BMAC VS AIA Architectural Practice Handbook

  Business Management for Architecture and Construction Firms

Unlock Your Firm's Potential: A Guide to Managing Architectural & Engineering Businesses

Starting a new firm in the construction industry? Success depends on more than just technical skill. You need to know how to:

• Manage your workflow effectively, from the office to the construction site.
• Market your firm to attract and secure the perfect clients.
• Lead a team of engineers and designers and foster innovation.
• Implement quality assurance to consistently deliver outstanding results.
• Navigate the ethical responsibilities that come with the profession.

Our comprehensive course on "Managing Architectural & Engineering Businesses" is designed to equip you with these vital skills and help you build a thriving practice.

In BMAC, Business Management for Architecture and Construction firms

BMAC Level 1

• Module 1: The Administrative and Management Process in Architectural Practice
• Module 2: Efficient Office Management in Traditional and Digital Architectural Practices
• Module 3: Design Leadership and Innovation Management in Architectural Practice

BMAC Level 2

• Module 4: Understanding, Drafting, Contracts & Proposals, and Pricing in Architecture
• Module 5: Ensuring Excellence, Quality, and Mitigating Risk in Design and Delivery
• Module 6: Working Ethics and Professional Architectural Practice
• Module 7: How to start your own business 
• Module 8:Family Business Management
• Module 9:Overcome Common Challenges and masterly solutions using new technology in management. [Software application]
• Module 10: Practical Exercise (case study).

In AIA Architecture Practice Handbook:

Part 1: The Profession 1

1. Ethics and Professional Practice 2
2. Diversity and Demographics
3. Career Development
4. Public Interest Design 

Part 2: Firm Management

1. Organizational Development
2. Marketing and Business Development
3. Financial Management
4. Human Resources 

Part 3: Project Delivery

1. Design Project Delivery
2. Design Project Management
3. Technology in Practice
4. Quality Management
5. Building Codes, Standards, and Regulations
6. Research in Practice 

Part 4: Contracts and Agreements

1. Project Definition
2. Risk Management
3. Agreements and AIA Document Program