Consultant Design Fees

cnorris · Jul 27, 2000

I am looking to find references/publications regarding Consultant Design Fee percentages as a percent of construction costs.     I have access to Means, which lists some estimates, but was looking for some other references. The particular type of construction I am interested in is Wastewater/Water plants and water/sewer line work. I feel sure that either ASCE or WEF or even ENR has such data and publishes it, but am having problems finding it. Any assistance would be appreciated. <A HREF="mailto:Cnorris@mwwssb.com">Cnorris@mwwssb.com</A>

Roadboss · Jul 28, 2000

Each local engineering association may have guideline for such fees. Check this site out. Ontario, Canada for type of information you are looking for. <A HREF="

http://www.peo.on.ca/EngPractice/feeguide/fees.htm"

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http://www.peo.on.ca/EngPractice/feeguide/fees.htm</A> Hope

this helps

mikolay · Aug 1, 2000

Please remember that the design fee should reflect the amount of effort required to complete the design.  Example, the design of sewer and water through a cornfield with no other special conditions to serve a new subdivision can be relatively low, maybe 3-5% of construction cost.  However the design of a sewer through a crowded urbanized area with tough soils and many permitting issues will be relatively high, 8 - 12% of construction cost.  Permitting issues can account for 50% of the "design effort" in a highly regulatory state like Wisc.  A straight percentage doesn't account for the complexity of the design and permitting.

Aug 9, 2000

Check with the USDA Rural Development website. They have the Engineering Agreement with standard

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