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buildings to be altered, in arrangements respecting party walls or rights of lights, nor services incidental to arrangements consequent upon failure of builders whilst carrying out work, or in cases of subsequent litigation; but all such services are charged for in addition.

18. When an architect supplies builders with quantities, on which to form tenders for executing his design, he must do so with the concurrence of his client, the cost of such extra service not being included in the commission of 5 per cent.

19. For measurement and valuation of work (excluding extras arising out of ordinary contracts), 2½ per cent. to be charged.

20. For the valuation of land or buildings, or for inspecting or reporting on buildings, or both, for mortgage or otherwise, a charge of not less than a ¼ per cent. be made on £5000, over £5000 as per special agreement, and in no case shall a charge be made of less than £2 2s.

21. The charge for making a plan of an estate, laying it out and arranging for building upon it, should be regulated by the time, skill and trouble involved. Such charge not to include the commission for preparing specification, directing, superintending, and certifying the proper formation of roads, fences and other work executed at the cost of the employer, nor for putting the plans on the leases.

22. For approving designs, inspecting buildings during their progress (so far as may be necessary to ensure the conditions of a lease and building covenants being fulfilled), and finally certifying for lease or advance, the charge is according to the time and trouble involved, for works under £500 in value; on works from £500 to £2,000, 2½ per cent.; from £2,000 to £10,000, 1½ per cent.; and above that, by arrangement.

23. For attendance as witness in arbitration or a Court of Law or for acting as arbitrator or umpire in an arbitration or any other matter involving merely a professional report, a charge of not less than three guineas per day or part of the day shall be made.

24. All the rules of professional charges shall be binding on all members of the Institute, except Rule 16 which, in the case of regular clients, may be reduced to 5 per cent. at the option of the Architect.

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APPENDIX “L.”

New Zealand Institute of Architects (Incorporated).

REGULATIONS OF THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS FOR ARCHITECTURAL COMPETITIONS.

1. It is assumed that the object of the promoters is to obtain the best design for the purpose in view. This object may best be secured by conducting all competitions upon the lines laid down in the following Regulations, which have been framed with a view to securing the best results to the promoters and scrupulous fairness to the competitors.

Members of the New Zealand Institute of Architects do not compete excepting under conditions based on these Regulations.

The conditions of a competition shall contain the following regulations (a) to (f) as essential:—

(a) There shall be appointed for every competition one or more fully-qualified professional assessors, to whom the whole of the designs shall be submitted.

(b) No promoter of a competition, no assessor engaged upon it, or any employee of either, or any person who has acted in an advisory capacity to the promoters shall compete or assist a competitor, or act as architect, or joint architect, for the proposed work.

(c) Each design shall be accompanied by a declaration, signed by the competitors, or joint competitors, stating that the design is his or their own personal work, and that the drawings have been prepared under his or their own supervision. A successful competitor must be prepared to satisfy the assessor that he is the bona-fide author of the design he has submitted.

(d) The premiums shall be paid in accordance with the assessor’s award, and the author of the design placed first by the assessor shall be employed to carry out the work, unless the assessor shall be satisfied that there is some valid objection to such employment, in which case the author of the design placed next in order of merit shall be employed, subject to a similar condition. The award of the assessor shall not be set aside for any other reason.

(e) If no instructions are given to the author of the design selected by the assessor to proceed with the work within twelve months from the date of the award, then he shall receive payment for his services in connection with the preparation of the competition drawings of a sum equal to 1¼ per cent. on the amount of the estimated cost. If the work is subsequently proceeded with, the 1¼ per cent. previously paid to him shall form part of his ultimate commission.

(f) The selected architect shall be paid in accordance with the Scale of Charges sanctioned and published by the New Zealand Institute of Architects.

2. The promoters of an intended competition should, AS THEIR FIRST STEP, appoint one or more professional assessors, architects of established reputation, whose appointment should be published in the original advertisements and instructions. The selection of an assessor should be made with the greatest possible care, as the successful result of the competition will depend very largely upon his experience and ability.

The President of the New Zealand Institute of Architects is always prepared to act as honorary adviser to promoters in their appointment of assessors.

3. The duties of an assessor are as follows:—

(a) To confer with and advise the promoters on their requirements and on the questions of cost and premiums to be offered.

(b) To draw up instructions for the guidance of competitors and for the conduct of the competition, incorporating the whole of the clauses of these Regulations which are applicable to the particular competition.

NOTE.—It is essential in drawing up the Instructions to state definitely which of the conditions must be strictly adhered to, under penalty of disqualification from the competition, and which of them are optional.

(c) To answer queries raised by competitors within a limited time during the preparation of the designs, such answers to be sent to all competitors.

(d) To examine all the designs submitted by competitors and to determine whether they conform to the conditions and to exclude any which do not.

(e) To report to the promoters on the designs not so excluded and to award the premiums in strict adherence to the conditions.

4. Competitions may be conducted in one of the following ways:—

(a) By advertisement, inviting architects willing to compete for the intended work to send in designs. FOR COMPETITIONS FOR PUBLIC WORKS OF GREAT ARCHITECTURAL IMPORTANCE THIS METHOD IS RECOMMENDED.

(b) By advertisement, inviting architects willing to compete for the intended work to send in their names by a given day, with such other information as they may think likely to advance their claim to be admitted to the competition. From these names the promoters, with the advice of the assessor, shall select a limited number to compete, and each competitor thus selected shall receive a specified sum for the preparation of his design.

(c) By personal invitation to a limited number of selected architects, to join in a competition for the intended work. Each competitor shall receive a specified sum for the preparation of his design.

NOTE.—Where a deposit is required for supplying the instructions, it shall be returned on the receipt of a bona-fide design; or if the applicant declines to compete and returns the said instructions within a month after the receipt of replies to competitor’s questions.

5. The number, scale and method of finishing of the required drawings shall be distinctly set forth. The drawings shall not be more in number or to a larger scale than necessary clearly to explain the design, and such drawings shall be uniform in size, number, mode of colouring, and mounting. As a general rule a scale of 16 feet to 1 inch will be found sufficient for plans, sections, and elevations, or in the case of very large buildings a smaller scale might suffice.

Unless the Assessor advises that perspective drawings are desirable, they shall not be admitted.

6. No design shall bear any motto or distinguishing mark; but all designs shall be numbered by the promoters in order of receipt.

7. A design shall be excluded from a competition

(a) If sent in after the period named (accidents in transit excepted);

(b) If it does not give substantially the accommodation asked for;