Architectural Services
Hourly Rate
Obviously, this is an important factor of
the final fee. You are entitled to know what your architect
and his employees are using as an hourly rate on your project.
The lowest fee for architectural and engineering
services may not be as good a bargain as a higher, more comprehensive
fee after you analyze and understand what is included. It
is critical to spend an appropriate amount for professional
services or you are underinvesting in the single most important
phase of your project. If you let your architect do his best
job, he will be saving you money and instilling value at each
phase of the project.
John
Ruskin, a famous 19th century art historian and scholar
wrote, "It's unwise to pay too much, but it's worse to
pay too little. For when you pay too little, you sometimes
lose everything, because that which you paid for is incapable
of doing what it was bought to do. The common law of business
prohibits paying a little and getting a lot, it can't be done.
If you deal with the lowest bidder, it is wise to add something
for the risk you take and if you do that you might as well
pay for something better."
Although I have tried upon occasion, I have
not managed to ever say it better.
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