Walter Rogers
The Professional Practice of Landscape Architecture
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The Professional Practice of Landscape Architecture
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This one-stop reference guides landscape architects in every aspect of their business practice. It introduces landscape architecture students to professional practice topics and serves as a sourcebook for emerging professionals looking to start and manage their own firms. The guide covers topics such as professional ethics, finances, office administration, marketing and promotion, and project management, and provides updates on government regulations, LEED certification and sustainable design, and current software and web technologies. Contract document templates and case studies of firms are also featured.…mehr
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This one-stop reference guides landscape architects in every aspect of their business practice. It introduces landscape architecture students to professional practice topics and serves as a sourcebook for emerging professionals looking to start and manage their own firms. The guide covers topics such as professional ethics, finances, office administration, marketing and promotion, and project management, and provides updates on government regulations, LEED certification and sustainable design, and current software and web technologies. Contract document templates and case studies of firms are also featured.
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Produktdetails
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- Verlag: John Wiley & Sons / Wiley
- 2nd edition
- Seitenzahl: 560
- Erscheinungstermin: 28. September 2010
- Englisch
- Abmessung: 286mm x 221mm x 35mm
- Gewicht: 1658g
- ISBN-13: 9780470278369
- ISBN-10: 0470278366
- Artikelnr.: 29936387
- Verlag: John Wiley & Sons / Wiley
- 2nd edition
- Seitenzahl: 560
- Erscheinungstermin: 28. September 2010
- Englisch
- Abmessung: 286mm x 221mm x 35mm
- Gewicht: 1658g
- ISBN-13: 9780470278369
- ISBN-10: 0470278366
- Artikelnr.: 29936387
Walter Rogers served as president and CFO of The Acacia Group, a landscape firm in Tucson, Arizona, until 2007 when his firm was acquired by Olsson Associates, a multidisciplinary engineering and design firm. He currently serves as a senior landscape architect in Olsson's Tucson office. He has thirty-five years' experience working as a landscape architect and holds an MLA from the University of Massachusetts and an MBA from the University of Phoenix. He served on the landscape architecture faculties of the University of Arizona, the State University of New York at Syracuse, and the Gloucestershire College of Art and Design, Cheltenham, England.
Introduction. 1 The Profession of Landscape Architecture and
Professionalism. Brief History of the Profession. Professional Career
Tracks. Professional Licensure. Professional Development. Professional
Societies. The 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. The Acacia
Group, Inc.: Small Landscape Architecture Firm. ValleyCrest 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. The 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.
The Strategic Plan. The Marketing Plan. Marketing Tools and the Promotion
Mix. The Marketing Payoff. Market Expansion--Entering New Markets. The
Marketing Staff. 9 Contracts. Contract Basics. Contracts with
Clients--Professional Services Contract Formats. The 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 Project 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. The Legal Environment of
Professional Practice. Discrimination. Protecting the General Public, the
Environment, and the Consumer. Index.
Professionalism. Brief History of the Profession. Professional Career
Tracks. Professional Licensure. Professional Development. Professional
Societies. The 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. The Acacia
Group, Inc.: Small Landscape Architecture Firm. ValleyCrest 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. The 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.
The Strategic Plan. The Marketing Plan. Marketing Tools and the Promotion
Mix. The Marketing Payoff. Market Expansion--Entering New Markets. The
Marketing Staff. 9 Contracts. Contract Basics. Contracts with
Clients--Professional Services Contract Formats. The 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 Project 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. The Legal Environment of
Professional Practice. Discrimination. Protecting the General Public, the
Environment, and the Consumer. Index.
Introduction. 1 The Profession of Landscape Architecture and
Professionalism. Brief History of the Profession. Professional Career
Tracks. Professional Licensure. Professional Development. Professional
Societies. The 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. The Acacia
Group, Inc.: Small Landscape Architecture Firm. ValleyCrest 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. The 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.
The Strategic Plan. The Marketing Plan. Marketing Tools and the Promotion
Mix. The Marketing Payoff. Market Expansion--Entering New Markets. The
Marketing Staff. 9 Contracts. Contract Basics. Contracts with
Clients--Professional Services Contract Formats. The 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 Project 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. The Legal Environment of
Professional Practice. Discrimination. Protecting the General Public, the
Environment, and the Consumer. Index.
Professionalism. Brief History of the Profession. Professional Career
Tracks. Professional Licensure. Professional Development. Professional
Societies. The 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. The Acacia
Group, Inc.: Small Landscape Architecture Firm. ValleyCrest 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. The 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.
The Strategic Plan. The Marketing Plan. Marketing Tools and the Promotion
Mix. The Marketing Payoff. Market Expansion--Entering New Markets. The
Marketing Staff. 9 Contracts. Contract Basics. Contracts with
Clients--Professional Services Contract Formats. The 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 Project 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. The Legal Environment of
Professional Practice. Discrimination. Protecting the General Public, the
Environment, and the Consumer. Index.