C-65.1, r. 9 - Architects' Fees (Services to Government) Regulation

Section 8 Disposition versions

2012-09-01

8. Services during construction include those rendered in the office and on the worksite. They include:

(1)  the preparation of large-scale drawings of details that could not be foreseen during the preparation of the final plans and specifications, but are required for construction purposes;

(2)  preparation of notices of changes and negotiations concerning them;

(3)  advice to the client on technical problems arising during the construction, which require consideration, with or without visits to the worksite;

(4)  for purposes of recommendations to the client, verification of workshop drawings and those of the manufacturers to see that they are in compliance with the plans and specifications;

(5)  correspondence regarding construction work;

(6)  for purposes of recommendations to the client; verification of substitute materials;

(7)  depending upon the frequency demanded by progress on the worksite, periodic visits to the worksite in order to make sure generally that the progress of the works, their execution, the quality of the materials and of the labour are in compliance with the requirements of the contractual documents, these visits not necessarily implying qualitative, quantitative, thorough and continuous checking;

(8)  on the basis of observations made during periodic visits to the worksite, information to the client about progress of the works and defects or deficiencies noted in the work of the contractor, and orders for the redoing of work considered not to be in compliance with the contractual documents;

(9)  notices to the contractor about the interpretation of plans and specifications;

(10)  the drawing up of minutes of meetings at the worksite and of those held with the client;

(11)  for a construction contract with a lump sum price, the checking of requests for payment and the issuance of certificates for recommendation of progress and final payments;

(12)  final inspection of factors depending on his own competence and coordination of the final inspection of the other consultant firms regarding oversight of operating tests for machinery and apparatus installed, in order to determine whether they meet the warranties for capacities and yield;

(13)  written recommendations to the client regarding the issuance of provisional and final notices of acceptance of the works;

(14)  giving to the client, at the end of the works, a copy of the regional drawings revised and a copy of sketches and plans necessitated by request for changes.

O.C. 2402-84, s. 8; O.C. 196-2023.