Property_Manu - Final - The New India Assurance Co. Ltd.

The New India Assurance Co.Ltd.(e)Further, the architect having inspected the site, should analyze the nature of work,the quantum of supervision, and indicate whether any additional expense arerequired to be paid to him towards the inspection visits or any arrangements areto required to be made for supervision work.(19) The total payment of professional charges to be released to the architect would not exceedthe quantum indicated in the financial bid submitted while application for pre- qualificationhad been invited.(20) Each work is of different nature and stages for release of payment is altogether different.(21) The architect is an external professional expert who would be representing the companyand would be functioning on behalf of the Department. More or less for all purposes hecan be treated as CM of the Department. Keeping this in mind, a suitable expert shouldbe identified.(22) On identification of suitable architect the work should be entrusted to him for planning,designing, detailing, rough estimating, specifying etc.(23) On holding detailed discussion with the architect, the Department should finalise theplan for execution.(24) Based on the final plan, standard, the architect should arrive at the actual cost of execution.(25) Based on the cost furnished by the architect, financial sanction of the competent authorityshould be obtained.(26) Based on the tender set prepared by the architect, further action towards execution ofwork by the Department should be initiated.(27) The architect will be associated with the work till the release of retention money andanswering CVC queries if any of the successful contractor on expiry of defect liabilityperiod.(28) Special precaution should be taken by the Department to ensure that the variation inexecution of work is within the limits and in case there is a wider variation in executionand quantum of final bill of the contractor has increased, the quantum of professionalcharges of the architect shall increase proportionately.MANUAL ON ESTATE & ESTABLISHMENT133