Brokerages predict that Apogee Enterprises Inc (NASDAQ:APOG) will report earnings of $0.76 per share for the current quarter, according to Zacks. Three analysts have made estimates for Apogee Enterprises earnings, with the highest EPS estimate coming in at $0.79 and the lowest estimate coming in at $0.70. Apogee Enterprises posted earnings of $0.80 per share during the same quarter last year, which would suggest a negative year over year growth rate of 5%. The firm is expected to announce its next earnings results on Thursday, December 19th.

According to Zacks, analysts expect that Apogee Enterprises will report full-year earnings of $3.04 per share for the current fiscal year, with EPS estimates ranging from $3.01 to $3.07. For the next fiscal year, analysts expect that the business will report earnings of $3.57 per share, with EPS estimates ranging from $3.45 to $3.66. Zacks Investment Researchs EPS averages are a mean average based on a survey of research analysts that that provide coverage for Apogee Enterprises.

Apogee Enterprises (NASDAQ:APOG) last released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, September 17th. The industrial products company reported $0.72 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.57 by $0.15. The business had revenue of $357.10 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $353.62 million. Apogee Enterprises had a return on equity of 15.92% and a net margin of 3.14%. The companys revenue was down 1.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the company posted $0.75 EPS.

Several equities analysts have weighed in on the company. ValuEngine lowered Apogee Enterprises from a sell rating to a strong sell rating in a report on Wednesday. BidaskClub lowered Apogee Enterprises from a hold rating to a sell rating in a report on Thursday, November 14th. Finally, TheStreet lowered Apogee Enterprises from a b- rating to a c+ rating in a report on Tuesday, August 27th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, two have issued a hold rating and one has issued a buy rating to the companys stock. The stock currently has a consensus rating of Hold and an average price target of $43.50.

Shares of APOG traded down $0.02 during trading hours on Friday, hitting $37.16. 53,400 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 89,896. Apogee Enterprises has a one year low of $26.38 and a one year high of $46.70. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $37.61 and a 200-day simple moving average of $38.91. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.32, a current ratio of 1.05 and a quick ratio of 0.85. The company has a market capitalization of $987.30 million, a PE ratio of 12.55, a PEG ratio of 1.13 and a beta of 1.67.

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, November 5th. Shareholders of record on Monday, October 21st were issued a dividend of $0.175 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, October 18th. This represents a $0.70 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.88%. Apogee Enterprisess dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 23.65%.

Several institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of APOG. Coastal Investment Advisors Inc. bought a new position in shares of Apogee Enterprises in the second quarter worth about $5,524,000. FMR LLC increased its stake in shares of Apogee Enterprises by 492.9% in the first quarter. FMR LLC now owns 147,702 shares of the industrial products companys stock worth $5,537,000 after purchasing an additional 122,790 shares during the period. Morgan Stanley increased its stake in shares of Apogee Enterprises by 739.6% in the second quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 122,921 shares of the industrial products companys stock worth $5,339,000 after purchasing an additional 108,280 shares during the period. Nuveen Asset Management LLC bought a new position in shares of Apogee Enterprises in the second quarter worth about $4,483,000. Finally, Schroder Investment Management Group increased its stake in shares of Apogee Enterprises by 32.7% in the second quarter. Schroder Investment Management Group now owns 356,874 shares of the industrial products companys stock worth $15,503,000 after purchasing an additional 87,875 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 89.50% of the companys stock.

Apogee Enterprises Company Profile

Apogee Enterprises, Inc designs and develops glass and metal products and services in the United States, Canada, and Brazil. It operates through four segments: Architectural Framing Systems, Architectural Glass, Architectural Services, and Large-Scale Optical Technologies (LSO). The Architectural Framing Systems segment designs, engineers, fabricates, and finishes the aluminum frames used in customized aluminum and glass window, curtainwall, storefront, and entrance systems comprising the outside skin and entrances of commercial, institutional, and multi-family residential buildings.

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Total Jobs Level Relegates Dark Days to Past

The U.S. economy has been so outstanding at creating jobs over the past ten years that now is a good time to stand back and assess where, among industries, the pickup has been most remarkable and whether there are currently signs of general easing.

The top half of Graph 1 sets out the level of U.S. total employment from January 2000 to the present. The rectangles of gray shading highlight the last two slowdowns i.e., the dot.com setback in Q2 and Q3 of 2001 and the Great Recession running from Q1 2008 through Q2 2009. The downturns in employment during those time frames is quite evident in both the upper and lower portions of the chart.

Whats also readily apparent, however, is how the past-20-years period, from a number-of-jobs point of view, has split into distinct decades. Total employment at the end of 2009 was slightly less than it was in January 2000. By way of contrast, from January 2010 on, the jobs count has done nothing but ascend.

Between the two recession, the year-over-year performance of total jobs maxed out, briefly, at +2.0%. A couple of years after the Great Recession, the y/y improvement in jobs again rose to +2.0% and stayed around that healthy yardstick for the next seven years. The y/y total jobs figure has been decelerating a bit during this latest year, 2019.

In the context of U.S. total employment growth from 2010 on, the big drop in the total employment level during the Great Recession no longer appears as horrendous as it once did. The jobs count has left its darkest days far behind. The overall labor market is no longer being hounded by the past.

