Nearly half of firm leaders think that negotiating project design fees is more challenging now than it was 4–5 years ago

 

Nearly half of architecture firm leaders say that length of time for design activities has increased in recent years

 

Architecture firms spend an average of 6% of their annual budget on marketing and business development.

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