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Do Small Firm Architects Need Professional Liability Insurance?

EntreArchitect

Professional Liability Insurance for Architects. We must be diligent and we must limit our exposure to action with a comprehensive professional liability insurance policy. I am not a big fan of insurance… or any other expense where I don’t see an annual return on my investment. Perfection is Impossible.

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Contract Documentsfor Small Firm Architects

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Every project we perform as professionals must be commenced with a signed written agreement, but for small firm architects working with inexperienced clients, this is a critical moment. 5 Rules For Developing Contract Documents for Small Firm Architects. It’s your proposal. You are designing it. You are writing it.

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My 5 Rules for Developing Contract Documents for Small Firm Architects

EntreArchitect

Every project we perform as professionals must be commenced with a signed written agreement, but for small firm architects working with inexperienced clients, this is a critical moment. 5 Rules For Developing Contract Documents for Small Firm Architects. It’s your proposal. You are designing it. You are writing it.

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How to Make More Money as a Small Firm Architect

EntreArchitect

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. Most sole proprietors and small firms I know, struggle to meet the minimum requirements of operation.

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Entrepreneur Architect Academy 011 | Professional Liability Insurance: The Risk and Reward

EntreArchitect

We must be diligent and we must limit our exposure to action with a comprehensive professional liability insurance policy. I am not a big fan of insurance… or any other expense where I don’t see an annual return on my investment. As a profession, we need to work to find ways to reduce the cost of insurance.

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Does Your Architecture Firm Qualify for the IRS R&D Tax Credit?

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These include the energy efficiency tax credit, which allows architects to claim a credit for designing buildings that are more energy efficient, and the small business health care tax credit, which helps small businesses pay for employee health insurance.

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"We were attacked by everybody" when the Lloyd's building opened, recalls Richard Rogers

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In this interview, filmed at the Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners office in Hammersmith, west London, he discussed how he convinced the conservative insurance firm to go for an inside-out design that was equally as radical as the Centre Pompidou. "We Now, the fact that we thought we could do other things didn't seem to come across. "I