The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-08-19

an additional charge to be made for
surveys and measurements incident
thereto.
An additional charge to be made
for alterations and additions in con-
tracts and plans, which will be valued
in proportion to the additional time
and services employed.
| Necessary. travelling expenses to be
| paid by the client.
| Time spent by the architect in visit
ing for professional consultation, and
in the accompanying travel, whether
by day or night, will be charged for,
whether or not any commission, either
for office work or supervising work, is
given.
The architect s payments are sue
cessively due as his work is completed,
in the order of the above classified
| tions.
Until an actual estimate is received,
the charges are based on the proposed
cost of the works, and the payments
are received as installments of the en-
tire fee, which is based upon the actual
cost.
/ The architect bases his professional
charge upon the entire cost, to the
owner of the building, when completed,
including all the fixtures necessary to
render it fit for occupation, and is en-
titled to extra compensation for furnl-
ture or other articles designed or pur-
| CHdSSu ny Iuc dGCulUGcC.
Ii any material or work used in the
construction of the building be already
upon the ground, or come into the pos
session Of the owner without expense
to him, the value of said material or
} work is to be added to the sum actual
/. ly expended upon the building before
J the architects commission is COM
puted.
J The supervision or superintendent of
, an architect Gas distinguished from the
continuous personal superintendent
| which may be secured by the employ
ment of a clerk of the works. means
such inspection by the architect, or his
| deputy, of a building or other work in
process of erection, completion or alter
t alton as he finds necessary to ascertain
| whether it is being executed in con-
formity with his designs and specifica-
lions or directions, and to enable him
t to decide when the successive INSTALL
g ments or payments provided for in the
contract or agreement are due or pay
q able. He is to determine in construct
t i've emergencies, to order necessary
changes, and to define the true intent
q and meaning of the drawings and speci-
n fications, and he has authority to stop
D the progress of the work and order its
removal when not in accordance with
e them.
O On buildings where it is deemed
: necessary to employ a clerk of the
j. works, the remuneration of said clerk
e is to be paid by the owner or own
ers, in addition to any commission OF
j. fees due the architect. The selection
y or dismissal of the clerk Of the works
h is to be subject to the approval of the
IA architect.
=. Consultation fees for professional ad
Is vice are to be paid in proportion to the
i Importance of the questions involved
at the discretion of the architect.
ts None of the charges above enumer
m ated covers professional or legal serv
-, ices connected with negotiations TO
II site, disputed party walls, right of light
20 measurement of work, or services Incl
III dental to arrangements consequent upol
q the failure of contractors during tn
~ performance of the work. When sucl
services become necessary, they shall
III be charged for according to the tim
and trouble involved.
n Drawings and specifications, as in
IN struments of service, are the propert.
of the architect.
ls- The table of charges for preliminar
or studies, referred to in the second para
NJ graph from the beginning, specifies tina
OF the minimum charge shall be $50; tina
,r- for works costing from $4,000 to $50
er 900 the charge shall be per cent of tn
al proposed cost; and that for hlghe
Is, amounts the charges shall be a SUI
equal to two and half times tn
o. square root Of the lowest cost. Thu
We for work costing from $4,000 and III
,e- der $4,000, the charge shall be $3.50
between 100000 and $1,250,00(
an 800; between 100000 and $4,000
lso 900, $4,000, and so on.