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Responding to Requests for Project Design & Construction Industry Proposals (RFPs)
Tuesday, June 10, 2025
In design professions and construction, owners solicit proposals for their projects from industry firms that they believe are qualified to do the work. This risk management article focuses on how to respond to requests...
Negotiating a Project Owner/Design Professional or Construction Agreements & Contracts
Wednesday, May 14, 2025
Instead of listing the terms and conditions that are frequently contested in agreements, this risk management article focuses on the art of negotiating an agreement. There are numerous resources for negotiating...
Good Public Relations for Design Firms is Good Risk Management
Wednesday, April 16, 2025
Successful public relations raises a design firm’s profile and reinforces its brand and market positioning, whether the firm is small, medium or large. This also applies whether the firm is newly established or has a...
Leadership is a Form of Risk Management in the Design Professions
Tuesday, March 4, 2025
Managing risks in the design professions requires effective leadership in the practice of architecture and engineering. Leadership in the practice can be defined as the ability to combine expertise, experience and...
Benefits of Participating in Professional Associations
Friday, February 7, 2025
The February 2025 Building Blocks discusses the benefits of professional associations. Click here to read the newsletter
Right of Entry for a Project Site
Monday, January 6, 2025
In the design professions and construction industry, the right of entry is necessary for project success, as it allows designers, construction teams, contractors, and other authorized personnel to access the site for...
Contingency Funds in the Design Professions & the Construction Industry
Tuesday, December 10, 2024
In the design professions and the construction industry unexpected costs in a project seem inevitable. A certain level of ambiguity, defects and errors or omissions should be anticipated, and in fact, are normal. This...
Excluded Professional Services from Architect & Engineering Agreements
Thursday, November 7, 2024
There are times where there are misunderstandings between a design professional and their client on a project. Professional association model agreements strive to dispel any ambiguous scope of services in these...
Specifications | Complimenting the Drawings in Architectural & Engineering Construction Projects
Thursday, September 26, 2024
When people think of the documents that are prepared and used to construct a project, many times the other thing that they think of are the drawings. But drawings are just half of the story on how to design and build a...
Changes are Inevitable in the Design Professions & Construction Industry
Thursday, September 12, 2024
In the business world, changing the course in mid-stream in a project can be distressful, time consumption and costly. For example, you order blue new chairs for the entire office, and just after they are in production,...