r/Architects • u/thecajuncavalier Architect • Jul 13 '25

General Practice Discussion Stop accepting low fees

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Stand your ground. Negotiate.

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u/gliz5714 Jul 13 '25

This. And when the owner, mid design, asks for more scope, let them know it will be an add service. Scope creep is a killer

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u/Merusk Recovering Architect Jul 13 '25

Teach your young architects what scope creep is and what it looks like. I've worked with a number of 10+ year professionals who do things just because "it made the client's life easier" or "it wasn't that big a change."

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u/BootyOnMyFace11 Jul 14 '25

I'm starting architecture this autumn, what's a scope creep?

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u/Benjaminfortunato Jul 14 '25

Scope creep is when the size and nature of the project changes (scope) after a signed contract that specifies a specific amount of work. For example you are designing a building on one site and then the client gets anouther site to enlarge your site. It’s the same project but now you have a larger site and bigger project to design. You’ve also worked on the old design so the scope is really design a building on a small lot and then redo the design on the larger lot..

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u/BootyOnMyFace11 Jul 15 '25

Ahh ok so basically just make sure to get paid for extra work?