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Insurance isn’t a checkbox!
On numerous occasions over the years, I’ve seen bid teams treat the insurance and performance security clauses in a contract as a “checkbox”—not recognizing that a broad range of risks are transferred into these policies. In several instances, the bid teams were struggling to manage a particular risk on the job.... Read more>>
Is the Profession of Architecture Corrupt?
The following guest blog is from Victoria Beach, an independent architect and former lecturer in architecture at the Harvard School of Design. Is the profession of architecture corrupt? According to the definition of “institutional corruption” currently in use at the Center for... Read more>>
Cost to Correct Errors in Construction Documents
This graph illustrates that the cost of correcting defects in design and specifications can quickly escalate if not mitigated early in a project. For building product manufacturers, this suggests the benefits of having a proactive sales force during a project's design phase, and of... Read more>>
Architects - Statistics
The following can help you better understand architects as a customer group: 1 in 5 architects are self-employed – more than two times the proportion for all occupations. (United States Bureau of Labor Statistics) If you target only large firms, you miss 20 percent... Read more>>
How Long from Intern to Architect?
How long does an architectural internship actually take? Official estimates range between three and five years, but that didn’t seem to be the case for any of the interns I knew or for that matter, any that they knew. I couldn’t find any hard data published anywhere, so I sent an... Read more>>
How to control your insurance costs
For the medium-sized and smaller construction contractor — who usually has limited time, resources and staff — effectively managing insurance coverage and its associated costs can be a challenge. Controlling insurance costs is a much wider concept than just shopping around for... Read more>>
The five best buildings of 2007
The Bethlehem Chapel in Prague has experienced, on the evening of the eleventh of October, a celebration of the Czech building industry. Five buildings there were awarded the prize of The Building of 2007. T.Johánek Source: Development News Read more>>
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