Talk:Architect's instruction - Revision history

https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/w/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Talk%3AArchitect%27s_instruction Talk:Architect's instruction - Revision history 2026-05-10T13:25:23Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.17.4 https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/w/index.php?title=Talk:Architect%27s_instruction&diff=84964&oldid=prev 86.170.28.158 at 13:45, 17 August 2017 2017-08-17T13:45:42Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: white; color:black;"> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <tr valign='top'> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">Revision as of 13:45, 17 August 2017</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><del style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></del></div></td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>To join the debate click 'Add a comment' above.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>To join the debate click 'Add a comment' above.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>----</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>----<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">-</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div> </div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Dear All I would like to know if people have strong views on how and when costs should be visible to the contractor on an AI. We are using NBS Contract Administrator which allows these costs to be hidden, or displayed.If the cost of an instruction is not known at the point of instructing, surely it would be meaningless to show an arbitrary number. As such, is it ever appropriate to display costs at the point of instruction?In my experience architectural practices deal with this in differing ways, but I suspect there is an approved way of doing it.Thanks!</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Dear All</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div></div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>I would like to know if people have strong views on how and when costs should be visible to the contractor on an AI. We are using NBS Contract Administrator which allows these costs to be hidden, or displayed.If the cost of an instruction is not known at the point of instructing, surely it would be meaningless to show an arbitrary number. As such, is it ever appropriate to display costs at the point of instruction?In my experience architectural practices deal with this in differing ways, but I suspect there is an approved way of doing it.Thanks!</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div></div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">----</del></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div></div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>The consensus of opinion appears to be that whilst the display of costs attached to an AI is optional, transparency is favourable. If you have pre-negotiated a price put it into the AI but be clear what it covers, such as overheads, prelims and profit. If not negotiated state it as a <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">"</del>budget cost<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">" </del>but also define what it covers.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">-----</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>The consensus of opinion appears to be that whilst the display of costs attached to an AI is optional, transparency is favourable. If you have pre-negotiated a price put it into the AI but be clear what it covers, such as overheads, prelims and profit. If not negotiated state it as a <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">&quot;</ins>budget cost<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">&quot; </ins>but also define what it covers.</div></td></tr> </table>

[IP address hidden] https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/w/index.php?title=Talk:Architect%27s_instruction&diff=37378&oldid=prev Designing Buildings at 15:17, 28 September 2015 2015-09-28T15:17:09Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: white; color:black;"> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <tr valign='top'> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">Revision as of 15:17, 28 September 2015</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"><div></del></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div> </div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>To join the debate click 'Add <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">to this discussion</del>' above.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>To join the debate click 'Add <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">a comment</ins>' above.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>----</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>----</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Dear All</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Dear All</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"></div><div></div><div></del>I would like to know if people have strong views on how and when costs should be visible to the contractor on an AI. We are using NBS Contract Administrator which allows these costs to be hidden, or displayed.<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"></div><div></div><div></del>If the cost of an instruction is not known at the point of instructing, surely it would be meaningless to show an arbitrary number. As such, is it ever appropriate to display costs at the point of instruction?<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"></div><div></div><div></del>In my experience architectural practices deal with this in differing ways, but I suspect there is an approved way of doing it.<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"></div><div></div><div></del>Thanks!<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"></div><div></del></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>I would like to know if people have strong views on how and when costs should be visible to the contractor on an AI. We are using NBS Contract Administrator which allows these costs to be hidden, or displayed.If the cost of an instruction is not known at the point of instructing, surely it would be meaningless to show an arbitrary number. As such, is it ever appropriate to display costs at the point of instruction?In my experience architectural practices deal with this in differing ways, but I suspect there is an approved way of doing it.Thanks!</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>----</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>----</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"></div></del></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div> </div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>The consensus of opinion appears to be that whilst the display of costs attached to an AI is optional, transparency is favourable. If you have pre-negotiated a price put it into the AI but be clear what it covers, such as overheads, prelims and profit. If not negotiated state it as a "budget cost" but also define what it covers.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>The consensus of opinion appears to be that whilst the display of costs attached to an AI is optional, transparency is favourable. If you have pre-negotiated a price put it into the AI but be clear what it covers, such as overheads, prelims and profit. If not negotiated state it as a "budget cost" but also define what it covers.</div></td></tr> </table>

