3 Selecting the right contract

The RIBA Professional Services Contracts 2018 provide comprehensive contract terms and are suitable where an Architect/Consultant undertakes a commission for services on projects using a traditional form of procurement.

It is important that any appointment document clearly identifies the role, or roles, to which the commission relates and that it is compatible with the procurement method. In some instances, the procurement method will already have been decided before the Architect/Consultant is appointed, by client choice or as a result of other factors such as cost or time constraints. However, in many instances, the procurement method cannot be settled at the time of agreeing the appointment, thus the appointment ...

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