Graph 1: U.S. Employment: Total

Gray shadings denote recessions, Q2-Q3 2001 (dot.com collapse) & Q1 2008-Q2 2009 (Great Recession).Latest data points are October, 2019 / Based on seasonally adjusted (SA) data.

Data source: Payroll Survey, Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).Chart: ConstructConnect.

But there are sectoral labor markets within the U.S. economy that continue to be haunted by the Great Recession. Theyre mainly within goods production, with manufacturing being the prime example.

Due to offshoring of work and adoption of automation, the number of manufacturing jobs fell into decline from 2000 through 2007, then really plummeted during the six quarters of recession from early 2008 to mid-2009. The recovery in total manufacturing jobs since 2010 has been muted.

Since 2011, the year-over-year percentage-change improvements in total manufacturing jobs have been in a range of zero, at worst, to +2.5%, at best. Most recently, the y/y performance has been trending down towards zero.

Graph 3 records results for one of manufacturings key sub-sectors, motor vehicle and parts production. The shape of the curve for level of auto-related jobs closely follows total manufacturing, with a steep slide during the Great Recession, and a gentle uplift since then.

Motor vehicle jobs scored a victory over total manufacturing jobs in mid-2012, however, when they soared to +10.0% y/y. Since then, their y/y advance has been gradually tailing off. In October of this current year, there was a big drop in employment (-5.9% y/y), but that was a one-off caused by the month-long strike at GM.

On a positive note, there have recently been significant investments in auto sector production, including new Fiat Chrysler and Toyota-Mazda assembly lines in Michigan and Alabama and vehicle battery manufacturing plants in Alabama (Mercedes-Benz) and Georgia (SK Innovation).

Graph 2: U.S. Employment: Manufacturing

Gray shadings denote recessions, Q2-Q3 2001 (dot.com collapse) & Q1 2008-Q2 2009 (Great Recession).Latest data points are October, 2019 / Based on seasonally adjusted (SA) data.

Data source: Payroll Survey, Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).Chart: ConstructConnect.

Graph 3: U.S. Employment: Motor Vehicles and Parts Manufacturing

Gray shadings denote recessions, Q2-Q3 2001 (dot.com collapse) & Q1 2008-Q2 2009 (Great Recession).Latest data points are October, 2019 / Based on seasonally adjusted (SA) data.

Data source: Payroll Survey, Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).Chart: ConstructConnect.

Construction is another sector where the last recession has yet to be fully beaten back and thoughts of the previous trough can still induce cold shivers. From the upper portion of Graph 4, the total number of construction jobs now remains a tad under what was achieved in 2006 and early 2007.

In the Great Recession, auto sector jobs fell by as much as -30% y/y. The construction sectors jobs count wasnt battered quite as severely, but -18% y/y was a tough pill to swallow nonetheless.

Since the 2008-09 recession, construction employment y/y peaked at +6.0% in late-2014-early 2015, then stayed robust through mid-2018. During the latest 12 months, though, the curve has been on a downward slope, although +2.0% in October 2019 continues to be lukewarm respectable.

Graph 5 shows an upfront component of the building sector, architectural and engineering services, where the jobs picture has been somewhat brighter than for overall construction. Total employment in design services surpassed its previous peak two years ago and continues to jog higher.

Interestingly, on a year-over-year basis, architectural and engineering services jobs did manage +6.0% gains before both the dot.com collapse and the 2008-09 credit crunch. The +6.0% surge ahead of the 08-09 financial crater was fueled by a homebuilding bubble (requiring drawings) that imploded when the full extent of the sub-prime mortgage fiasco was exposed.

In the latest decade, +6.0% y/y has been unattainable. The y/y change in architectural and engineering services jobs has often been +3.0% (i.e., half of +6%), but has never broken above that barrier.

Graph 4: U.S. Employment: Construction

Gray shadings denote recessions, Q2-Q3 2001 (dot.com collapse) & Q1 2008-Q2 2009 (Great Recession).Latest data points are October, 2019 / Based on seasonally adjusted (SA) data.

Data source: Payroll Survey, Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).Chart: ConstructConnect.

Graph 5: U.S. Employment: Architectural and Engineering Services

Gray shadings denote recessions, Q2-Q3 2001 (dot.com collapse) & Q1 2008-Q2 2009 (Great Recession).Latest data points are October, 2019 / Based on seasonally adjusted (SA) data.

Data source: Payroll Survey, Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).Chart: ConstructConnect.

There is another category of goods employment that bears scrutiny, oil and gas extraction work While the number of jobs in the fossil fuels field is relatively low (i.e., 200,000 at most), the importance of those jobs has been having an outsized impact on the economy.

The total volume of U.S. construction starts in 2019 to date has been inordinately bumped up by initiations of ultra-large projects, otherwise known as mega projects. Megas have estimated values of $1 billion or more each.

The biggest mega projects, of $5 billion and increasing from there, have been energy-related. Among notable construction starts in 2019, LNG export terminals (e.g., Golden Pass in Texas and Calcasieu Pass in Louisiana) have been two such projects, augmented by more traditional ethane cracker and refinery work.

The upper portion of Graph 6 shows that while the level of employment in oil and gas extraction contracted dramatically in 2015 through 2018, jobs in the sector over the past two years have come roaring back.

