Objective 1.1
Utilization Rate
What is direct labor/total labor hours = % utilization
A document dictating Implied Duty for Architects?
What is the Code of Ethics?
The architect or architecture firm that is named on the building permit for a project.
What is the Architect of Record?
A terminated employee may retain his or her health insurance plan for a period of time if he or she pays the premium
What is COBRA?
The most often cited ethics violations. Name 1
Attribution of Credit
Accurate representation of qualifications
Attainment and provision of examples of work
Basic honesty (moonlighting)
SMART Goals
What is Specific Measurable Attainable Relevant Time-Bound?
*developed between supervisor and employee
The easiest business entity to form and one financial benefit.
What is a sole partnership and initial start-up costs?
NAAB stands for... and what do they do?
National Architectural Accrediting Board
sole agency authorized to accredit professional degree programs in architecture in US
In the context of construction, a time limit, set by the state, within which you can discover a defect in the work, typically beginning at substantial completion. If discovered after, the designer/builder is not liable.
Daily Double: the time period after damage or an injury occurs to bring legal action against the party responsible for the injury
What is Statute of Repose?
What is Statute of Limitation?
Type of insurance that protects the architect for incorrect specification.
What is Professional Liability Insurance also known as E&O?
A person in a management position who controls all the financial and accounting activity of the firm.
Who is a Comptroller?
Building Codes, Building Regulations, Contracts, Zoning Documents are documents indicating a type of duty for architects.
What is Stated Duty?
They grant licenses to practice architecture.
The State (not AIA or NCARB)
Wrongful injury to a person's person or a person's property, A civil action. Example: Negligence
Daily Double: The person who does this.
Tort
Tortfeasor
An architecture firm's financial health - the ability of a firm to pay their bills on time.
Solvency
3 Leadership concepts for Architects
-Daily Double their definitions
Behavioral Theory: developed by psychologists that says that all behavior is acquired through conditioning.
Contingency/Situational Leadership: characterized by using a variety of leadership behaviors along with the ability to adapt and apply those behaviors in response to situations
Transactional/Transformational Leadership: transactions are trades/deals. Leadership within this trading environment leads to transformations in both themselves and others.
In the AIA Code of Ethics, there are 3 tiers of organization. This one is mandatory and violation results in grounds for disciplinary action by the institute.
Daily Double: Name the other 2 tiers
Rules of Conduct
Canons - broad principles of conduct
Ethical Standards (E.S.) - more specific goals members should aspire professional performance and behavior.
The two parts of Professional licensing laws.
Extra: Reason for them?
Title Acts - regulate what you can call yourself
Practice Acts - regulate what you can do
To protect the health, safety, and welfare of the public
A legal concept meaning the architect is authorized to make decisions on behalf of the owner.
vs.
The contractor, who carries out the contract, putting his/her own interests first.
Agency vs Vendor
Five components of NCARB's Rules of Conduct
What are Competence, Conflict of Interest, Full Disclosure, Compliance with Laws, Professional Conduct?
Level 5 Leadership
A Level 5 leader is one who achieves greatness by combining humility with a high level of ambition, will, maturity, and diligence that endures over time. It is the highest level of leadership.
The 6 Canons of AIA Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct
General Obligations
Obligations to the Public
Obligations to the Client
Obligations to the Profession
Obligations to Colleagues
Obligations to the Environment
FICA
Daily Double: Percentage
Federal Insurance Contributions Act: payroll tax to fund Medicare and Social Security
12.4% Social Security + 2.9% Medicare = 15.3% shared by employer and employee unless self-employed
Evaluates staff productivity by showing how much revenue comes in for each dollar paid out to staff. Calculated by net revenue or direct salary expense
Net Multiplier
Requirements needed for an architect to be sued for negligence.
What are Cause, Breach, Damage, Duty?