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Six Ways To Earn More Profit As A Small Firm Architect

EntreArchitect

During good times and bad, the dangers threatening our firms not only come from outside pressures but literally from inside our heads. Six Ways To Earn More Profit As A Small Firm Architect. Here are six approaches to earning more profit as a small firm architect: 1. So what can we do? Cut your expenses.

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AIA Antitrust and Establishing Fees for Small Firm Architects

EntreArchitect

Fees for Small Firm Architects. During a typical architectural project, we make thousands of decisions, work hundreds of hours and are responsible, by law, for the health, safety and welfare of the people using our buildings. We’re a disgruntled bunch of professionals. We are worth more. AIA Antitrust Guidelines.

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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. Perfection is Impossible. Fivecat Studio would have been history.

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How to Make More Money as a Small Firm Architect

EntreArchitect

As a requirement for licensure, registered architects are responsible for the health, safety and welfare of every occupant in every project we design. Most sole proprietors and small firms I know, struggle to meet the minimum requirements of operation. Forget about profit. We deserve to earn more.

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

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Architecture Is Human: Part VII – Humanity Built This

EntreArchitect

When it comes to architecture, the basics demand survival and safety. The post Architecture Is Human: Part VII – Humanity Built This appeared first on EntreArchitect // Small Firm Entrepreneur Architects. When creating things, earn nothing, we buy nothing – we are just given a place to make things.

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Architecture Is Human: Part IV – Craft: Beyond Building

EntreArchitect

Until a few hundred years ago, humans made through builders, who thought, then created things far beyond instinct and answered problems far beyond safety and function. The post Architecture Is Human: Part IV – Craft: Beyond Building appeared first on EntreArchitect // Small Firm Entrepreneur Architects. 1600, Massachusetts).