From the bottom portion of Graph 6, the swing in y/y employment has gone from -20% at worst in early 2017 to +11.8% at present. 2014 marked the beginning of a harrowing drop in global oil and gas prices. Lately, world energy markets have managed better price stability.

Graph 6: U.S. Employment: Oil and Gas Extraction

Gray shadings denote recessions, Q2-Q3 2001 (dot.com collapse) & Q1 2008-Q2 2009 (Great Recession).Latest data points are October, 2019 / Based on seasonally adjusted (SA) data.

Data source: Payroll Survey, Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).Chart: ConstructConnect.

Since employment in goods production has not generated the smooth upwards progression that is evident for all jobs in Graph 1 from 2010 on, it must be services-providing work that is providing the consistent advances. Graph 7, which is nearly a replica of Graph 1 in shape, confirms that such is the case.

But not all services sub-sectors tell the same story. Retail trade work (Graph 8), for example, has diverged significantly. The level of U.S. retail jobs recovered nicely for seven years after the Great Recession, but then crashed into a wall.

The total number of retail jobs in the country over the past three years, coincident with closures of many bricks and mortar locations across the land, has been in slow decline.

Graph 9 shows employment in education and health care. This is social service work that ties to demography. Schooling for younger generations and broad-spectrum medical care, increasingly slanted towards an aging population, are universal needs that will always generate a demand for practitioners and helpers.

From the bottom half of Graph 9, y/y employment in education and health care has never been negative in the past two decades, not even during the two recessions. In fact, it has never dipped below +1.0%.

Graph 7: U.S. Employment: Private Services-Providing

Gray shadings denote recessions, Q2-Q3 2001 (dot.com collapse) & Q1 2008-Q2 2009 (Great Recession).Latest data points are October, 2019 / Based on seasonally adjusted (SA) data.

Data source: Payroll Survey, Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).Chart: ConstructConnect.

Graph 8: U.S. Employment: Retail Trade

Gray shadings denote recessions, Q2-Q3 2001 (dot.com collapse) & Q1 2008-Q2 2009 (Great Recession).Latest data points are October, 2019 / Based on seasonally adjusted (SA) data.

Data source: Payroll Survey, Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).Chart: ConstructConnect.

Graph 9: U.S. Employment: Education and Health

Gray shadings denote recessions, Q2-Q3 2001 (dot.com collapse) & Q1 2008-Q2 2009 (Great Recession).Latest data points are October, 2019 / Based on seasonally adjusted (SA) data.

Data source: Payroll Survey, Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).Chart: ConstructConnect.

Thankfully, employment in the leisure and hospitality sector has been a fallback position for many individuals, especially young adults, seeking work. Graph 10 shows a steady upwards climb in the level of leisure and hospitality jobs since the 2008-09 recession.

More importantly, though, from 2012 through mid-2017, the y/y change in employment in the sector was mostly between +3.0% and +4.0%, beating the all jobs increase of +2.0%.

Its been no coincidence that hotel and motel construction starts also experienced a cyclical boom that began in 2012 and culminated with a peak in 2017.

Finally, Graph 11 shows another services-providing sub-sector which has managed exceptional jobs growth over the long-term. Computer systems design services employment encountered a minimal downturn in the last recession and has been growing by +5.0% or more year over year during much of the last two decades.

In October 2019, jobs growth in the sub-sector was still high at +4.0%. Theres good news for the construction industry in these numbers. Many of the new jobs in high-tech require desks, cubicles, labs and meeting rooms, all of which means a need for built-up square footage.

Graph 10: U.S. Employment: Leisure and Hospitality

Gray shadings denote recessions, Q2-Q3 2001 (dot.com collapse) & Q1 2008-Q2 2009 (Great Recession).Latest data points are October, 2019 / Based on seasonally adjusted (SA) data.

Data source: Payroll Survey, Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).Chart: ConstructConnect.

Graph 11: U.S. Employment: Computer Systems Design Services

Gray shadings denote recessions, Q2-Q3 2001 (dot.com collapse) & Q1 2008-Q2 2009 (Great Recession).Latest data points are October, 2019 / Based on seasonally adjusted (SA) data.

Data source: Payroll Survey, Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).Chart: ConstructConnect.

Graphs 12 through 15 show the jobs results for Canada in a similar fashion to what has been presented for the U.S. The categories covered are total, manufacturing, construction and services-producing.

One difference between the Canadian and U.S. graphs immediately jumps out. Canada has only one gray-shaded rectangle denoting a recession. The U.S. dot.com disturbance of Q2-Q3 2001 was not felt to a particularly negative degree north of the border.

As for the 2008-09 recession, Graph 12 establishes that Canadas decline in employment, at about -2.0%, was not as bad as Americas, -5%.

Also, for Canada as well as the U.S., when year-over-year total employment growth reaches +2.0% or higher, its a cause for celebration.

From Graph 13, Canadas manufacturing jobs count has sunk by nearly one-quarter from the beginning of this century. Unlike the U.S., however, there has been no improvement i.e., not even a slight recovery in the manufacturing sectors jobs level in Canada since the Great Recession.

Whereas U.S. construction employment fell by -18% y/y at the time of the 08-09 recession, the Canadian construction experience (Graph 14) was a relatively tame -6%. Canadian construction jobs during that period were supported by ongoing energy mega project work in Alberta, a government-backed infrastructure spending program and homebuilding activity that faltered slightly, but to nothing like the same degree as south of the border.

