As the world faces an unprecedented “new normal”, many organizations including architecture firms have taken steps in response to the COVID-19 outbreak to protect the health of their employees, clients, and the community. We understand that architecture firms are no different. While every firm will have a unique set of circumstances, we are sharing some general guidelines, resources, and programming that could offer insight into navigating the impacts of COVID-19 on architecture firm leaders, employees, operations, and business.
AIA RESOURCE PAGES
AIA Philadelphia COVID-19 Resources AIA Pittsburgh COVID-19 Resources AIA National Economic & Industry Resources AIA National COVID-19 resources for architects
AIA PA COVID-19 BULLETINS
- Governor Wolf Orders Physical Shutdown of Architecture Firms & Construction
- Clarification to Governor Wolf’s Order to Cease Construction
- Exceptions to Construction’s Non-Life-Sustaining Business Classification
- Waiver Extension & Revised Timing of Order Enforcement
- FAQ Essential vs. Non-Essential Construction & Building Inspections & Updates from AIA’s Disaster Assistance Program
- AIA Pennsylvania Forging Ahead to Ensure Economic Resilience for the AEC Industry
- AIA Pennsylvania Town Hall. Disaster Relief Efforts. Economic & Industry Resources
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT, TECHNOLOGY, AND REMOTE WORK
- 5 Ways Architects Can Work Efficiently Through the Coronavirus Outbreak courtesy of Architizer
- How the coronavirus is impacting the AEC industry courtesy of BD+C
- How Architecture Firms Are Responding to COVID-19 courtesy of Architect: The Journal of the AIA
- An Architect’s Guide to Virtual Practice courtesy of the AIA Trust
- BSA Virtual Program: Architecture Firms and Remote Work (slides & webinar recording) courtesy of the Boston Society of Architects
- Managing Projects, Project Teams and Maintaining Productivity while Working from Home courtesy of AIA California
- Maintaining Business Continuity with a Remote Workforce courtesy of Architect: The Journal of the AIA
- Covid 19 Architecture Firm Best Practices, Communications, and Policies courtesy of Practice of Architecture
- Maintaining Practice amid COVID-19 Webinar Recording courtesy of AIA Philadelphia
- Remote Employees: Can This Hiring Trend Work for Your Small Architecture Firm? (Part 1) courtesy of CVG – Charrette Venture Group
- Remote Employees (Part 2) courtesy of CVG – Charrette Venture Group
- Practice considerations: Manage your architecture firm’s risk in response to COVID-19 courtesy of AIA Risk Management
- BSA Firms Best Practices Guide COVID-19 courtesy of the Boston Society for Architecture
- An Architect’s Guide to Managing Cyber Threats – A guide to analyzing and addressing cyber threats to your firm courtesy of the AIA Trust
FIRM MANAGEMENT & FORESIGHT
- COVID-19 RESOURCES courtesy of AIA Pennsylvania Preferred Partner, FOCUS HRO
- Success and Survival as a Small Firm (in this time of COVID-19) courtesy of EntreArchitect (note: you must be a member or request membership to the Facebook Group – “The EntreArchitect Community” – to view)
- Business Resources for Coronavirus courtesy the PA Chamber of Business and Industry
- COVID-19 Business Resources courtesy of the PA Department of Community and Economic Development
- Coronavirus (COVID-19): Small Business Guidance & Loan Resources courtesy of the US Small Business Administration
- OSHA’s Guidance on Preparing Workplaces for COVID-19 is relevant for both architectural office and job sites
- The AIA Foresight Report and navigating through a recession with new business models courtesy of the AIA
- Straightforward Advice on Preserving Cash Flow courtesy of the AIA Trust
- Navigating the Economy: Architects Weather Ebb and Flow of Projects courtesy of the AIA
- WEBINAR ON-DEMAND: How Small Business, Workers, and Workplaces Should Respond to COVID-19 courtesy of NFIB
- WEBINAR ON-DEMAND: COVID-19 Webinar Part II – Congressional and Legal Update for Small Businesses courtesy of NFIB
- WEBINAR ON-DEMAND: 2020 Employer Response to the Coronavirus courtesy of the PA Chamber of Business and Industry
- WEBINAR: COVID-19 – What does it mean for architects? 5 Ways to Thrive (not Just Survive) in a Possible Down Market courtesy of the Business of Architecture
- WEBINAR: Business Development and COVID-19 courtesy of CVG – Charrette Venture Group
- WEBINAR ON-DEMAND: Coronavirus – Opportunities, Threats, what it means for Architects courtesy of the Business of Architecture
- AIA Small Firm Exchange Knowledge Community Thread courtesy of the AIA
- Social Distancing in the Design and Construction Workplaces, Losses and Cancellations, and More COVID-19 News from the Week courtesy of Architect: The Journal of the American Institute of Architects
- Architect’s Guide to Business Continuity courtesy of the AIA
- Guides for Equitable Practice: Negotiation courtesy of the AIA
- Guides for Equitable Practice: Workplace Culture courtesy of the AIA
- Guides for Equitable Practice: Retaining Staff courtesy of the AIA
INSPIRATION & INSIGHT
- Coronavirus offers “a blank page for a new beginning” courtesy of Dezeen
- 4 Ways to Work Together When We Can’t Be Together courtesy of IDEO
- Ten Ways to Connect Meaningfully when we’re Forced to be Apart courtesy of Mia Scharphie
- Seven Steps to More Creative, Engaged, and Productive Virtual Meetings courtesy of ImageThink
- DAILY VLOG: Run into the Night courtesy of the Business of Architecture
- WEBINAR: Carpe Noctem – Strategies for Thriving During the Corona Scare courtesy of the Business of Architecture
- An Opportunity for Architects to Lead: A message from AIA Pennsylvania President, Marc Mondor, AIA
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Adjusting to Continue to Advocate For Architects: A message from AIA Pennsylvania Executive Director, Stephen Swarney
- Can Architecture Solve Our Crises? courtesy of Ben Willis, AIA, LEED AP
- How architecture can defend us from germs, bacteria and viruses like COVID-19 courtesy of Bea Spolidoro, AIA, WELL AP
- Array Advisors’ builds model that projects the availability of U.S. hospital beds as the coronavirus pandemic grows courtesy of Array Architects
- Strategies to reduce COVID-19 transmission in the built environment courtesy of the Construction Specifier: The Official Magazine of CSI
DISASTER ASSISTANCE
- Good Samaritan State Statute Compendium courtesy of the AIA
- View AIA Pennsylvania’s outreach to key disaster relief stakeholders
- To offer your expertise to the AIA PA State Disaster Assistance Network, please fill out the brief form here
- More information on AIA National’s Disaster Relief efforts can be found here
STUDYING OR TESTING FOR THE ARE?
In light of the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak, NCARB has adjusted testing policies through April 30, 2020. Read the full message.
MEMBERSHIP UPDATE
AIA has extended the standard lapsing date for members from March 31, 2020 to April 28, 2020. AIA is continuing to offer flexible options for membership with the Dues Installment Plan (DIP).