Interesting article from Faithful+Gould in your last issue (Fee report, QS 好色先生TV, 28 July) but there is an issue about who does the design.

Under some procurement routes the contractor, and/or sub-contractors, do much of the design and in some circumstances provide the cost advice as well. This cost is therefore included in the contractor鈥檚 price, not in the consultant鈥檚 fees.

A survey carried out by BCIS a couple of years ago showed that consultants fees on design and build jobs were half those on lump sum tenders.

This may well be a better explanation of why US fees are so much lower than Britain than their 鈥榣ack appreciation of design鈥�. Although personal observation would tend to support that as well!

Joe Martin, director, BCIS

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