Year-over-year Canadian construction employment growth over the past six years (fluctuating around +2.0%), however, has not been as impressively upbeat as it was in the first four years of this latest decade (often +4.0% or more).

As for services-providing jobs in Canada (Graph 15), they retreated by only -1% y/y in the last recession and most recently, theyve staged a noteworthy breakout. Theyve been +2.0% or higher in every month of 2019 so far. Furthermore, their trajectory has been upwards, taking them to +3.0% y/y in October.

Graph 12: Canada Employment: Total

Gray shading denotes recession, Q4 2008-Q2 2009. Unlike U.S., Canada did not experience a dot.com recession in early 00s. Latest data points are October, 2019 / Based on seasonally adjusted (SA) data.

Data source: Statistics Canada.Chart: ConstructConnect.

Graph 13: Canada Employment: Manufacturing

Gray shading denotes recession, Q4 2008-Q2 2009. Unlike U.S., Canada did not experience a dot.com recession in early 00s. Latest data points are October, 2019 / Based on seasonally adjusted (SA) data.

Data source: Statistics Canada.Chart: ConstructConnect.

Graph 14: Canada Employment: Construction

Gray shading denotes recession, Q4 2008-Q2 2009. Unlike U.S., Canada did not experience a dot.com recession in early 00s. Latest data points are October, 2019 / Based on seasonally adjusted (SA) data.

Data source: Statistics Canada.Chart: ConstructConnect.

Graph 15: Canada Employment: Services-Providing

Gray shading denotes recession, Q4 2008-Q2 2009. Unlike U.S., Canada did not experience a dot.com recession in early 00s. Latest data points are October, 2019 / Based on seasonally adjusted (SA) data.

Data source: Statistics Canada.Chart: ConstructConnect.

Alex Carrick is Chief Economist for ConstructConnect. He has delivered presentations throughout North America on the U.S., Canadian and world construction outlooks. Mr. Carrick has been with the company since 1985. Links to his numerous articles are featured on Twitter @ConstructConnx, which has 50,000 followers.

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CLEVELAND, Dec. 4, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- The Austin Company (www.theaustin.com) is proud to announce and welcome David W. Watson as its baking and snack engineering SME.

Mr. Watson brings to Austin over 37 years in the food industry, having begun his career as a project engineer at Pepperidge Farm. Most recently, Mr. Watson served as Vice President, Engineering-International, Pepperidge Farm and Packaging Systems at Campbell Soup Company.

"Dave has been part of our family for many years as a client in his prior role as vice president engineering at Campbell Soup Company," stated Brandon Davis, vice president and general manager of Austin's Eastern Operations. "We are overjoyed to have him join our family, now as a team member bringing deep process and operations skills, as well as the owner's perspective to our work."

Mr. Watson earned his bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from Drexel University and his MBA at Saint Joseph's University. He has served on the American Society of Baking (ASB) Executive Committee, the Bakery Equipment Manufacturers Association (BEMA) BIF Committee, the American Baker's Association (ABA), and is currently on committees for the International Baking Industry Exposition (IBIE).

"I have known Dave for a long time, and The Austin Company is fortunate to have him join our team," said company president Mike Pierce. "His breadth of experience in the baking industry will position us to better serve our existing and future clients in this market."

About The Austin CompanyThe Austin Company, a design-build firm headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, offers a comprehensive portfolio of services for commercial and industrial companies throughout North America. Services include site location, planning, architectural design, engineering, construction, facility maintenance, and operations improvement consulting.

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Fees. Ill be blunt; Ive been nervous about approaching this topic. The most significant shift in this area the abolition of mandatory fee scales happened eight years before I was born. Fees are also an emotive topic, shrouded in the touchiness that always accompanies discussions of money in our culture.

A couple of brief caveats. I have a limited word count so this is not an exhaustive examination. I also cant touch on architects wages. Though theyre inextricably tied to fees I just dont have space to consider this properly. Caveats firmly in place, let me get on with it!

Fees are now a bit of an enigma. Rumours swirl and some publications and agencies have attempted to publish fee surveys. However, information is patchy, and surveys are usually from a small, self-selecting sample and therefore of limited value statistically speaking. One friend told me of an unethical but practical part III tutor who, as he saw it, had found a way to overcome this problem. He admitted to his students that he had little interest in teaching them he had mainly taken the job to harvest their PEDRs and case studies for fee information.

This lack of guidance is a fairly recent development. In the early days of the RIBA a focus on the client being able to select on ability, rather than cost, was seen as key in professionalising the architect. Therefore, the RIBA set mandatory fee scales, based on a percentage of construction cost. Clients could select on talent, and architects didnt have to concern themselves with what to charge for their services. This may have been an oversimplification in terms of fee calculation, but projects at the time rarely approached the level of either complexity or duplication that they do now.

The Restrictive Trade Practices Act of 1956 made collective restrictive practices in the supply of goods illegal. This was shortly followed by the Monopolies and Mergers Act of 1963 which extended this principle to the supply of services. A Monopolies Commission Report from 1970 began to erode the legality of mandatory professional fee scales, suggesting the introduction of price competition is likely to be the most effective single stimulant to greater efficiency and to innovation and variety of service and price. Under pressure from government mandatory RIBA fee scales became recommended in 1982.

