Guide to Using the RIBA Professional Services Contracts 2018 - Other - Page 115
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Guide to RIBA Professional Services Contracts 2018
We carry professional indemnity insurance as required by the Architects
Registration Board and the Royal Institute of British Architects. We agreed that the
amount of professional liability insurance cover to be maintained for this project
will be limited to £
in respect of each and every claim or series
of claims arising out of the same originating cause.
Until the expiry of the liability period, professional indemnity insurance cover will
be maintained for that amount to be available for your project except for claims
arising out of:
• pollution or contamination, where the annual aggregate limit is
• asbestos, with an annual aggregate limit of
.
Documentary evidence of the insurance can be provided, if required.
Disputes
We aim to provide a professional standard of service, but if at any time you are not
satisfied, please bring the issue to my attention as soon as possible and we can
discuss how to resolve the issue. However, in the event of such an eventuality,
we hope that we shall be able to settle the matter without recourse to the dispute
resolution procedures to be set out in the Contract Details. Both parties have the
right to refer the matter to adjudication and we have agreed that the final dispute
resolution process will be
. As required by the RIBA/ARB we do
have a formal complaints procedure which is available on request.
The Agreement
The formal contract terms will be based on this letter and the RIBA Principal
Designer Professional Services Contract 2018, a copy of which is enclosed for
reference. Note that this is a specimen copy of an agreement and is not intended
for use on this project but to provide an overview of the contract to be used. Upon
confirmation of our appointment we will prepare the project-specific contract.
If these arrangements are acceptable to you, and to confirm your agreement to
these terms and conditions, please sign and date a copy of this letter and return
it to this office as an instruction to proceed. Once we receive this we will be in a
position to start work and prepare the formal contract documents.
We trust that we have correctly interpreted your requirements, but should you have
any queries then please do not hesitate to contact me.
We look forward to the opportunity of working with you on this project.
Yours
,
I agree to the appointment of
for this project.
Signed ……………………………………………………
Date ………………………………………………………
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