alphamaleomega
Structural
I am a practicing structural engineer. Many of our projects are small building projects. Architects in our community are saying that ANY structure for human occupancy needs an Architect as the project leader.
We in the engineeing community feel the client can decide what range of services they need, as long as the project is code compliant in regards to life and safety review.
This issue is heating up to be a major turf war. My clients usually know what they need, and do not wilh to pay 5-15% of a projects cost for full Architectural services. Most have bben down that road and want a code compliant plan that is economical to build and didn't cost them a fortune to design, and build because an Architect wanted to put his or her artistic signature ion the job.
I would like to hear what others have to say about this issue.
We in the engineeing community feel the client can decide what range of services they need, as long as the project is code compliant in regards to life and safety review.
This issue is heating up to be a major turf war. My clients usually know what they need, and do not wilh to pay 5-15% of a projects cost for full Architectural services. Most have bben down that road and want a code compliant plan that is economical to build and didn't cost them a fortune to design, and build because an Architect wanted to put his or her artistic signature ion the job.
I would like to hear what others have to say about this issue.