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Providing that your “building consultants/engineers” are appropriately qualified, they generally have the professional expertise to properly advise, make recommendations, prepare and manage such contracts on your behalf. By appropriately qualified, I mean the person who is responsible for providing the service to you must have reached a status or grade within their relevant peak professional organisation that qualifies them for this type of work. For example, an engineer should have ‘chartered’ status under Engineers Australia, architects should be ‘registered’ under the Australian Institute of Architects or other equivalent memberships from other peak professional organisations. Simply being a paid up member of such an organisation would not be adequate qualification to provide the required services.
In addition, you should also ask your “building consultants/engineers” to demonstrate to your satisfaction that they are appropriately qualified to prepare and manage the contract by providing their qualifications, experience and references on similar work completed. If you are not confident that they are qualified after doing this, you should consider using an alternative consultant/engineer or consider the legal option.