Terms of Reference - The clients Brief.

The clients brief is possibly the most important aspect of any engagement for the building designer and client alike.  Without a clear cut set of requirements of what you are trying to achieve, the scheme may be side tracked or allowed to develop into something that is over budget and fails to meet your expectations.

TERMS OF REFERENCE - THE CLIENTS BRIEF

To limit abortive fees and to ensure that value for money is achieved, it is important that the clients requirements are established at the outset. CHP will usually discuss at length issues and requirements at the initial site meeting.

Rather than relying on verbal information, it is usually a great help if the client can schedule or sketch out their intentions so that CHP can give an accurate assessment on the schemes viability and compile accurate drawings/specifications etc. right from the start.

Sometimes, it is not possible to determine the clients exact requirements at the very start due to practicalities or lack of clients vision. In these instances CHP will usually develop an initial sketch scheme to gain clients agreement to the overall concept before proceeding with the main scheme design drawings.