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Posted: Sun Oct 12th, 2008 12:40 am |
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Guys... I've heard thisbeing asked on the exam... it basically asks you which consultant would have the highest fee for a particular project... where can I find info On that...
appreciate any help...
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Posted: Sun Oct 12th, 2008 10:42 pm |
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| Mechanical engineer(hvac&plumbing) , I have a 2004 fee book which indicates the Me fees as consultant are the highest 4%-12%, even thou this is 2004 I m sure it still higher then other consultant fees. Hope this helps.
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Posted: Sun Oct 12th, 2008 11:54 pm |
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vaccum wrote: Guys... I've heard thisbeing asked on the exam... it basically asks you which consultant would have the highest fee for a particular project... where can I find info On that...
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I've seen it in the study materials.
Typically it will be civil engineering.
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Posted: Mon Oct 13th, 2008 12:05 am |
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There's no single answer. It depends on the project, use, topography, structural system, etc.
The only answer I'd consider for exam purposes is whatever the AHPP says because NCARB seems to consider whatever the AIA says as gospel.
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Posted: Mon Oct 13th, 2008 02:04 am |
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vaccum wrote: Guys... I've heard thisbeing asked on the exam... it basically asks you which consultant would have the highest fee for a particular project... where can I find info On that...
appreciate any help...
This is a loaded question and depends entirely on the project.
I allocate MEPE and Civil engineers and landscape architects generally about 60-65% of the overall design fees for a project.
Subsurface Geo-Technical services and special inspections can be expensive but are Owner responsibility and are not usually allocated as part of my project budget.
The single most expensive additional consulting fee I regularly pay on most projects is for Code consulting abstracts and reports.
This is not required. We just consider this to be insurance and part of our overall quality assurance program.
Other projectS may require traffic study engineering, elevator consultants, food service consultants, lighting consultants, data center experts, A/V consultants, etc. All of these additonal consultants are expensive.
Last edited on Mon Oct 13th, 2008 02:47 am by stl-guy
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Posted: Mon Oct 13th, 2008 01:13 pm |
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Coach wrote: There's no single answer. It depends on the project, use, topography, structural system, etc.
I guess that the way I looked at it ...
let's say it's a hospital project so... MEP will have a very high fee... let's say it's a renovation job.... then Civil will be very low, because of the scope of the work... if the project is some type of an arena... than structural would get the highest fee...
stuff like that...
but what i would say is that our typical setup is with an MEP firm that provides all the MEP services and their fees aren't usuallly brocken down between the different discplines...so how can you tell if electrical is more the HVAC....
and the other thing might be an issue... maybe HVAC takes more coordination that say electrical and plumbing... on the other hand in a hospital job plumbing can be a b**ch!
you can tell i have no Idea what I'm talking about... just freeked out about this exam...
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