RIBA fee scales exist in a mythical world one where the architect was god on site

Considering these policies to be successful, the government of the early 1990s built further on this principle by introducing compulsory competitive fee tendering for public-sector projects. Many private-sector projects followed suit, and in 1992 recommended RIBA fee scales became indicative.

These indicative charts were finally abolished in 2009 with the RIBA stating at the time: The RIBA practice committee felt that the application of percentages based upon fee survey data was an increasingly outdated method of calculating fees, and potentially harmful in the current economic climate. The RIBA now points to its publications A Clients Guide to Engaging an Architect (2013) and Good Practice Guide: Fee Management (2009) for guidance on fee calculation.

The government intended that the abolition of fee scales would lead to a more innovative, competitive marketplace. Thirty-seven years on, few would argue that the marketplace for architectural services is competitive, though some have suggested that there has been a race to the bottom on fees, leading to lower standards. While this argument may carry some truth, I think it oversimplifies the issue.

I spoke with Helen Logan, a partner at Allies & Morrison, who described the difficulties she sees in drawing too neatly a comparison between then and now. She acknowledged that fees as a percentage of construction cost are often half what they might have been in the last recommended scales (1992). But she also said the construction landscape has changed. Fees are not always a percentage now they may be on a per unit or time charge basis. Some practices are even beginning to tie their fee to the commercial success of the project.

Additionally, efficiencies in the way we practice have shifted the time and resources required for architectural work. Drawing by hand was the norm in 1992; CAD, and now BIM, has increased the ability for straightforward duplication of, for example, flat layouts, and increased the efficiency of coordination within large teams or between disciplines. Large and complex projects can now be carried out with more accuracy and speed than when everything was drawn with a Rotring pen on trace.

Nevertheless, Logan cautioned that many of the productivity improvements that have come about in her working life are difficult to easily quantify or communicate to clients when demonstrating value or negotiating fees. Since 1992 the regulatory environment has dramatically shifted: Part M has doubled in size; Part L is notably more challenging; there has been a new Planning Act; CDM legislation has come into force; as have new parts of the Building Regulations, for security and high-speed broadband; not to mention the de-facto legislation emerging through the Ojeu process to name but a few.

Architects must now grapple with considerably more information and coordinate ever more complex technical detail. Very little of this is readily apparent from a surface glance. It has, however, resulted in better, safer, healthier buildings that, broadly, cause less damage to the environment and the workforce that created them, not to mention dramatically increasing the social value of modern construction projects.

For me, RIBA fee scales exist in a mythical world one where the architect was god on site, projects were smaller, and where architects didnt advertise but sat behind their brass plaques waiting for work to knock on the door.

This picture bears almost no resemblance to the profession I joined two years ago. Fee scales abolition undoubtedly made life harder for some architects, especially those who are not so keen on the business side of practice life.

But it is short sighted, I think, to suggest that the progress both social and technological made in the last 30-odd years is entirely unrelated to a more competitive market place for fees.

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AN iconic building is one that captivates a city or even a nation.

Iconic buildings are most successful when there is a socio-cultural layer to their development, says Hannes Pfau, partner at UNStudio, an Amsterdam-based architecture company.

"The urban fabric of Kuala Lumpur has many examples of modernist architecture that have an added richness because they not only demonstrate quality design, but also respond to local climates and ways of life, he said.

Pfau said, iconic buildings can benefit cities on multiple levels.

"The Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur are a stunning example. They are ageless. By having been the tallest towers in the world for six years, they brought a lot of attention to Kuala Lumpur and helped define it as a leading city in Asia, he told NST Property.

Pfau said Kuala Lumpur embraces many different cultures and has grown into a city with a very exciting mix of traditional and modern, adding that this mentality is ideal for the development of new landmark projects.

Mercedes-Benz Museum, Stuttgart, Germany.

Culture is an extremely important parameter when it comes to the design of architecture. We as architects, should always do our best to address this in a respectful and tasteful way. Additionally, architecture is a reflection or reaction to an era, so it can never be isolated from history and culture. Modern architecture is strongest when it reflects the past and present, and even anticipates the future, he added.

Pfau, who is also a director of UNStudio Asia, manages several large scale and high profile projects in China and Asia Pacific region, such as the Lyric Theatre Complex in the West Kowloon Cultural District in Hong Kong, as well as the Mercedes-Benz Museum in Stuttgart, Germany and the University of Music and Music Theater in Graz, Austria.

He hoped that the Lyric Theatre Complex will be a spectacular addition to the public buildings in Hong Kong.

For Pfau, the largest project that he had personally been involved in is Raffles City project in Hangzhou, China.

"This is a very good example of an integrated design approach that aims to reach the highest level of social, ecological and commercial sustainability," he said.

Working in Malaysia

On the services that UNStudio can provide for Malaysian companies, Pfau said, the scale of its projects ranges from large-scale urban plans, to architecture and interior design, to product design.

Every scale and budget has its own challenges. We do strongly believe in customized design that caters to the very specific needs of our clients. To create something that is meaningful to the field of architecture, that further expands the capabilities of our practice and is the perfect solution for the client, that is always our goal. Personally, I enjoy designing a single family house just as much as a mega project, he explained.

UNStudio is currently working with Vanke Malaysia, a subsidiary of Vanke Group from China, on a multi-billion ringgit mix-development project located at Bukit Nanas, Kuala Lumpur.

