Update 2006, The Architect’s Handbook of Professional Practice, edited by Joseph A. Demkin, AIA (John Wiley and Sons) is the fourth companion volume to the 13th edition of The Architect’s Handbook of Professional Practice. It provides architects with new and expanded information on practice subjects including important issues affecting day-to-day operations, emerging business trends, and the latest AIA contract documents. Specifically, the Update 2006 volume features information on:

• Federal selection: How federal government agencies select design professionals and how those agencies view the performance of architects they hire
• Modeling: Opportunities and challenges that virtual design modeling tools and technologies present to the architecture profession
• Fast tracking: The perils of fast-track projects and how to manage the risk of this popular scheduling method
• Lean thinking: How some firms are pioneering “lean thinking” to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of project delivery
• Practice: How recent startup design firms have succeeded, how “partnering” techniques are being applied to improve firm operations beyond project team performance, and why deciding whether to enter a design competition is an important business decision
• Design documents: Guidance on copyright, use, and ownership of documents
• Services: Program management, geotechnical investigation, parking planning, furniture acquisition, and demolition planning services
• AIA Documents: The AIA Documents program with an accompanying CD-ROM containing samples of all current AIA Contract Documents.

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