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Small practice and the sole practitioner / Marianne Davys

Author
Davys, Marianne
Published
Newcastle upon Tyne : RIBA Publishing, [2017]
Copyright Date
©2017
Physical Description
240 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm

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Contents
Machine generated contents note: pt. 1 SETTING UP A SMALL ARCHITECTURAL PRACTICE -- Context -- What is a `small practice'? -- Small practice projects -- The value of experience before setting up a practice -- Setting up -- Setting up a new practice -- Stage 1 Questions, conversations and research -- Stage 2 Decisions -- Stage 3 Setting up -- Stage 4 Ready to trade -- Succession planning, retirement, emergency plan and insolvency -- The market -- Alternative company structures -- Architects Registration Board (ARB] -- Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) -- RIBA accreditation: Chartered Practice, Conservation Architect -- pt. 2 SMALL PRACTISE MANAGEMENT -- Financial Management -- Business plan, cashflow forecast, profit and loss forecast -- Raising money, making a profit, and the company bank account -- Accounts and bookkeeping -- Tax and invoices -- Overheads -- Fees -- Chasing money and reducing the risk of bad debt -- Office management -- Practice objectives -- Where will your office be located? -- Equipment, hardware, software and BIM -- The office manual/quality control -- Information management, library, backup and archiving -- The role of the practice manager -- PI and other insurance -- Health and safety policy -- Diary events and year planner -- Bringing in work -- Workload programme -- Resourcing individual projects -- How to avoid abortive work -- Reducing the risk of disputes and claims -- People management -- The sole practitioner -- Backup from other consultants -- Employing staff -- Work/life balance -- Training and continuing professional development (CPD) -- Working with domestic clients -- pt. 3 SMALL PROJECT MANAGEMENT -- RIBA Plan of Work -- The architect's appointment -- COM: Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015 -- CDM: Principal designer and other appointments -- Appointment of other consultants and specialist contractors -- Approvals and party wall agreements -- Sustainability -- Pre-contract programme and construction programme -- Drawings and drawing issue sheet -- Specification and cost control -- Selecting a contractor -- Tender -- Traditional procurement and forms of contract -- Pre-contract meeting -- Site Instructions/Architect's Instructions -- Site visits -- Extension of time/Liquidated and ascertained damages (LADs) -- Certificates -- Valuations, estimated final account and agreed final account -- Health and Safety File/Building Manual -- As-built drawings -- Snagging and defects -- Handover -- Project archive -- What makes a project successful? -- pt. 4 CASE STUDIES -- 1.Arnold House Primary School -- 2.Holland Park Avenue -- 3.Mansfield Street -- 4.Springfield Avenue -- 5.Hillfield Park -- 6.Clink Street -- 7.Buckley Road -- 8.Thane Villas -- 9.Larch House -- 10.Roman Road Gallery -- Endnotes -- Further reading -- Web resources -- Awards for small projects -- Codes -- Legislation -- Health and safety.
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ISBN
1859467253
9781859467251
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 230-234) and index.
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