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| Foreword | |
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| Preface | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Fundamentals | |
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| The Importance of Risk Management: Its Key Role in Professional Service Delivery | |
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| Risk Management Basics: Essentials for Maintaining an Effective Risk Program | |
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| To Document or Not to Document: Basic Documentation Requirements | |
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| Another Fine Mess-The Onerous Contract, Part 1: Risk Management after the Agreement Is Signed | |
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| Another Fine Mess-The Onerous Contract, Part 2 | |
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| Free Fall: Working without a Contract | |
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| Clients | |
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| Love Me Tender: Maintaining the Client Relationship | |
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| Smoke, Mirrors, and Snake Oil: Risks in Marketing | |
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| Double-Edged Sword: The Owner's Separate Consultants | |
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| The Power of One: The Effective Owner-Architect-Contractor Team | |
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| Power and Proficiency | |
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| Project Manager or Risk Manager? The Architect's Dual Role | |
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| Master and Commander, Part 1: The Architect's Authority | |
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| Master and Commander, Part 2 | |
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| Top Gun: Targeting and Resolving Problematic Issues | |
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| Zen and the Art of Construction Administration, Part 1: How Discipline and Self-Control Can Improve Your Services | |
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| Zen and the Art of Construction Administration, Part 2 | |
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| Essentials | |
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| A Loss Cause: Drawing Discrepancies and Ensuing Damages | |
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| A Loss Cause Too: Betterment | |
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| Absolute or Absolution? Observations, Inspections, and the Contractor's Warranty | |
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| The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Challenges and Risks of Nonconforming Work | |
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| Drawing the Line: Why the Architect's Documents Cannot Be Used for Construction | |
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| Applications | |
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| A Fistful of Dollars: Surviving Project Buyout | |
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| Ch-Ch-Changes...: Managing Risk in the Change Process | |
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| According to Hoyle: The Submittal Process | |
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| Visible Means: Site Visits and Construction Observation | |
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| A Certifiable Risk: Cautions and Strategies in the Payment Certification Process | |
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| Substantial Completion, Where Art Thou? A Challenging and Elusive Milestone | |
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| The Architects' Lament | |
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| Your Grandfather's Working Drawings: A Nostalgic Look at the Past, Observations of the Present | |
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| The Speed of Life: Preserving Your Personal Life in a Hectic World | |
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| Raiders of the Lost Art: The Vanished Treasures of Architecture | |
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| Introspection | |
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| Who Are You? Defining the Architect | |
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| Who's on First? Covering Your Bases in a Resource-Challenged Industry | |
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| Little Boxes: The Challenges of Producing Original Design | |
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| Gimme Shelter: The Building Exterior Wall | |
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| Lemons to Lemonade: Benefiting from Mistakes | |
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| Index | |