Following the completion of the Working Drawings phase, you may wish to continue employing our services to ensure that the building is built in accordance with the contractual docmentation.

Our Contract Administration service is designed to ensure that the contractor builds the building as has been developed throughout the design process, whilst also ensuring that extra costs throughout construction are kept to a minimum.

The Contract Administration phase is an important quality control aspect of building a design, and having one of our architects acting as your agent will ensure that the end result is a high quality building.

This service follows a traditional format where by the contract is a lump sum with no transparency. Key inspections are made at critical stages and the architectural quality is administered under the framework of MBA/AIA lump sum contract. Progress payments are made on the basis of claims made by the builder and the project architect's authorization.

From our experience this involves less control over the contract as we have with the project management service but if the builder has a very good reputation and complete integrity there may be no need to scrutinize the work and costs as is done with the project management service. The decision to proceed with contract admin or project management is usually addressed at the end of the working drawing stage when the type of contract with the builder needs to be specified as well as the ongoing involvement by the architect during the building process.

Please see our fees page for cost details.

Interested in this service? Why not contact us for information on how we can work with you.