Yes; Architects are very important.
Many people used to come to us in such a way that you design this project for us, our architects are not available yet and we do not have time to wait for them. Don’t worry about the fees, if we like your work then you will stay connected with us. We have no shortage of work.
Many people used to give us great incentives to design their projects and cut off contact with us after we completed the project design. These people used to disappear with basic designs and did not even pay fees. We had to go through this kind of experience many times. Most of these people were either very close or came from the recommendation of some very close relative or friends, which we could not refuse. It was also our immaturity to the business that we used to say “YES” considering that a project design was included in our portfolio.
There were many people who used to say that the fees would be paid after the work was completed and that the designs and drawings did not live up to their expectations. These people used to cheat us by constructing the building with the same design and drawing with the help of the contractor. These people used to be from the unorganized builder or dealer community.
Their power is money and political reach, on the basis of which these people are able to harm anyone with the help of the police or court. These people get their work done by implicating any architect or engineer in one way or the other and the result is to be suffered by the architect, engineer, or the people living in that building. This practice has been going on for decades. This practice is impossible to stop without political will and public awareness.
The unorganized builder or dealer community does not accept any documents and agreements, but these people have documents and agreements made according to their own interests, which the architect, engineer, or the occupants of that building are forced to accept. These people every time make new architects and engineers their victims, in whose name common people are ready to buy that building and live in it.
The people who buy such buildings, after seeing the documents of the involvement of architects and engineers in the building, trust and buy the structure of that building. The people who buy the building do not know that the person is from the unorganized builder or dealer community by whom they are buying the building, where any rules of building construction have not been implemented. The building which is not built under the supervision of an architect and engineer is possible but it cannot meet the building construction standards.
This unorganized builder or dealer community is flourishing in our business because of economic prosperity, political patronage, and legal participation. It has become an unorganized industry over which no one has control. The victims of these people are people who have come from outside in search of jobs, and business.
In such buildings, accidents are made news, discussed, condoled, legal proceedings are formalized, and compensation is pretended. No concrete steps are taken to ensure that this kind of problem does not happen again. Those who raise their voice on this subject are either not heard or people are not able to organize or fight due to economic reasons or they do not get a chance to raise their voice in the right place, due to which such a voice becomes silent forever.
This problem can be stopped only through public awareness. When we are ready to risk our lives to save money, what is the fault of the hunter? So be aware, be alert, and take the right decision. Before buying any building must see the completion certificate, structural stability certificate, and supervision certificate of the building which should be attested by the government authority or architect or engineer.