On complex and large projects, architects are often engaged as a secondary or subconsultant. For example on major civil or landscape projects with a ...

In calculating a fee for partial services, consideration should be given to the additional work and higher risk involved. Work must be undertaken to ...

In practice, you may find that clients or contractors assume that when errors, ambiguities or omissions in the architect’s documentation result in ...

Read time: 1 minute During the course of construction on some projects, it may be necessary to identify mandatory inspections, that is, a point in ...

With the development of digital technology and the availability of the internet, architects and their specialist consultants can satisfy themselves ...

Read time: 6 minutes The clerk of works is a full-time inspector of the works on behalf of the owner but exercises no executive authority and is ...

The function of the architect administering a contract can be gleaned from the building contract and also from the architect's conditions of ...

Read time: 1 minute Latent conditions are physical conditions on, underlying or adjacent to the site that could not be identified by reasonable ...

Under most standard-form building contracts the contractor receives regular payment for the work as it progresses. Progress certificates are issued ...

Read time: 4 minutes During construction the contractor may propose substituting materials and products specified in the contract documents. The ...