Key Highlights
half the job
drawings importance
construction oversight
project phase role
expensive
cost reduction risk
Drawings are half the job, and making sure the building matches them is the other half.
The analysis linked below was written by an attorney who defends architects in professional liability cases, which means he has seen exactly where projects end up in court. He explains why the architect who stays through construction is the only party positioned to judge whether a contractor's proposed change is a genuine change or work already covered by the contract, and how that involvement heads off most disputes before they start.
Reducing or eliminating an architect's construction oversight is one of the more expensive ways to save money on a project, because the savings are visible on the fee line while the costs show up somewhere nobody is looking.
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