Ch 25 owner designer agreements Flashcards
A bargain between two or more parties who agree to exchange something each desires to obtain. Must have an offer and an acceptance.
Contract
Full legal name of both parties must be clearly stated along with their addresses and the date on the contract.
Parties to contract and date
Fixed set of money for a specific set of services. Money usually paid out monthly. Careful estimation of time required.
Fixed fee
Client charged for the actual amount of time that a professional spends on the project. Most common form is the billing rate which is calculated with the net multiplier.
Hourly rate
Fee determined by the total cost of the project.
Percentage of project cost
Determined by multiplying the square footage of a project by some fixed rate. Designer must specify how the area of the project will be calculated (gross, net, or rentable square footage).
Area fee
Compensation based on the selling of goods.
Retail method
Must furnish full information regarding requirements of the project, including a budget that provides for the contingencies as well as for basic cost items. Must furnish all legal, accounting, and insurance counseling services necessary for the project and must furnish any required laboratory tests, inspections, and reports as required by the contract documents. Must be suitable space provided by the owner for the receipt, inspection, and storage of materials and equipment used on the job. Responsible for the removal or relocation of existing facilities, furniture, and equipment unless otherwise stated.
Owners responsibilities
Making revisions to drawings and specs. when those revisions are inconsistent with written approvals from the client, when they are required by revisions in codes or regulations after preparation of the documents, when they are due to a change in change orders or change directive, or when they are due to proposed substitutions from contractors and vendors.
Additional service
Providing services to investigate existing conditions or facilities or to make measured drawings.
Additional service
Providing services to verify the accuracy of information supplied by the owner.
Additional service
Assisting the owner in contracting for special surveys, environmental studies, and submissions required for the approvals of governmental authorites.
Additional service
Providing services for the design and selection of graphics and signage.
Additional services
Providing services in connection with the procurement of art.
Additional services
Subcontracting structural, mechanical, and electrical engineering consultants not metnioned in other parts of the agreement.
Additional services
Providing services relative to future facilities, furniture, and equipment that are not intended to be completed during the contract administration phase.
Additional services
Organizing and participating in selection interviews with prospective contractors if requested by the owner.
Additional services
Receiving, inspecting, and accepting or rejecting, on behalf of the owner, furniture, fixtures, and equipment at the time of their delivery and inspection.
Additional services
Providing a post-occupancy evaluation
Additional services
Providing a set of reproduciblerecord drawings showing significant changes to the work based on data furnished by the contractor.
Additional services
Providing services made necessary by the default of any contractor or supplier or the performance failure of either the owner or the contractor.
Additional services
Providing services in connection with a public hearing, mediation, arbitration, or legal proceeding, except where the interior designer is party thereto.
Additional services
Issued when the designer buys goods or services for the owner. Usually followed up with an acknowledgment from the vendor.
Purchase orders
bargain between two or more parties who agree to exchange something each other desires
contract
