jobs: Architects brace for worse [US]

Demand for their services hits five-year low as developers pull back

For most of the past four years, developers have crammed JDavis 
Architects' pipeline with projects up and down the East Coast.
Billings have climbed steadily, along with confidence that invoices 
would be paid on time.

Things were so smooth that Jeffrey T. Davis, the firm's president, was 
able to focus on his calling -- designing condominiums, restaurants, 
office buildings and planned communities -- without having to sweat the 
business side.

These days, however, it seems Davis is acting more like a bill collector 
than an architect.

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