PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE IV

Career, Scope of work and services in practice, condition of engagement and fee

SCHOOL OF PLANNING AND ARCHITECTURE , NEW DELHI February 2010

Career

Practice

Employment - I • Practice• Government• BPO• Builder

Career

Employment II• Manager of Design and construction

• Product Promotion

Design – Build

• Architecture, Interior, Real Estate

Journalist

Advisor

• Design review, site selection

Architect in Practice

Scope of work• Design• Execution of project

Design Conceptualization

Architecture, Urban Design, Urban Renewal, Interior,

Conservation

Realization

Structure, Plumbing, Electrical, HVAC, Electronics, Fire

detection & fire fighting, Acoustics, Illumination etc

Sustainability

Landscape, Renewable energy, Rain water harvesting,

conservation of resources

Execution of project Supervision - I

• Compliance of relevant laws

Supervision - II

• Construction

Certification• Works

• Payment

Interpretation• Drawings

• Contract

Scope of services

Programme & feasibility stage• Design Brief

• Site evaluation

Design stage• Concept design & budgetory estimates

• Engagement of consultants

• Development of design

• Integration of engineering and sustainability concepts

Scope of services

Statutory approvals• Drawings and documents

• Presentations

Tender stage• Tender drawings

• Specifications

• Conditions of Contract

• Bill of quantity

• Estimates

Scope of services

Working drawing stage• Integration of engineering services

• Working drawings

Construction stage• Periodic supervision

• Report on progress

• Advise to clerk of works

• Certification of contractor’s application for payment

Scope of services

Post Construction stage• Certification of completion of works• Certification of as build drawings

Professional Fee

Percentage of cost

Area basis

Lump-sum

Time basis

Norms for fee

IIA prescription till 1989

COA prescription since 1989

International practice

Prescription – a restrictive trade practice ?

IIA fee formula

Percentage of cost

Graduated scale• Higher the cost, lower the fee

COA fee formula

Minimum fee

Percentage of cost

One scale

• But reduction for repetition

Different percentage for different type of project

International practice

Architect s associations (like IIA) of many countries have

Prescribed fee

Withdrawn fee prescription

No statutory body prescribes fee

PrescriptionA restrictive trade practice

No weightage to creativity

No weightage to experience

Professional may exploit the situation

Violates the monopolies & restrictive trade

practices

Defeats the concept of competitiveness of a market

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