Combination Package – ACA SFA24 and ACA PCA22 – DIGITAL (Multi-Use)

Description

COMBINATION PACKAGE

ACA PCA22 & ACA SFA24

ACA SFA24

ACA Standard Form of Agreement for the Appointment of an Architect

“This update of the popular contract between client and architect meets the need for a fair and balanced Standard Form of Agreement which has been updated to comply with current legislation. New for 2024, the agreement is now available in digital format for speed and ease of use.″
Patrick Inglis – ACA President.

This contract is for use with traditional forms of building contracting where the architect can be appointed from pre-commencement to post completion, closely follows its predecessor SFA/2012, which has served both architects and clients well since its inception as SFA/92. It has been updated to include the Building Safety Act 2022 and is suitable for the full range of commercial and consumer projects. It includes model letters for each kind of project to assist architects and their clients to come to a fair agreement on contract terms.

This contract provides:-

• Drafted in collaboration with Trowers & Hamlins LLP, Solicitors.
• Is now based on the RIBA Plan of Work 2020 numeric Services Workstages;
• Clearly defines Normal and Additional Services within each Workstage;
• Updated Conditions, including the Architect’s and Client’s Obligations and Authority;
• Improves the balance of rights and responsibilities between Architect and Client over previous editions;
• Services, Fees and expenses can either refer to the Architect’s Proposal letter or be completed in Schedule 2 and 3;
• All terms can be fully insured by standard professional indemnity insurance policies;
• Up-to-date payment clauses;
• Provides for an 8% over base rate charge for unpaid accounts, as set out in legislation (the Late Payment of Commercial Debts (Interest Act) 1998), as in SFA/2012;
• Allows an Architect to resign a commission;
• Includes no provision for a Client to require the removal of a member of the Architect’s staff (which could include a partner or a director) from a project;
• Includes optional forms for Collateral Warranties;
• Includes Notes for Use of the ACA SFA with model letters;
• Provides for Special terms, and offers the opportunity for attachments to provide for additional documents (e.g.brief, survey, etc) to form part of the contract;
• Is not gender specific;
• Has been updated to cover the Building Safety Act 2022 where the Architect can act as the Principal Designer.

ACA PSA22

The ACA Professional Services Agreement (PSA)22 is the newly published contract for small and domestic works by The Association of Consultant Architects.  With many standard form building related agreements becoming ever more lengthy and complex, the ACA PSA22 seeks in its concise format to provide a fair basis for an agreement between a client and an Architect when it comes to building projects of a simple nature.  The Agreement is suitable for both Consumer and Commercial entity Clients.

This contract provides:-

1. An agenda for parties to agree on the core terms of any such arrangement including to clarify the responsibilities of both parties particularly the scope of services to be undertaken
2. The arrangements for managing the Architect’s fees and expenses
3. How the contract can be brought to an end and ultimately how disputes are to be managed.

Upon receipt of confirmation of payment which will include your practice name; the ACA will supply the ACA PSA22 via email which will be a locked, watermarked PDF, the watermark being your practice name together with the calendar year. The ACA will aim to supply the contract within 24 to 48 hours of receipt of payment. If you subscribe at any point through a calendar year for example February 2024, your watermark will be your practice name together with an annotation ‘For appointment agreements during the calendar year 2024’ and you will be issued with an updated PDF during December 2024; with the annotation ‘For appointment agreements during the calendar year 2025’ and so forth.

You will not be able to modify this; as per the ‘How To Use Guide’ PDF which you will also receive upon order confirmation, the only digitally modifiable elements are in Section 3.

 

Member Discount: receive a 20% discount on our Multi Use service as an ACA member. Discount code can be found in the Members Area.

For more information, contact the ACA at office@acarchitects.co.uk