Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. General firm and legal organization -- 2. Legal issues in design practice -- 3. New directions in insurance management for the design firm -- 4. Personnel management -- 5. New directions in business planning -- 6. Information management -- 7. Marketing tools and devices -- 8. Marketing as process: proposals and the concept of negative positivism -- 9. Effective public relations -- 10. Trends affecting profits in the near future -- 11. Project fee budgeting -- 12. Project status reporting -- 13. Cash management and collection -- 14. Project organization and management -- 15. Project programming -- 16. Computerizing your practice -- 17. Managing CADD use -- 18. Non computerized production systems and tools -- 19. Project and staff power scheduling -- 20. Construction cost control.

New directions in architectural and engineering practice offers the expertise of a score of experts who have performed this task for you. This book offers a state-of-the-art look at design practice and provides insight into the changes to come in the remainder of the decade and beyond.