Author: A. H. HarrymanPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9781390940503
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Languages : en
Pages : 692
Book Description
Excerpt from The Sanitary News, Vol. 15: A Weekly Journal of Sanitary Science; Nov. 2, 1889-Apr. 26, 1890 In St. Louis the courts will not allow an architect-to recover fees for any plan he may make. A suit brought by P. F. Meagher Son, the architects, against Peter Walsh was decided against them by a jury in Justice Manning's court last week. The architects were commissioned to make plans which Mr. Walsh refused to accept. He claimed that the plans were for a more expensive building than the one he contemplated build ing and for which he ordered plans drawn. In speaking of this a Chicago architect said that it was impossible for one of his profession to foretell what the bids of builders may be. Sometimes plans will be ordered for a building of certain dimensions and certain ornamentations, he said, with a limit as to cost. The architect may figure carefully and find his calculations within the limit. When the proposals are opened the bids may be of great variance with the figures of the architect. Sometimes the bids may greatly exceed the figures. Then the builder calculates on a big profit. Sometimes the figures are much below the estimated cost. Then the builder may have made a mistake. Who is to blame The owner in nine cases out of ten blames the architect. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
