Question 4 Flashcards
4.1 Name any 5 (five) of the principal areas in which claims against
Architects are made. (5)
Answer to 4.1
Any 5 (five) (5)
4.2.1 Late or incorrect supply of information to contractors. (1)
4.2.2 Materials that fail to perform. (1)
4.2.3 Building inadequately inspected during construction. (1)
4.2.4 Incomplete completion lists drawn up at issue of certificate of practical
completion. (1)
4.2.5 Buildings constructed across the boundary line. (1)
4.2.6 Buildings not within the building line. (1)
4.2.7 Buildings that leak. (1)
4.2.8 Buildings that fall short of their stated payability. (1)
4.2.9 Failure to comply with mandate. (1)
4.2.10 Failure to issue payment certificates timeously. (1)
4.2 How can the architect ensure payment of his fees on a regular basis
throughout the duration of the project and not only once he has
completed his mandate for the entire project? (5)
Answer to 4.2 (5)
It is essential to contract out of the Common Law Rule (1)
which holds that ‘the architect would only become entitled to his fees
when he has completed his mandate for the entire project (1)
and agree that* fees be payable at the end of each of work stages 1
to 4, (1)*
the respective amounts being the percentages stated in clause 5.4 of
the Tariff, and in work stage 5, that* fees be payable monthly,*
calculated on the value of interim payment certificates. (1)
Refer clause 4.4 Payment of the SAIA Client-Architect Agreement. (1)
4.3 Name the different work stages (6)
Answer to 4.3 (6)
a. Stage 1: Inception (1)
b. Stage 2: Concept and viability (concept design) (1)
c. Stage 3: Design development (1)
d. Stage 4: Documentation and procurement (1)
e. Stage 5: Construction (1)
f. Stage 6: Close-out (1)
4.4 Name any 4 services that qualify for additional fees. (4)
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Answer to 4.4
Any 4 of the following: (4)
a. Special design services (1)
b. Special management services (1)
c. Special studies (1)
d. Work on existing premises (1)
e. Other services such as
Participation in litigation and dispute resolution (1)
Additional services mutually agreed on (1)
4.5 Name five issues that should be addressed when you are appointed
jointly with other Professionals (5)
Answers to 4.5 (5)
1 Establish seniority **(1)
2 Arrange formal contract (1)
3 Put in place a* joint or ‘umbrella’ indemnity insurance
policy (1)**
4 Provide for *arbitration (1)
5 Define responsibilities & financial implications (1)
