Webinar Guest Speaker: Settimo Vilardi, M.Arch, OAA, MRAIC, LEED AP BD+C
This module is intended to provide the necessary information, tools, and methodology for determining reasonable fees for small-, medium-and large-sized projects. It will provide the key elements in determining reasonable fees, including setting appropriate hourly rates, preparing Work Breakdown Structure (WBS), setting up fee calculation worksheets, analyzing, crosschecking and validating fees using several methods and, finally, collecting and organizing accurate past-project information, including a profit-loss ratio, for use in determining future fees.
Learning Objectives
- Calculate hourly rates for Architect or Licensed Technologist OAA principal and staff;
- Identify the best method for calculating fees for small, medium, and large projects;
- Develop fees for small, medium, and large projects;
- Analyze, cross-check, and validate your fees and those received from your consulting engineer; and
- Create tools to make your future fee estimates accurate.
Settimo Vilardi is a Windsor-based Architect with over 20 years of experience. He has spent most of his career to date working in Ontario, but has also worked on projects in other Canadian provinces and in Detroit, Michigan. He started his career in a very large, Toronto-based firm where he worked for four years on a variety of projects prior to returning to his hometown of Windsor, as a principal and co-owner of Archon Architects Incorporated (AAI). At AAI, he has led a variety of residential, institutional, commercial, industrial, and civic projects as the principal-in-charge and project architect. He prepares professional fees for a variety of projects, large and small, basic to complex, and has created templates and worksheets, including customized fee calculation worksheets, to determine reasonable fees for the projects his firm undertakes.
Settimo has sat as a board member for Pro-Demnity Insurance Co., as well as the OAA Vice President Practice and Senior Vice President and Treasurer. He participates in a variety of committees relating to practice, governance, political advocacy, and finances.