Fixed Fee vs. Hourly vs. Percentage of Construction: Which Is Healthiest?
Which architecture fee structure is healthiest: fixed fee, hourly, or percentage of construction? When each works, where each bleeds, and the hybrid to use.
AIA contracts
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How to Stop Scope Creep Before It Eats Your CA Fee
Scope creep in architecture eats the CA fee first. What to count in AIA B101 Article 4, when to send an additional services request, and how to prevent it.
Are You Charging Enough? A Fee Benchmarking Guide for Architects
No one publishes an architecture fees benchmark, so build one: bottom-up cost, industry multipliers, percentage-of-cost checks, and the signs you undercharge.
Which AIA Contract Documents Do You Actually Need?
AIA contract documents explained for small firms: what B101, A101, A201, C401, and G702/G703 do, when to use the short forms, and which article holds your fee.
What Are the Professional Organizations Every Architect Should Know?
A working guide to the architecture professional organizations that matter: AIA, NCARB, CSI, NIBS, ICC, SMPS, and what a small firm should actually pay for.
Why Do Architecture Projects Always Run Over Budget? (And What the Data Says)
Why an architecture project goes over budget: optimistic SD hours, unpriced revisions, and CA that runs long. What AIA, Deltek, and PSMJ data shows, and the fixes.