Project and three Agencies – Any projects are executed with the participation of three agencies “Patron (Client) + Design Consultant Architect & Team + Contractor & Team” (We are here counting the patron (client) as an agency too). Positive coordination and trust between all three agencies are very important, to be honest towards the project. Where the responsibility of the Patron (client) is to pay on time, such as the professional charges of the architect, and the payment of the contractor according to the verification of the work. If all three agencies are committed then the completion of the project takes place in a peaceful way.
All patrons (clients) wants their project to be completed on time as per the estimated budget. The architect should provide the design and drawings at the right time and the contractor should make available the construction materials in proper quantity on time and control the wastage of construction materials. So that the construction cost can be kept under control and the construction budget should be around the estimated construction cost.
When the architect makes some minor changes, the response of the architect is neutral but when the architect has to make major changes including structural changes and engineering services along with the floor plans, elevation, and building sections, the design consultant architect and their entire team of have to spend more time to make that change to finish on time, this is a stage when the on-site is continuously working and the patron (client) cannot be harmed by stopping the work on the site.
With this challenge, the entire team of Design Consultant Architect spends extra time taking into account the patron’s (client’s) loss and completing all the changes within the time frame and preparing the site. This dispute between the patron (client) and the architect has an unintentional effect on the site. Which is to be compensated by the patron (client) himself, but the patron (client) tries to put the blame on the architect and the contractor, and in this dispute, the site can be loss. Due to this, the coordination can be missing between the design drawings & the site during site execution. And the end result can be in the form of building maintenance.
A building looking good and a building function-wise well-executed are two different things. If your building is maintenance-free or low maintenance based. So the building would have been constructed peacefully and with the mutual participation of three agencies ” Patron (Client) + Design Consultant Architect + Team and Contractor + Team”. The three agencies would have got satisfaction as well. Only such a project finds a place in an architect’s portfolio.
As per my experience if the patron (client) is committed then there can never be any problem in the project. Because as a professional the architect is always committed to his patron (client) and the project. Then if both the patron (client) and the architect are committed to the project, then the contractor is also committed to his project. There is no room for doubt.
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