On this development with Vanke, Pfau said it will be one of the first projects for UNStudio in Malaysia.

Hannes Pfau, partner at UNStudio.

"This project is of highest importance to us to respect the cultural and environmental context and to design a building that is a vanguard of sustainable and environmentally-friendly design.

"One of the questions we have been asked is how do we create a residential mixed-used building in the city centre where the residents can enjoy the natural greenery while at the same time make use of the offerings of an urban, centrally-located apartment.

"The goal would be to offer a lifestyle that places the quality of life and work-life balance at its core," said Pfau.

Architecture revolutions in Asia

On the revolutions in Asia in terms of architecture, Pfau said the interest and investment in design and architecture has been evident across Asia since they started working on projects in Asia nearly 20 years ago.

Taking China for example, there has definitely been both a continued strong interest in drawi

ng international architectural influences into the country and nurturing the emerging architectural identities rising from within. The speed of architectural development across China is unprecedented, he said.

Pfau said, other Asian countries such as South Korea, Japan, Singapore, and Malaysia have each found their distinct architectural identities during their own eras of growth, which have led to many great examples of risk-taking architecture and iconic works that have been embraced by the citizens as a part of modern society and culture.

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Artificial intelligence (AI) is on a serious roll. Consider these eye-popping numbers:

According to one Gartner report, AI implementation has grown 270% in the last four years. According to another, leading organizations plan to double their number of AI projects in the next year.

Spending on AI hardware and software is expected to soar from the current level of $37.5 billion to $97.9 billion in 2023, IDC projects.

A PwC study determined that AI could drive a 14% increase in global GDP by 2030 the equivalent of an additional $15.7 trillion due to productivity gains and demand for new products and services. That makes AI the biggest commercial opportunity in todays economy.

Every business leader is asking what AI means for their company and how they can capitalize on it to gain a competitive advantage, serve customers better and foster high-performing workforces. Many want to get ahead of the trend and stake out ground as front-runners.

However, organizations need to be careful not to rush into AI without an awareness of the common pitfalls that can slow, limit or even ruin their AI initiatives. Im starting to see some instances of companies falling into five common traps:

1. AI Washing

This is an annoying phenomenon where a company positions an offering as involving AI when, in fact, thats a stretch. In many AI washing cases, a company is really using more basic forms of data analysis to make something more intelligent. This is not true AI, which can learn and take action in response to the data someone sends it and, over time, become smarter and more autonomous as the amount of data increases.

MMC Ventures, a British VC firm, examined 2,830 AI startups in 13 European Union countries and found that a whopping 40% dont actually use AI in a manner material to their businesses.

Given AIs momentum, its no surprise that some organizations around the world would latch onto the hype even while lacking an authentic AI story. But its a dangerous tack that puts the companys credibility at risk and, on a broader level, wrongly confuses the market about what AI is and isnt.

2. The Shiny Object Syndrome

This is different from AI washing in that an organization may be enthusiastically developing genuine AI capabilities, but it has put the cart before the horse by failing to delineate what important business issues or customer pain points its looking to AI to solve.

As with AI washing, its an understandable predicament. AI is white-hot, and everyone wants in. But its also no different from any other technology since the beginning of time in that a solution in search of a problem is doomed to fail.

Thus, the very first step for any company diving into AI must be to carefully identify and weigh the specific areas of the business that AI has strong potential to improve. Remember: AI is a means to an end, not an end in itself.

3. Architectural Snag

Even after organizations have successfully homed in on appropriate AI applications, some are surprised to discover that their architecture isnt well suited to AI. For a product development organization, Do I have the right architecture is a critical question to be answered. The outcome of AI is only as good as the quality and quantity of data it ingests. If an organization just runs some AI algorithms on top of a system and they do not provide the right data, the AI engine will yield substandard results.

4. Organizational Boundaries

Silos are excellent for storing corn; theyre a curse for an enterprise AI strategy that inherently depends on data integration and collaboration among teams to ensure end-to-end solutions.

In a McKinsey survey, only 17% of respondents said their companies "have mapped out where, across the organization, all potential AI opportunities lie. And only 18% say their companies have a clear strategy in place for sourcing the data that enable AI work.

Also, companies must make sure they are organizationally and culturally set up to do AI right. For example, a customer support team that is vacuuming up data in their crucial area must be seamlessly sharing that data and collaborating with the data scientists who are writing AI models aimed at improving customer service. Thats the only way to ensure the continuous feedback loop that is essential to AI.

5. Insufficient Skills Investment

AI requires a heavy investment in the teams of data scientists who work hand in hand with the business domain experts to drive the objectives that an organization expects to gain from AI.

Yet study after study has shown that most companies worry they lack the in-house talent needed to execute their AI strategy. Organizations need to recognize this challenge at the outset of their AI journey and be prepared for the recruiting wars. One smart tactic is to think outside the "I need domain experts" box to the "I need to couple mathematicians, physicists and other scientists who could make great AI practitioners with domain experts" box.

Organizations need to be intelligent about artificial intelligence. By steering clear of these five traps, they can successfully ride the AI wave for incredible business value.

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Architect Services is about what the architect does in each phase of work involved with a project.