Designing Buildings https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/w/index.php?title=Talk:Architect%27s_instruction&diff=15337&oldid=prev Designing Buildings at 08:23, 5 November 2013 2013-11-05T08:23:13Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: white; color:black;"> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <tr valign='top'> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">Revision as of 08:23, 5 November 2013</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><div>Dear All</div><div></div><div>I would like to know if people have strong views on how and when costs should be visible to the contractor on an AI. We are using NBS Contract Administrator which allows these costs to be hidden, or displayed.</div><div></div><div>If the cost of an instruction is not known at the point of instructing, surely it would be meaningless to show an arbitrary number. As such, is it ever appropriate to display costs at the point of instruction?</div><div></div><div>In my experience architectural practices deal with this in differing ways, but I suspect there is an approved way of doing it.</div><div></div><div>Thanks!</div><div></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><div></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">To join the debate click 'Add to this discussion' above.</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div> </div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">----</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div> </div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Dear All</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div></div><div></div><div>I would like to know if people have strong views on how and when costs should be visible to the contractor on an AI. We are using NBS Contract Administrator which allows these costs to be hidden, or displayed.</div><div></div><div>If the cost of an instruction is not known at the point of instructing, surely it would be meaningless to show an arbitrary number. As such, is it ever appropriate to display costs at the point of instruction?</div><div></div><div>In my experience architectural practices deal with this in differing ways, but I suspect there is an approved way of doing it.</div><div></div><div>Thanks!</div><div></div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>----</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>----</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div></div></div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div></div></div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>The consensus of opinion appears to be that whilst the display of costs attached to an AI is optional, transparency is favourable. If you have pre-negotiated a price put it into the AI but be clear what it covers, such as overheads, prelims and profit. If not negotiated state it as a "budget cost" but also define what it covers.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>The consensus of opinion appears to be that whilst the display of costs attached to an AI is optional, transparency is favourable. If you have pre-negotiated a price put it into the AI but be clear what it covers, such as overheads, prelims and profit. If not negotiated state it as a "budget cost" but also define what it covers.</div></td></tr> </table>

Designing Buildings https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/w/index.php?title=Talk:Architect%27s_instruction&diff=11927&oldid=prev 2.25.59.20 at 09:24, 7 July 2013 2013-07-07T09:24:28Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: white; color:black;"> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <tr valign='top'> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">Revision as of 09:24, 7 July 2013</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><div>Dear All</div><div>I would like to know if people have strong views on how and when costs should be visible to the contractor on an AI. We are using NBS Contract Administrator which allows these costs to be hidden, or displayed.</div><div>If the cost of an instruction is not known at the point of instructing, surely it would be meaningless to show an arbitrary number. As such, is it ever appropriate to display costs at the point of instruction?</div><div>In my experience architectural practices deal with this in differing ways, but I suspect there is an approved way of doing it.</div><div>Thanks!</div><div></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><div>Dear All<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline"></div><div></ins></div><div>I would like to know if people have strong views on how and when costs should be visible to the contractor on an AI. We are using NBS Contract Administrator which allows these costs to be hidden, or displayed.<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline"></div><div></ins></div><div>If the cost of an instruction is not known at the point of instructing, surely it would be meaningless to show an arbitrary number. As such, is it ever appropriate to display costs at the point of instruction?<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline"></div><div></ins></div><div>In my experience architectural practices deal with this in differing ways, but I suspect there is an approved way of doing it.<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline"></div><div></ins></div><div>Thanks!</div><div></div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>----</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>----</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div></div></div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div></div></div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>The consensus of opinion appears to be that whilst the display of costs attached to an AI is optional, transparency is favourable. If you have pre-negotiated a price put it into the AI but be clear what it covers, such as overheads, prelims and profit. If not negotiated state it as a "budget cost" but also define what it covers.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>The consensus of opinion appears to be that whilst the display of costs attached to an AI is optional, transparency is favourable. If you have pre-negotiated a price put it into the AI but be clear what it covers, such as overheads, prelims and profit. If not negotiated state it as a "budget cost" but also define what it covers.</div></td></tr> </table>

[IP address hidden] https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/w/index.php?title=Talk:Architect%27s_instruction&diff=11926&oldid=prev 2.25.59.20 at 09:23, 7 July 2013 2013-07-07T09:23:54Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: white; color:black;"> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <tr valign='top'> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">Revision as of 09:23, 7 July 2013</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><div>Dear All<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"><br/></del></div><div>I would like to know if people have strong views on how and when costs<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"><br/></del>should be visible to the contractor on an AI. We are using NBS Contract<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"><br/></del>Administrator which allows these costs to be hidden, or displayed.<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"></div><div></del></div><div>If the cost of an instruction is not known at the point of instructing,<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"><br/></del>surely it would be meaningless to show an arbitrary number. As such, is it ever<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"><br/></del>appropriate to display costs at the point of instruction?<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"><br/></del></div><div>In my experience architectural practices deal with this in differing ways,<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"><br/></del>but I suspect there is an approved way of doing it.<<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">br</del>/></div><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Thanks!</del></div></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><div>Dear All</div><div>I would like to know if people have strong views on how and when costs should be visible to the contractor on an AI. We are using NBS Contract Administrator which allows these costs to be hidden, or displayed.</div><div>If the cost of an instruction is not known at the point of instructing, surely it would be meaningless to show an arbitrary number. As such, is it ever appropriate to display costs at the point of instruction?</div><div>In my experience architectural practices deal with this in differing ways, but I suspect there is an approved way of doing it.</<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">div</ins>><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline"><div>Thanks!</ins></div><div></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">----</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div></div></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">The consensus of opinion appears to be that whilst the display of costs attached to an AI is optional, transparency is favourable. If you have pre-negotiated a price put it into the AI but be clear what it covers, such as overheads, prelims and profit. If not negotiated state it as a "budget cost" but also define what it covers.</ins></div></td></tr> </table>

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