How to Project-Manage Architecture

Join us on Thursday, June 3rd for Best Practice, a virtual fireside chat series dedicated to practice operations at architecture firms and beyond. From pain points to potential, hear how leaders in the architecture and engineering industry are innovating through new business models and managerial techniques.

We’re chatting with Flora Bao, AIA, LEED AP, Project Manager at BIG - Bjarke Ingels Group.

Flora is a licensed Architect with 14 years of experience in the architectural design and development industry with projects ranging from full city-planning and large mixed-use projects, to single buildings and interiors, carrying these various project typologies from concept to construction completion. She is a Project Manager at BIG (prev. WeWork, SOM) with strong communication and organizational skills honed to identify priorities, align expectations, seek solutions, and lead a team towards a common goal. Flora has a thorough understanding of contract negotiation, scheduling, budgeting, and team collaboration, and is able to navigate well-structured organizations as well as fast-paced startup environments.

In this 45 minute chat, we'll talk to Flora about how to project manage architecture.

Find out:

• Lessons learned from managing projects @ SOM, BIG, WeWork + more
• How does an advanced project manager work with teams?
• and more!