Synopsis.
AIA Document B212–2024 establishes duties and responsibilities where the architect provides the owner with master planning services. This scope provides a menu of choices of master planning services in four phases: (i) Information, Research, and Data Gathering; (ii) Analysis, Assessment, and Recommendation; (iii) Design Alternatives; and (iv) Finalization of Master Plan.
B212–2024 may be incorporated into any owner-architect agreement to provide the architect’s scope of services. It may also be incorporated into any owner-architect agreement after the agreement is executed with an amendment form to create a modification to the agreement. B212–2024 is a scope of services document only and may not be used as a standalone owner-architect agreement.
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Purpose.
AIA Document B212–2024 provides the Architect’s scope of services for Master Planning in a standard form that the Owner and Architect can modify to suit the needs of the Project. It is not a fixed scope of services, but a menu of services from which the parties may select. B212–2024 is not a standalone document and to become effective, it must be incorporated into an owner-architect agreement.
It may be used with any owner-architect agreement to provide the Architect’s scope of services. It may also be incorporated into any owner-architect agreement after the agreement is executed with an amendment form to create a modification to any owner-architect agreement.
B212-2024 provides a table format in which the parties agree upon designated Master Planning Services. The Architect provides only the services that are specifically designated in the list of subsections within each phase of the table. The Master Planning Services set forth in Article 2 are the activities that should be undertaken by the Architect to produce the Master Plan, but the services may not necessarily be performed in the sequence set forth in Article 2 or in a linear manner.
B212-2024 also contains provisions for supplemental services, which are not included as basic services, but are identified as the architect’s responsibility at the time the agreement is executed. Additional services refer only to those services that may arise as the project proceeds.