The professional practice of landscape architecture : a complete guide to starting and running your own firm /
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Hoboken, N.J. :
Wiley,
[2011]
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| Edition: | 2nd ed. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- 1: Profession Of Landscape Architecture And Professionalism
- Brief history of the profession
- Professional career tracks
- Professional licensure
- Professional development
- Professional societies
- Influence of technology on the landscape architecture profession
- 2: Clients And Projects
- Who are the landscape architect's clients?
- What elements determine the landscape architect's clients?
- Landscape architecture projects
- Architectural and engineering clients
- Public-sector clients
- 3: Case Studies
- HNTB corporation: large multidisciplinary A/E firm
- Large landscape architecture firms
- Acacia Group, Inc: Small Landscape Architecture Firm
- Valley Crest Landscape Development: large integrated design-build firm
- Denver Service Center, National Park Service: public practice
- Rain Bird: corporate practice
- 4: Professional-Practice Relationships
- Prime-consulting relationships
- Multiple direct consulting relationships
- Subconsulting relationships
- Landscape architect/owner relationship
- Landscape architect/allied professional relationship
- Landscape architect/contractor relationship
- Landscape architect/general public relationship
- 5: Finance
- Six considerations for raising funds
- Three phases of financing a firm
- Equity financing
- Debt financing
- How lenders evaluate a loan request
- Trade credit
- Summary-planning, action, adjustment
- 6: Accounting
- Landscape architect as financial manager
- Financial accounting information
- Financial management information
- Financial accounting systems
- Recording financial information-elementary accounting
- Selecting an accountant
- Accounting software
- Overview of accounting: six integrated components
- 7: Business Administration And Record Keeping
- Job number-the key to office administration
- Time keeping
- Filing and records management
- Landscape architecture office files and records management
- Vacations, holidays, and sick leave or paid time off
- Product information files, technical resources, and code information
- Payroll administration
- Employer's tax administration
- Tax status of nonwage payments to employees
- 8: Marketing
- Strategic plan
- Marketing plan
- Marketing tools and the promotion mix
- Marketing payoff
- Market expansion-entering new markets
- Marketing staff
- 9: Contracts
- Contract basics
- Contracts with clients-professional services contract formats
- Elements of a professional services contract with a client
- Employment agreements
- Negotiating a contract
- Important elements and useful contract clauses
- 10: Project Management
- What is project management?
- Planning, scoping, and organizing the project
- Setting up tracking systems
- Tracking a project and developing strategies when a project is over budget or off schedule
- Selecting and organizing staff
- Directing and motivating projects staff
- Serving the client and developing a friendly relationship
- Providing technical supervision for the project staff
- Taking part in performance reviews of technical staff
- Managing construction observation services
- Summary
- 11: Business And Personnel Law
- Legal environment of professional practice
- Discrimination
- Protecting the general public, the environment, and the consumer
- Index.