Mark
Canada on Hiring an Architect
Construction Phase
During the Construction Phase, the architect
is the owner's representative to approve the contractor's
payment requests, review shop drawings, administer the owner/contractor
agreement and help assure the house or remodel is built according
to the construction documents. There will literally be hundreds
of opportunities for the architect to further instill quality
and save the owner money (or help him from spending unnecessarily
for changes.) Again in this phase, good builders appreciate
an architect's involvement and an owner can reap huge benefits
from this relationship.
We're convinced more owners would hire their
architects to provide complete architectural and engineering
services if they were educated that by doing so they would
save money and create value. In other words, architects are
good business. It is simply human nature to want something
for free and the entire built environment would profit from
their increased involvement. 
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