BASIC SERVICESBasic Services typically include the following services:

1. Programming

2. Schematic Design

3. Design Development

4. Construction Documents

Architects try hard to explain these services, but not many owners understand them very well. These services are necessary and are typically not negotiable in terms of what they contain, as it would be nearly impossible for an architect to provide the on-going services without providing these Basic Services, which is why they are called BASIC.

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In brief, these services typically mean and contain the following items:

ProgrammingThe architect takes notes of what the owner states that they want in the project. Usually, the architect provides these notes in some form of typed format, possibly with photos of the property, with some discussion of site features and opportunities for the to-be-built items. The architect will often include a site visit with a typed understanding of site elements and how and where the built structures might be located.

Schematic DesignSFR (Single Family Residential):The architect uses the Program established in the previous phase of work to conceptually create a diagram or plans of the proposed project. In SFR projects, some architects may combine Design Development with Schematic Design, as sometimes some architects only make a hazy sketch, in schematics, while others start out the project on computer and stay on computer, as they feel that is a more efficient method and that nothing is wasted. However, there is no precise right or wrong method. Each architect has their own preferences about how they go about creating something from nothing. Some architects produce only floor plans and site plans at this stage, often for SFR projects.

Commercial Projects:Others go far beyond this, based on their desired method of creation, particularly for commercial projects, where it is quite common to see plans, elevations and conceptual building sections.

Design DevelopmentThis is where additional detail is added to the previous Schematic Design.SFR projects:Some architects add exterior building elevations at this point and perhaps a roof plan. Others may decide to include a building section. However, there is no specific right or wrong method. Whatever works for each firm. Additional dimensions are tested to insure that various items will fit into the proposed design. And additional dimensions are added to the work.

Commercial Projects:Depending on the scope of the project, this can become a very detailed phase where equipment selection is made and tested to make sure it all fits within the building shell and arrangement. Also, energy calculations may be made to test glass, insulation and other requirements to insure that the building will properly function to meet Energy Code.

Construction DocumentsTraditionally, this = Working Drawings & Specifications.This is where the final details are added to the project. Building sections, wall sections, finish schedules, door schedules, title sheets, index sheets, final graphics, blow-up detail plans and elevations of critical conditions, notes, final detailed dimensions, interior elevations (depending on scope of services and other additional services). The architect does coordinate all the building consultants, whether provided under the architects umbrella or not. The amount of fee can and will affect the amount of drawings and other items provided by the architect.

SFR projects:There are some architects that do not create specifications for residential projects, while others believe they are essential. In general, the more information, the better, to minimize the chances of unknown conditions and pricing changes.

Commercial Projects:Just about always feature Working Drawings & Specifications and many sheets in the set.This website is not going to address all of the variations possible involved with Construction Documents. Suffice it to say that these are the detailed documents that the General Contractor uses to build the project.

ADDITIONAL SERVICES

SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL (SFR) PROJECTS:

Record Drawings comes into play when an owner does Not have drawings for their existing home or building that they wish to renovate. This happens often. Owners lose track of these important documents, or they never obtained copies. Whatever the reason, it is not the fault of the new project architect if the owner cannot provide these Existing Condition architectural and structural drawings. The architect needs these documents. In order to design new improvements to an existing home or building, the architect must have drawings depicting what exists. Therefore, if the owner cannot provide these, the architect will often offer to provide an Additional Service that some may call As-Built drawings. However, the use of this term could carry with it certain liabilities, so architects these days may be better advised to use the term Record Drawings. Record Drawings do not guarantee that they are perfect. Rather, Record Drawings disclose that they are being prepared using measuring instruments such as flexible measuring tapes that will give approximate, and not entirely accurate readings and that the architect is not responsible for these approximations, which the Contractor will need to field verify. The creation of Record Drawings is almost impossible to estimate in terms of fixed fees and for that reason, should almost always be provided hourly. The project could be a one-story, one-room cabin, or it could be a complex laboratory 6 floors high. The amount of required Record Drawings will vary with the type and complexity of new project desired by the owner. The architect will need to make their own decision as to how much information is necessary for them to design the new improvements. Therefore: this fee will become an hourly service that will be unknown until it is done. This service is Not free and could become quite involved. Also: the architect will not be expected to perform destructive investigations to look above ceilings or under floors to actually see structural elements and other items that are concealed by the finishes and other other elements of the existing project.

Electrical Schematics is Not required for most home projects, even though many owners think so. The architect is typically under no requirement to provide this. It is highly recommended, as the architect has special knowledge about the organization of a home project, including appliances and cabinets and room arrangements, without which the owner may experience some difficulties. However, if the owner wants this service, then they are required to pay the architect to provide it.

Cabinetry Elevations are Not required for just about any house project, anywhere, by any jurisdictional authority. And if it was, the architect deserves to be paid for this very detailed service. The architect can easily spend over 100 hours drawing and detailing these for a medium to large house, and it may be more, based on the level of detail.It is highly recommended that owners compensate their architect to provide Cabinetry Elevation drawings, as the Electrical Schematics and those are closely related and the owner can obtain a higher quality design by having their architect perform this service.

Bidding/ Negotiating/ Price Discussions with Contractor is highly recommended. This is where the architect can be of tremendous influence and help in helping to find general contractors to bid the project, then help to obtain possible price reductions through negotiated changes in the project design/features/ quality level. Most owners have no idea what these sorts of changes impact. The architects counsel at this stage can make a project happen, where it might have been stalled otherwise. Note regarding Construction Cost Bids: no owner, anywhere is happy with the prices contractors propose to build their projects. Without fail, they want to see if the project can be built for less cost. Thats where this crucial architects additional service can help the owner a great deal. The architect is the only party to the project that has the project detailed understanding that will allow a coordinated price reduction, without sacrificing important items that could seriously damage the project (if changed without the architects guidance).

