Guide to architectural business management 3: time control ; 4:understanding costs ; 5: forecasting fee income and 6:revenue budgeting

Lucas, J.

Guide to architectural business management 3: time control ; 4:understanding costs ; 5: forecasting fee income and 6:revenue budgeting - 1987 - Architects` Journal 146(43) 28 October 1987, 71-73 .

A further four articles in a series on architectural business management. Part 3 looks at allocating, recording and monitoring time and analysing time utilisation, so that management decisions can be made in the light of accurate information; Part 4 explains the calculation of cost rates for better fee tendering ; Part 5 describes the methods by which a practice can predict both its cash flow and its staffing needs for the next six months and Part 6 examines the structuring and control of the yearly budget. (See also Abstracts 38312 and 38313)


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