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If insufficient information has been provided, incorrect assumptions can be made about the architect’s duties in a project. The purpose of this leaflet is to provide brief explanatory notes on the services typically provided by an architect in a building project. Special services or arrangements may be individually negotiated with the architect.  \nPlease note:  \nRight at the outset of a project with an architect it is important to be aware that if permissions or approvals are required from local authorities the decision is out of the architect’s control and cannot be guaranteed. Similarly building products, or the performance and quality of the work of others, cannot be guaranteed by the architect. Projects can over-run due to any number of circumstances over which the architect has no control, not least of which is bad weather.  \nContents:  \nFinance and Contracts  \n1. Architects’fees and appointments:  \n2. Methods of calculating fees  \n3. Additional fees  \n4. Estimates of building costs  \n5. Progress  \nStatutory Approvals and Contract Administration  \n6. Planning permission and Building Regulations approval  \n7. Planning permission for the design  \n8. Building Regulations approval – permission to build  \n9. Building contract administration  \n10. Monitoring construction  \n11. Time over-runs  \n12. Other consultants  \nArchitects Certificates  \n13. Certificates issued under a building contract  \n14. Professional Consultant’s Certificate  \nOther Matters  \n15. Copyright  \n16. Reasonable skill and care  \n17. Requirements under the law.  \nFinance and Contracts  \n1. Architects Fees and Appointments  \ni Information on architects’fees may be found in a leaflet entitled ‘Working with an Architect for your home’which you can download from the RIBA web-site at [http://www.architecture.com/fileLibrary/pdf/02_Working_revise_v2.pd](http://www.architecture.com/fileLibrary/pdf/02_Working_revise_v2.pdf)[f](http://www.architecture.com/fileLibrary/pdf/02_Working_revise_v2.pdf) , and inan annual report: 'Architects fees: a survey of the fees charged by private architectural practices', 2007 edition, available from The Fees Bureau, a division of Mirza & Nacey Research. There is no fixed fee scale in the UK, so an architect will charge a fee taking into account the requirements of the project, his or her skills, experience, overheads, the resources needed to undertake the work, profit and competition.  \nii. Before the fee can be agreed, both architect and client should establish:  \n- the project details and services to be provided  \n- the procurement method  \n- an approximate construction cost  \n- the project timetable.  \niii. The architect should set out the project details clearly, in writing, along with his or her terms and conditions of engagement and the procedures for the calculation and payment of fees and expenses. The architect may use the RIBA’s Standard Form of Appointment, [http://www.architecture.com/go/Architecture/Using/Contracts_306.html](http://www.architecture.com/go/Architecture/Using/Contracts_306.html), abespoke contract or an exchange of letters.  \n2. Methods of calculating fees include:  \n- a quoted percentage of the final cost of the building work, or  \n- a fixed or calculated lump sum or sums, or  \n- time charges, or  \n- another agreed basis.  \nDifferent methods of calculating fees may be used for different stages in the project but the architect and client should agree to this at the outset.  \n3. Additional fees  \ni. Additional fees are normally payable to the architect if, for reasons beyond his or her control, he or she is involved in extra work or extra expense is inc","cbCaicbNXtynDcCl","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaicbNXtynDcCl","pdf",115989,"English","# Introduction\n## What an architect may do for you\n## Please note\n# Contents\n## Finance and Contracts\n### Architects' fees and appointments\n### Methods of calculating fees\n### Additional fees\n### Estimates of building costs\n### Progress\n## Statutory Approvals and Contract Administration\n### Planning permission and Building Regulations approval\n### Planning permission for the design\n### Building Regulations approval – permission to build\n### Building contract administration\n### Monitoring construction\n### Time over-runs\n### Other consultants\n## Architects Certificates\n### Certificates issued under a building contract\n### Professional Consultant’s Certificate\n## Other Matters\n### Copyright\n### Reasonable skill and care\n### Requirements under the law","[{\"question\":\"Why do disputes and complaints sometimes occur with architects?\",\"answer\":\"Many disputes stem from incomplete understanding of an architect’s role and responsibilities in design, planning, and construction. 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