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What is your go-to resilient design resources? I asked this question of two leading design firms each at the forefront of integrating resilience into their projects. And their responses were compelling and informative for anyone interested in addressing resilience in their work. Based on the latest science* and weather reports, this should be all of…
Why do so many capital projects begin with promise but end in frustration and conflict? Why does the design and construction industry have such a bad rap for budget and schedule performance? It’s because we often fail to plan for the uncertainty we all know is part of the process. We don’t have serious conversations…
Your design firm can step up its game by adopting a few principles that make Silicon Valley the world’s most productive center for innovation. As an architect, I’ve always been focused on creating firms and project teams that can draw the best talent and do the best work. A friend recently recommended a book that…
It’s popular to be a champion of change. We see it every day in politics, businesses, and institutions. At a personal level, we’re all aware of the pace of change around us and privately hoping that we can keep up. We hear “Change or die.” We see successes and failures. We all want to be…
Cameron MacAllister Group completed a benchmark study a few months ago on how architecture firms are handling the ownership succession process involving one or more founders who are near the end of their tenure. The firms were located all over the U.S. (Northeast, Southeast, Southwest, Midwest, Northwest, West), and ranged in size from 25 to…
Design firms are busy and growing at a pace we haven’t seen for many years. Competition for talent seems to be more difficult than the competition for clients and projects. This is one of those “good problems” the industry prefers. One of today’s challenges is leadership capacity to deal with success and growth. What worked…