Spp 201 Flashcards
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SPP Document 201
Standard of Professional Practice on Pre-Design Services
cover a broad line of architectural services ranging from initial problem identification to activities that would allow the Architect to initially conceptualize an array of architectural and allied solutions.
Pre-Design Services
Pre-Design Services nominally include
• Consultation
• Pre - Feasibility Studies
• feasibility Studies
• site selection and analysis
• site utilization and land-use studies
• architectural research
• architectural programming
• space planning
• space management studies
• value management
• design brief preparation
• promotional services
When a Client calls upon the Architect to give oral or written advice and direction, to attend conferences, to make evaluations and appraisals regarding a contemplated project and similar activities, the Architect renders valuable inputs whether or not the Client pursues the project.
Consultation
involve the procurement, analysis and use of secondary information gathered for the project to aid the Client in early decision-making.
Pre- feasibility studies
Detailed analysis of the project based on pre-feasibility studies will determine the viability of a proposed development. The studies will set the project against present and future trends to forecast how it will perform over time. This requires primary data gathering and analysis.
Feasibility studies
This entails the formulation of site criteria, assistance to the Client in site evaluation as well as analysis to determine the most appropriate site/s for a proposed project or building program.
Site selection and analysis
The detailed analysis of the site involves the identification of a site’s development potentials through the proper utilization of land. The analysis covers the context of the site as well as that of its surrounding environment and the development controls that apply to the site and its environs.
Site utilization and land-use studies
entails the conduct of primary and secondary
researches and assembled facts used as basis for conclusion.
Architectural research
This analytical problem-seeking process will lead to the statement and identification of both horizontal and vertical requirements in offering a solution.
Architectural programming
The Architect determines the adequate size and appropriate configuration and assemblage for a proposed project in consideration of the use, allocation and interface of spaces for given activities.
Space planning
is done mainly through primary data gathering such as interviews, consultations, interfaces, focus group discussions (FGDs), space planning surveys, space audits, etc. and subsequent analyses i.e. spatial layouts with stacking concepts, particularly for multi-storey structures.
Space planning
An analysis of the space requirements of the project based on organizational structure and functional set-up pinpoints linkages and interaction of spaces. The formulation of the space program will serve as the basis for the development of the architectural plan/design.
Space management studies
This technique is applied in the cost management process to minimize the negative effect of simplified operations associated with many cost-reduction programs.
Value management
the Architect states the project terms of reference (ToR) including the concept, objectives and other necessary requirements to bid out architectural services (whether public or private).
Design brief preparation
to develop and generate financial support and acceptance from governing agencies or from the general public.
Promotional services
After the initial meeting/ conversation/ correspondence with the Client, the Architect must submit his proposal for pre-design services, stating the following:
• scope of work
• manner of payment
• owner’s responsibilities
• other conditions of services
The Architect can render services in any of the following ways:
• as an individual architect
• architect’s own staff
• by association, consultation and networking
The Architect’s compensation is based on the Architect’s / architectural firm’s talents, skill, experience, imagination, and on the type and level of professional services provided. Compensation for Pre-Design Services may be based on one or more of the following:
• multiple of direct personnel expenses
• professional fee plus expenses
• lump sum or fixed fee
• per diem, honorarium plus reimbursable expenses
• mixed method compensation
This method of compensation is based on technical hours spent and does not account for creative work since the value of creative design cannot be measured by the length of time the designer has spent on his work.
Multiple of direct personnel expenses
This method of compensation is frequently used where there is continuing relationship involving a series of Projects. It establishes a fixed sum over and above the reimbursement for the Architect’s technical time and overhead.
Professional fee plus expenses
This method may be applied to government projects since they entail more
paper work and time-consuming efforts.
Lump sum or fixed fee
In some cases a Client may request an Architect to do work which will require his personal time such as:
attending project-related meetings, conferences or trips;
Per diem, honorarium plus reimbursable expenses
The SPP provides for more than one method of compensation on a project. Each project should be examined to determine the most appropriate and equitable method of compensation.
Mixed method of compensation
