Who carries the cost?

Frogeye

Hi

If a mistake on an Architects /engineers drawing leads to rework for the client/contractor, who carries the cost of the rework? the client or the architect?

Assuming that the contractor did his due diligence in a review of the drawings etc before starting and didn't find anything until work had commenced.

Regards

Frogeye

jmBuildExt

How much are we talking?
From my understanding, this often ends up coming from contingency.
Depends on the situation....

Frogeye

it was just a general question. No specifics. If it comes from contingency then the client ends up with it right?

Dardania

That's if there is a contingency.

If the client buys a design, and tenders it to a works contractor, the design is deemed to be 100% correct, and the client takes the risk when the design isn't right.
The client could try to pass the works contractor's rework cost onto the designer, but in reality I'd say you'd find the nice standard RIAI contract or Engineers Ireland 2000 type contract  preclude this possibility. At best, you'd get the designer to waive their redesign fee for whatever the mistake may be.

The alternative would be in a design/build contract, where the main contractor employs the designer - here the main contractor is on the hook for everything. But this arrangement isn't hugely common, particularly in small jobs (and there are reasons why)

Frogeye

Looks like the client is on the hook so no matter what the root cause... thanks

BryanF

Frogeye wrote: »

Looks like the client is on the hook so no matter what the root cause... thanks

You didn't tell us the root cause?!