It sometimes crossed my mind...
When the owner or
architect select a consultant, particularly MEP consultant, to design a
condominium or high rise office building, the owner or architect
oftentimes go for the MEP consultant who submits the lowest fee
proposal.
What the owner or architect don't know, is
that the money they saved on consultant's fees, however was
overwhelmingly vanished due to overdesigned system.
Another
drawback for choosing a consultant with low professional fee, is
sometimes, the consultant may specify a very expensive system because of
its tie up with the supplier. In return the participation to bidding
will be limited only to suppliers who can supply the specified a
high-end product where features may sometimes not needed by the owner's
maintenance people at all.
I think, evaluating a
consultant's fee prior to award the project, may need to be evaluated by
asking the system they proposed, brands they specified and overall
ballpark construction cost of the project and this should be compared
with the offer of other consultants.
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