ABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION A scale of professional charges for consulting engineering services is published by the Association for Consultancy and Engineering (ACE) Copies of the document can be obtained direct from:
The Association of Consultancy and Engineering Alliance House 12 Caxton Street London SW1H OQL Tel: 0207 222 6557 Fax: 0207 222 0750 Email: consult@acenet.co.uk
Comparisons Instead of the previous arrangement of having different agreements designed for each major discipline of engineering, these new agreements have been developed primarily to suit the different roles that Consulting Engineers may be required to perform, with variants of some of them for different disciplines. The agreements have been standardised as far as possible whilst retaining essential differences. Greater attention is required than with previous agreements to ensure the documents are completed properly. This is because of the perceived need to allow for a wider choice of arrangements, particularly of methods of payment. The agreements are not intended to be used as unsigned reference material with the details of an engagement being covered in an exchange of letters, although much of their content could be used as a basis for drafting such correspondence.
