Architect: Visual. Virtual. Visionary.

The Sketchpad

Redesign Your Profits: Value-Based Fee Structure

A brutal fact of reality for architecture and engineering firms is that prevailing pricing and compensation methods-setting fees on the basis of direct labor cost (whether selling hours on a time-and-materials or lump-sum basis)-provide only minimal profits for most firms.

Innovation Library - Kick Back & Create

Innovation processes and tools inter-connect people, content, activities, channels and environments throughout the organization. They help people learn "how" to engage in ways to produce new ideas.

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Successful Ideas, Trends & Technologies

Facility Owners' Lifecycle Management Needs Define Digital Deliverables

So why are building owners redefining the deliverables for architects and engineers? Let's look at some of the financial statistics that affect building owners. (free downloadable whitepaper)

Professional Associations

AIA (American Institute of Architects)

Since 1857, the AIA has represented the professional interests of America's architects. As AIA members, over 74,000 licensed architects, emerging professionals, and allied partners express their commitment to excellence in design and livability in our nation's buildings and communities. Members adhere to a code of ethics and professional conduct that assures the client, the public, and colleagues of an AIA-member architect's dedication to the highest standards in professional practice.

AIA Chicago

The American Institute of Architects Chicago (AIA Chicago) is the largest professional association of licensed architects, architectural interns, and allied professionals in Illinois. It is the second largest AIA chapter in the country. Of the 70,000 AIA members across the country, over 2000 are in the Chicago chapter.

IFMA (International Facility Management Association)

IFMA is the largest and most widely recognized professional association for facility management, supporting approximately 18,000 members. The Association's members are represented in 125 chapters, 16 councils and one Special Interest Group (SIG), in 56 countries worldwide. Globally, IFMA certifies facility managers, conducts research, provides educational programs, recognizes facility management degree and certificate programs and produces World Workplace, the largest facility management-related conference and exposition.

USGBC Chicago Chapter

US Green Building Council