I have a bachelor degree in architecture, and I am trying to get the hours in order to get my license. I was working in a house design, and I did the basic design where I defined the differences spatial conditions in facades and plants. I sent the autocad drawings to the General Contractor in May 29t...Read More...Read More
Hi guys! I am studying for my architectural license exams (the AREs) and I had a question come up that I missed but THOUGHT I got right. Basically, the scenario is: the architect goes out to a site visit and finds some bollards missing on site. When asked, the contractor replies that the bollards wer...Read More...Read More
I have a roofing project that i am working on in Oregon which has a roofing consultant acting as the owners architect. We have completed the work but the consultant has rejected some of the installed work. We are attempting to negotiate with the consultant / owner, but it has been 63 days since w...Read More...Read More
Was verbally engaged a year ago to design a septic system for private landowner. Part of that design required site environmental clearance approval, which got delayed due to wetlands needing mitigated, and then covid slowed up approval agency progress. Approvals were granted 3 months ago and ...Read More...Read More
Substantial completion of a project has been completed. The path of travel on the exterior portion of the building needs to be rerouted and architect is changing plans to maintain ada compliance. Its been 6months now waiting on the architect and owner will not pay me until the path of travel is c...Read More...Read More
I need to enforce a Mechanics' Lien on a property in Sonoma County, California. What are the payment options you offer to enforce a Mechanics' Lien? I am the architect of a single family home. The project was ready for re-submittal and the Owner refused to pay for the work done. The project stopp...Read More...Read More
I have a client that I drew house plans for. The client has not responded to my emails, phone calls and texts for a little over a week. I am concerned, based on what I have heard about this client, that he has changed his mind on building his new home and now is just hoping if he ignores me I will go away....Read More...Read More
I entered into a strange relationship with a general contractor who from my perspective was trying to give his construction business design-build capability. It started as create some construction documents and we will see how it goes. No contract, no hard figures as far as payment goes except for $1 p...Read More...Read More
Is there a contracting code specific for Architects and Engineers in Design Build that give them the option to refuse submitting conditional and unconditional waivers? If you can please point me out to any law or CA contracting code specific to Designers or Architects in a design Build contract, it would...Read More...Read More
I am a design professional (licensed in KY). I was hired by a sub-contractor (HVAC) to a general contractor to do plans for an office renovation project in Kentucky. I started working on the project on 5/19/2020. The last work I did was completed on 7/20/2020. I submitted an invoice for payment on ...Read More...Read More
Good morning, Please i wish to know if an increase in labour with Variation from client to meet an target date for a Design Service can be consider a loss of productivity claim. Thank you and waiting for your advise...Read More
We've performed engineering services on a residential property to clean up old outstanding permits and issues prior to the owner selling his home. The parties are getting ready to close on the property, but the client (seller) has not yet paid us balance for services. Can a mechanics lien be filed sa...Read More...Read More
I performed engineering consulting work for an architect firm for 4 military projects. Did not get final payments for 3 projects as general contractors for them went bankrupt and or did not pay the architect firm. Payment for 4th project has not being paid for 3 years. My contract requires resolution thru ...Read More...Read More
I did a project for a client in Miami, FL. I started the job in Oct./2019 and ended in Feb./2020. I had a Sole Proprietorship based in NY. She wired $35k into Claudio Ziegler Designs bank account. No other payments were made. In Nov./2019 I incorporated under ZS Interiors, Inc. We never signed a for...Read More...Read More