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Successful Project Planning for Small Firm Architects (Transcript)

EntreArchitect

This is the transcript from EntreArchitect Podcast Episode 226, Successful Project Planning for Small Firm Architects. If you don’t know how, learn how by downloading our free course profit for small firm architects today at EntreArchitect.com/freecourse. Start Transcript. LePage: . My name is Mark R.

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Are design-build contracts killing small architecture firms?

BD+C

Current federal contracting laws are harming the livelihood of small architecture firms, costing the government more money by increasing the number of firms competing, while discouraging small firms from entering the market, according to AIA testimony presented today on Capitol Hill.

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Coming Fast: A Driver of Industry Change

SW Oregon Architect

I’ve long envisioned AI-based tools that would automate code analyses for land use requirements, fire & life safety regulations, energy conservation codes, and accessibility standards. 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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AIA: Crowd-funding shows promise for financing real estate projects

BD+C

The Securities and Exchange Commission today voted 5-0 to propose rules aimed at letting startups tap large numbers of ordinary investors for small amounts of capital. Architects Building Owner Contractors Designers Engineers Facility Managers'

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Facts About the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) for Architects

EntreArchitect

Starting April 3, 2020, small businesses and sole proprietorships can apply for and receive loans to cover their payroll and other certain expenses through existing SBA lenders. ? Other regulated lenders will be available to make these loans as soon as they are approved and enrolled in the program. Who can apply?

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CORA Revises Position Paper to Reflect Architects’ Feedback

EntreArchitect

As a small business owner, my top concerns are over-regulation and over-taxation. I will be a much more active supporter of the paper when its authors add an item or two referencing the issues that every American small business (residential architects included) is struggling with. Do it differently.

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My Micro-Economy is Broken

EntreArchitect

If there is no project, there is no revenue for the firm to pay our employees, who then cannot proceed with their own “projects”. No contractors hired, no subcontractors, no equipment rented, no building materials, no products purchased, no suppliers, no laborers…. We don’t hire consultants (who also have employees).

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