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Hi- I am not understanding what the question is asking. It mentions cause of delay, but not knowing how much a of delay. How am I supposed to answer if I don’t know that amount? From the answers it seems that the answer you were looking for is that the architect shall do everything NOT to delay because of the architect’s duty to keep the project inline with no delay. This is tricky because real life shows that sometimes we can’t stay 100% on schedule. So is this another example of answering the “NCARB” way of thought?
Q-7- These type of Q is always a hard for me to answer- because I don’t know how to balance it fairly. I answered without cap- I was thinking it would be a risk for the architect if you cap it- because the client can go on and ask for changes in the redesign until he is satisfied. Where when you don’t cap it, the client will stop sooner to save time and $. Shall I look at the question with the CLIENT first before the architect?
@sevanb Responding to your 3 questions in the order that you posted them:
Are you referring to Question 2 about the internal QC delay? If so, the reason why the duration of delay was not indicated in the prompt is because it is not relevant to the question being asked. This is what I meant by not adding external assumptions to a question; remember that all the information you need to answer a question is provided to you This should actually point you in the direction of the correct answer - the fact that the DD phase should still be completed as scheduled. This is a great example of NCARB thinking and doing things “by the book” (or contract). In theory, internal delays should not result as a consequence to the owner.
Q3: As the answer explanation states, one week was already accounted for the review period, so a 4-week total review period results in a 3-week delay. The CD phase was initially scheduled to complete Month 13, Week 3. The delay would push it out 1 week (Month 13, Week 4) + 1 week (Month 14, Week 1) + 1 week (Month 14, Week 2) = 3 weeks.
Q7: You don’t necessarily look out for the client’s interest before the architect, but you’ll want to ensure that you’re balancing all interests fairly and in accordance to the scenario presented. Pay attention to key words or phrases in a question. Here, you are asked specifically to identify the approach that best protects the owner’s financial interests while ensuring fair compensation for the architect. If there were no cap on the additional services, there would be uncertainty for the owner and could spiral as you mentioned. Hourly-not-to-exceed establishes cost transparency while allowing flexibility.
Hope this helps!
Kiara Galicinao, AIA, NCARB
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This should actually point you in the direction of the correct answer - the fact that the DD phase should still be completed as scheduled. This is a great example of NCARB thinking and doing things “by the book” (or contract). In theory, internal delays should not result as a consequence to the owner.