Managing Project Risk: Best Practices for Architects and Related Professionals

Discover the benefits of effective risk management practices

Risk management may not be a standard course in architectureschool, but it is an essential concern for architects and relatedprofessionals working today. Managing Project Risk is a keyresource for integrating good risk management into professionalpractice.

Based on a popular series of articles in AIArchitect, thisaccessible volume offers an on-the-ground perspective of what canhappen on the job and what architects can do to prevent or mitigatethreatening conditions and events. With an engaging, non-legalisticstyle, authors Atkins and Simpson draw upon their considerableexperience and upon AIA Contract Documents to show how sound riskmanagement strategies work in a variety of real-world settings, covering such practical areas as:
* Risk management fundamentals
* Contracts
* Relationships with clients
* Understanding the architect's role in the project
* Risk issues with digital drawings
* The modern architectural workplace

Rendering potentially dry topics lively with wit and anecdote, Managing Project Risk resonates with the experience of contemporaryarchitects, while offering helpful suggestions applicable not onlyto risk management but also to project management and professionaldevelopment.