?.

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Becoming an Architect: What You’ll Need to Know

Young Architect

Managing their clients and employees. Sure, sometimes designing and drawing pretty pictures are part of an Architect’s day, but that’s really just a very small piece of every project. Many state architectural registration boards do not allow people to use the term Architectural Designer, unless they are licensed. .

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LCC Health Professions Building

SW Oregon Architect

Fortis Construction is the Construction Manager/General Contractor (CM/GC) for the project. From the outset of their involvement at the beginning of Phase 2, the company provided invaluable cost estimating, value engineering, constructability review, and design coordination assistance. Rendering of the proposed multipurpose classroom.

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What’s the Best Testing Order for ARE 5.0?!?

Young Architect

Practice Management (PcM). Project Management (PjM). Project Planning and Design (PPD). Practice Management Exam (PcM). This exam is all about establishing a business, laws, ethics, contracts, and business structure. Project Management Exam (PjM). Think: Management of resources. Here’s an example: 1.

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Better Project Management for Small Firm Architects

EntreArchitect

11 Steps To Better Project Management Systems for Architects. One of the most important of all the tasks we perform as architects is Project Management. If managed poorly, a single project may set our progress back years. If managed well, it can take us to great heights. Create systems for success. Tweet This! ).