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01/04/10 1 A Case Study in Integrated Delivery and BIM Planning and designing a multimillion-square-foot university campus on an unprecedented schedule required far-flung teams working in parallel. Todd Halamka
07/07/09 Mentoring Emerging Professionals The road to becoming an architect is arduous. In fact, about half the people who obtain a professional degree from a NAAB-accredited program don’t make it through the process. By getting more involved in intern development, firms and architects can help. Gordon E. Mills
07/07/09 A Process to Build High-Performance Teams Six characteristics are present in teams that are able to achieve exceptional results. David Thiel
05/11/09 Creative Project Compensation Helping clients understand the value your firm brings to a project is the first step in calibrating the compensation your firm earns. If there’s a value proposition, then there’s a metric to quantify it. All you have to do is get creative. Scott Simpson
12/05/08 Architects Embracing Diversity By 2042, the U.S. Census Bureau predicts that 50 percent of the population will be minorities. The architecture profession is not even close to racial or gender parity. The diversity of our profession and in our businesses must mirror our environment.
04/09/08 10 Trends Reshaping the Talent Quest Don’t assume that a slowed economy will make it any easier to hire the professional staff you need. You can’t effectively face 21st-century talent wars with 20th-century tactics. Kerry Harding
12/18/07 1 Recruitment Preferences DesignIntelligence interviewed 270 professional firms and hiring organizations on their recruitment preferences. Here is a sampling of their responses.
12/18/07 1 Design Education and the Innovation Economy Based on what we have learned and what we see on the horizon for further change, we are more motivated than ever to encourage people, firms, faculties, corporations, and foundations to invest more in design education. It is in design education that the return on investment is certain to be rewarded. James P. Cramer
10/05/07 1 Analysis: Women in Architecture In 2005, the Royal Australian Institute of Architects published a study on the career progression of women in the architectural practice in Australia. The premise of the study was to understand why women account for 43% of architecture students but less than 1% of the company directors of architectural practices in Australia.
10/05/07 1 Understanding Generational Leadership Styles Understanding the unique characteristics of each generation can guide our understanding of their perspectives and preferences. Vanessa Winzenburg and Ron Magnus

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