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(built by OMNITEC)				(built by John Hospodar)			(built by Bill Cashman)


(built by Tim Lawrence Construction)																		

			
(built by Hull Construction) 				(built by Otto Schubel)	

Costs - $50/hour + 1.10 times consultants fees (no cost for initial meeting)
Total architectural costs of projects typically fall into the following ranges:
$400-800	simple, single story, 1 or 2 room additions
			very limited number of drawings
			no consultants

800-2500	simple 2 story - may include simple kitchen or master bath + stock cabinets
			limited reworking of existing space
			limited number of drawings
			no consultants

2500-8000	light commercial, complex additions - may include whole house remodeling
			cabinetry design and drawings in addition to other architectural drawings
			may involve consultants

8000 - up	simple houses and light commercial
			likely include cabinetry design and other interior detailing
			likely include consultants

FAQs
1.  Why pay someone to do drawings?  Can’t this be done by the contractor?
	The fair cost of building a “One Of A Kind Construction Project” can best be determined
	by competitive bidding. Because drawings for work of this type, take so much time,
	a builder would only do these drawings with the guarantee that he or she would
	also be doing the construction.

2.  Isn’t this a lot of money to spend on architectural services?
	1. It’s likely that the cost of the drawings will be significantly less than the
	difference in cost between  high and low bids. 
	2. Planning and design costs represent a very small portion of total construction cost
	and an even smaller percentage of the building’s life cycle costs.
	3. Owners will have to live with decisions made in construction planning and design stages
	for as long as building is in use.  If design is not that important to you,
	then you may wish to explore other alternatives to plan procurement.
	

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