Architect Contract

In Thailand, the architect intervenes in the construction, the rehabilitation, the adaptation of the landscapes, the public or private buildings, and the residences, professional, industrial, commercial, and others. Its assistance is obligatory to establish the architectural project being the subject of requests for building permit near the departments called Tessaban.

The architect contract is concluded between an architect and a client. The architect intervenes in the construction, the rehabilitation, the adaptation of the landscapes, the public or private buildings, and housing, professional, industrial or commercial. In Thailand, the architect’s contract is not mandatory. His work is sufficient to give rise to the obligation to be paid.

However, it is strongly recommended to contract with an architect. Indeed, the missions entrusted to the Architect by a project owner are numerous and with variable geometry since this one can intervene as well at the stage of the design as at that of the execution. In the absence of a contract that precisely delimits the architect’s field of intervention and the client’s commitments, the relationship between the parties can become complicated.

The drafting of a contract between the architect and his client, called the architect contract, is therefore a matter of prudence and an ethical obligation.

With Themis Partner’s architect contract, you can benefit from a broad legal protection with the following clauses:

The client instructs the architect, called the project manager, to design the architectural project. This project defines, with the help of plans and written documents, the layout of the buildings, their composition, organization and the expression of their volume, as well as the choice of materials and colors.

In addition to the establishment of the architectural project, the architect is competent to intervene at all levels of a project, from the design to the realization of the works:

The architect can all the more fulfill his missions as he takes charge of the operation from the beginning to the end. Close and available, the Architect is the best placed to assist you in all the functions of follow-up of the building site. He guides you through the construction process and helps you turn your ideas into reality by making the most of a place. His complete service is a factor of quality, performance and economy in time. He guarantees the client the best quality/price ratio at the time of investment and appreciable savings during maintenance. The architect meets the customers, manages the building sites, and maintains contacts with his various interlocutors:

The mission entrusted to the architect is more or less extensive, and it is the contract that determines its scope. It can be divided into several phases:

The architect draws up the plans and written documents relating to the location of the buildings, their composition, their volumes, the choice of materials and colors. The elaboration of the project includes the following stages: The preliminary studies, the preliminary project, the final project, leading to the realization of the file of building permit and the consultation of the companies, and the finalization of the work contracts.

When the management of the results and the follow-up of the building site are entrusted to him, the architect writes and signs the service orders for the execution of the work by the various trades. He organizes and directs the regular meetings of the building site and writes the reports which he distributes to the companies and the owner. He can also make unannounced visits to the site. The architect also verifies the progress of the works and their conformity to the contractual documents and in particular to the plans and descriptive documents that he has established. Finally, he receives the situations, memoranda and supporting documents of the expenses of the company and gives them to his client by making him, according to the progress of work and according to the agreements made, proposals of installments and payment of the balance.

The acceptance of the work is essential for the client since it starts the warranty period. The architect is therefore at the side of the client to verify that all the results are in accordance with what was planned. He endorses the reports established during the acceptance. The mission of the architect ends with the final acceptance of the works. It is of course possible to entrust the architect with only a part of the project management. The architect contract must then stipulate precisely what the architect’s role is. However, and taking into account the copyright of the architect on his plans and sketches, this one preserves a right of glance on the modifications which could be brought to his dreams when he is not in charge of the work. Thus, until the acceptance of the work, no modification of the project, the plans and the studies can be brought without the consent of the architect.

The remuneration of the architect can be freely fixed between the parts. It depends essentially on several variables: the cost of the operation, its complexity, the extent and the difficulty of the mission which is entrusted to him. The remuneration can be a percentage of the global cost of the work. It can also be fixed or calculated on a time basis.

Finally, ancillary expenses may or may not be included in the hourly rate, but it is prudent to invoice them separately, on the basis of receipts. The architect contract also specifies the terms of payment and the penalties that the client may apply in case of delay attributable to the architect.

The remuneration can only be re-evaluated in case of a change in the program or additional services requested by the client. Underestimation of time by the architect would therefore remain at the architect’s expense.