On the Responsibilities of Architects and Engineers and Their Clients in Federal Facilities Development (1994) / Chapter Skim
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1. INTRODUCTION
1. INTRODUCTION
Pages 11-18
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Engineers dealing with construction, buildings, and other facilities are drawn primarily from civil, structural, mechanical, and electrical disciplines. Similarly, "architects" may include professionals trained as landscape architects, planners, or urban designers.
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. 2As used here, A&E professionals may include architects, engineers, facility programming consultants, urban designers, landscape architects, construction management consultants, cost estimating consultants, urban planners, and others.
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This report addresses primarily the responsibilities of A&E firms providing design services to federal agencies who own or oversee the development of government facilities. These agencies share many of the concerns of other facility owners but must deal in addition with a variety of goals, procedures, and requirements unique to government.
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that many federal agencies ant! many owners, in general have unrealistic expectations about the amount of work a firm should perform for a typical design fee.
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Organizations consulted included the American Society of Civil Engineers, American Institute of Architects, the National Society of Professional Engineers, the American Consulting Engineers Council, and the American Society of Landscape Architects. 7Eighteen federal agencies with interests in facilities and their construction currently make up the FFC (formerly the Federal Construction Council)
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The study's focus on the responsibilities of A&E firms that provide design services to federal agencies responds to the concerns expressed by the study's sponsors but, as previously noted, excludes substantial areas of work that A&E firms perform for federal agencies and other clients. For example, environmental remediation (i.e., the repair or containment of 9During the study, the membership of the BRB changed through normal rotation of terms, while the study committee membership remained fixed.
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Some people argue that A&E services can be described with sufficient exactness that cost-based procurement procedures such as those commonly used for purchasing construction, custodial services, and office supplies, couIcl be applier! to A&E firm selection.
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The members of the study committee believe that keeping these professional standards high will yield benefits of improved quality for all facilities owners and users.
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