Architect's fee and construction diary

Hello everyone,

our architect has done the design planning for us, meanwhile the approval process is underway (he has also prepared all the necessary documents for us). So far, the architect has not sent us any invoice, and the initial drafts and discussions were basically free to get to know each other. Everything fit perfectly and we feel very comfortable with him, which is why we naturally want to proceed with the construction with him as well. Now we have received the fee proposal, and we have a few questions about it:

The total fee for all service phases amounts to about 11% of the eligible construction costs (Zone 3). According to my research, this value is appropriate. The HOAI values were undercut, so it is cheaper than HOAI.

What caught our attention in the offer is that the architect waives the creation of a construction diary. Is this common practice? We can still commission the architect to keep the construction diary, in which case the fee will of course increase somewhat.

Relaxed lockdown
Bowbow

The architect waives creating a construction log.

He will not manage the events entirely without notes, relying solely on memory, but if he provides a high quality of active site management, then it can certainly be done with a thin file. Detailed planning avoids overhead hours.

The architect waives the creation of a construction log. Is this common practice?

What is supposed to be achieved with this? What should such a log look like? I would never think of commissioning an architect for such a service, as the purpose is not clear to me. He should carry out proper site management - how he does that is irrelevant.

Completely note-free alone in the 11ant memory he will not manage the events - but if he offers a high quality of active site management, then that is quite possible with a thin file. Detailed planning avoids chargeable hours.

I tend to see it exactly that way.

What is supposed to be achieved with this? What should such a diary look like? I would never come up with the idea to commission an architect for such a service, as the purpose does not become clear to me.
He is supposed to carry out proper site management – how he does that does not matter.

Basically, according to HOAI, the construction diary is included, so it must be explicitly excluded. If this is not done, you automatically commission him with it. That is also the reason for my question what speaks against taking this out of the contract (except possibly cost reasons).

What is supposed to be achieved with this? What should such a diary look like? I would never think of hiring an architect for such a service, as I don't see the point. He is supposed to carry out proper construction supervision - how he does it doesn't matter.

I wouldn't have expected that "construction diary" means nothing to you. Surprising.

I would not have expected that "Bautagebuch" means nothing to you. Surprising.

I have never seen an explicit construction log from the architect in about 25 years... Construction supervision yes, but never in the form of a so-called construction log.