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Design Firms Widen Target, Hike Risks

It never rains, but it pours. The economy is not just sapping revenue from architects and engineers, it is increasing professional liability risk.

By Jerry Sullivan | Updated on April 11, 2010

It never rains, but it pours. The economy is not just sapping revenue from architects and engineers, it is increasing professional liability risk.

To keep revenue flowing, many architects and engineers are taking on projects outside their traditional realm and comfort zone. Some are scooping up “quick,” smaller jobs they would have passed up a few years ago. They may let contract language slide and kick off projects before all the contract’s i’s are dotted and t’s crossed.

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