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Architectural Profession Act, 2000 (Act No. 44 of 2000)

Board Notices

Guideline Professional Fees issued in terms of Section 34(2)

Framework for guidelines for professional fees in respect of architectural services rendered by the registered architectural professionals published in terms section 34 (2) of the Act

9. Project cost-based fee

 

9.1 A project cost-based fee is appropriate when there is a well-defined scope of service for the architectural professional. Such fee is based on a budget for the works for fee calculation purposes, and shall be adjusted on the final cost of the works.

 

9.2 The project cost-based fee results in a sliding scale, which arises from the series of percentages related to the value of the works and its complexity – low, medium or high – as defined in guideline profession fees board notice. The primary fee is stated as an appropriate value to smooth the sliding scale.

 

9.3 The adjustment provided for in the guidelines professional fee is based on the reduced aggregate of the value of the works and/or project from which the budget for the works for fee purposes is derived. This arises from the provision that fees for architectural services are calculated on the total value of the works and represent an average over all elements of the works and/or project.

 

9.4 Where a fee is calculated as a project cost-based fee, the fee consists of a primary fee (Column C) plus a secondary fee. The secondary fee is calculated as a percentage (Column D) of the value of the works per cost bracket indicated in Column E. Refer to guideline professional fees.

 

9.5 The formula and examples thereof are in the guidelines professional fee.

 

9.6 Where an architectural professional has undertaken work, to change the agreed design and the fee is not covered by an increase in fees relative to the construction cost, a time-based fee may be agreed for this change.