Hello,
- Would you sign the clause "The contract may only be terminated for very important reasons."?
Any contract can be terminated for an important reason.
- Would you sign the clause "Plans and tender documents may not be forwarded to uninvolved third parties without the consent of [the architect]."?
I assume the architect wants to prevent his design/his copyright from being adapted by a contractor. You have to clarify what you are buying: a right to use the design or the design itself; no ifs or buts.
So, I wouldn’t sign it without further ado, since you need the plans, have to have the execution plans created, and also the tender documents themselves. Even your financing bank needs the plans. So get it specified!
- Is it normal that stage 9 is not offered by the architect?
"Site inspection to identify defects before the statute of limitations of warranty claims against the executing companies expires. Monitoring the elimination of defects that occur within the statute of limitations of warranty claims, but no longer than five years after acceptance of the construction services. Assisting in the release of securities. Systematic compilation of the graphical representations and calculation results of the object."
If your favorite excludes this, there will be a good reason for it; don’t necessarily assume that he is "too lazy"!
Quite a few architects nowadays are "only" design architects; their practical knowledge is limited. Not infrequently, they rely on long-term partnerships within the crafts. That is why I often recommend entrusting construction management to an external expert. I would award up to service phase 7 and commission external expertise for phases 8 + 9.
But what about the surveying? Should we already commission it or better leave it to the architect? And what exactly will be surveyed? The development plan with the "standard cross-section" is available, does that have anything to do with it? What does the surveying cost?
In NRW, you need the preliminary site plan in order to even submit a building application. If this is also the case in SL, commission a surveyor you trust in good time.
The architect needs the heights above sea level noted on it to be able to adapt his planning to the development plan regulations; the channel invert levels are also noted there. The surveyor also has to set out the batter boards and later re-survey the finished house and forward it to the land registry office. Depending on the cost of the property, the standard land value, and the commissioned stages, it ranges between EUR 2,800 and 3,500 in the Rhineland.
Rhenish regards