Architect’s Responsibilities definition
Architect’s Responsibilities. Add:
a. The Architect, in consideration of the Fee specified hereinafter, conveys and agrees to perform, in connection with this Project, with the assistance of competent registered professional staff and/or sub consultants including, but not limited to, architect, structural engineer, civil engineer, mechanical engineer, electrical engineer and any others as necessary, to complete the professional services as detailed herein or in any additional contract Attachments/Exhibits.
b. The Architect is responsible for the coordination of all drawings and other design documents relating to the Architect’s project design, regardless of whether such drawings and documents are prepared by the Architect or by the Architect’s consultants. If preliminary or design development work has been performed by others, the Architect is nevertheless fully responsible for and accepts full responsibility for such earlier work when the Architect performs subsequent phases of the Basic Services, as fully as if the preliminary, schematic, and design development work had been performed by the Architect itself. The Architect is responsible for coordination and internal checking of all design documents and for the accuracy of all dimensional, layout and specified information contained therein, as fully as if each document were prepared by the Architect. The Architect is responsible for the completeness and accuracy of all documents, including drawings and specifications, submitted by or through the Architect and for their compliance with all applicable codes, ordinances, regulations, laws and statutes.
c. The Architect must prepare drawings, specification and other documents necessary so that the construction contract bid from a responsive, responsible bidding contractor will be within the COW defined by the last estimate agreed upon by all parties prior to Project Bidding. The Architect shall be responsible to redesign at its own expense to reduce scope to get within budget.
d. For each design deliverable the Architect shall provide an estimate for the Mechanical, Plumbing, Fire Protection, Electrical, Low Voltage Systems (Audio Visual, Security, Voice/Data), Furniture, water element, specialty park amenities and possible playground scopes of work. Furthermore, the Architect shall collaborate with and review Navigate Building Solutions estimates of the civil, structural and building scope of services. The Architect may, at its own expense, prepare independent estimates of the COW if de...