Construction Administration These services are Not required by law. These complex additional services are where the architect periodically visits the project site, reviews contractor submittals, including shop drawings for the various items of the project, including but not limited to doors & windows, insulation, concrete, wood, paint, and many other items. Without the architects watchful eye, any of these items could be changed by the contractor and suppliers without the owners knowledge, cheapening the project, damaging its durability, increasing its monthly utility charges and possibly leaking, rotting and being compromised structurally.Furthermore, during construction, if the architect is compensated to do so, they can process the contractors pay requests, checking on the progress of the construction and comparing that with the amount invoiced. Without this knowledgeable service, owners overpay up-front, which can induce a builder to walk off the job later, after they have obtained too much money too quickly, leaving the owner stuck with a project that will cost more to complete than remains in the budget. Very few owners have this type of experience in-house and would do well to pay their architect to help them. And there many other activities during construction that are too numerous to mention here. Serious situations that arise and without the architects wise and helping hands, projects can develop all sorts of problems that can have them come screeching to a halt.

Project ManagementThis is a catch-all for anything and everything that the owner cant handle but needs to be managed for them, not included in any other service. For instance: selection of colors, tile, paint, appliances, coordinating a home-owners association and other situations that can and will develop. It is wise to have the architect on-call for such things on an hourly basis.

3D ImageryArchitects may offer three-dimensional hand-drawn or computerized imagery of their designs. This can also involve 3D animations, which is a movie of a Clients project. Images can be either fixed (static) of a single viewpoint, or have multiple single views. The imagery may be plain and only consist of lines, or may be near-photo-realistic. Architects typically will not include such imagery in their Basic Services, unless paid additionally for these services. 3D computerized imagery may be provided to the Architect from a third party specialty source, as such imagery typically requires expensive and complex software and powerful computers to provide high-quality images. Architects may provide these services as a fixed price or hourly.

COMMERCIAL PROJECTS:

Record Drawings: see under Residential above.

Electrical: this is typically provided by an Electrical Engineering company, who the owner pays either through the architect or directly.

Cabinetry: this is something the architect could provide as an additional service and for which the owner would pay.

Bidding/ Negotiating/ Price Discussions with the Contractor. This is often provided by the architect on commercial projects and paid for by the owner.

Construction Administrationthese services are often provided by the architect and other consultants on commercial projects and paid for by the owner.

Project Management these services could include Interior Design Services and other services, for which the owner would pay.

3D Imagery: similar to those provided under SFR above.

COMMENT ABOUT ENGINEERING AND PERMITTING

SFR projects:With SFR projects, it is NOT the architects job to provide and pay for any sort of engineering. The owner is the one who wants the house or building, so they are responsible for paying for what is required. Many architects make it a requirement that the owner directly contract with and directly pay the structural engineer and any other type of consultant, such as, but not limited to: soil scientist, surveyor, and others.

Note: there is a common misconception in residential projects (particularly SFR (Single Family Residential)) that architects are providing mechanical (HVAC) and plumbing drawings/engineering. This is Not true. It is Not required by building departments for permitting, and even if these drawings were provided, the respective HVAC and plumbing subcontractors would change them, based on how they are used to doing it and the detailed constraints that develop during any project. On a SFR project, the General Contractors HVAC subcontractor will typically provide the energy calculations and ductwork layout, as well as the plumbing layout, often worked out in the field, as the work is accomplished by the respective subcontractor.

Commercial projects:However, in commercial projects, it IS a requirement that ENGINEERS provide these documents for many types of projects.

BUILDING PERMITFor SFR projects:to obtain the Building Permit, the General Contractor will need several items:A. Architects Construction Documents (containing architectural drawings).B. Structural Engineering (by a Structural Engineer working directly for and paid by the owner, but coordinated by the architect).C. Truss plant engineered shop drawings, signed and sealed by the truss provider through the lumberyard used by the General Contractor. Also typically includes LVL (Laminated Veneer Lumber engineering).D. Survey by a licensed Surveyor, provided and paid for by the owner.E. Some jurisdictions are starting to mandate soil scientist involvement for some steeply sloping areas and other specialized regions.F. HVAC subcontractors energy calculations.

It is a big misconception that all of the above are provided by the architect and that architect pulls the building permit. No. Not true. The General Contractor should be the entity obtaining the building permit and the Contractor is the one that obtains many of the above items through their suppliers and subcontractors.

Commercial Projects:Architects do often still provide the engineering disciplines through their office, although this practice is changing, as that includes substantial liability.While the architect does Not provide any shop drawings for pre-engineered items such as those above under SFR, they do often provide the Structural, Mechanical (HVAC), Plumbing & Electrical engineering through their associated sub-consultant engineering firms. However, this is changing. In due course, it may become standard future procedure, even on commercial projects, for owners to provide and pay for these services, with the architect continuing to totally coordinate them.However, it is Not common practice for architects to provide a survey. That is nearly always provided by the owner, along with other site-oriented services, like soil scientists.

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