Synopsis.
C205–2024 replaces B212™–2010, Standard Form of Architect’s Services: Regional or Urban Planning and includes several notable changes. An owner can still use C205-2024 to hire an architect to perform regional or urban planning services, but it can also be used to hire professionals from other backgrounds to perform these services. This scope provides a menu of choices of regional or urban planning services in four phases: (i) Inventory, Research, and Data Gathering; (ii) Analysis, Assessment, and Recommendation; (iii) Plan Concepts; and (iv) Plan Finalization. The Planner provides only the services that are specifically designated in the list of subsections within each phase.
C205-2024 may be incorporated into any owner-consultant agreement to provide the consultant’s scope of services. It may also be incorporated into any owner-consultant agreement after the agreement is executed with an amendment form to create a modification to the agreement. C205–2024 is a scope of services document only and may not be used as a standalone owner-consultant agreement.
Purpose.
AIA Document C205–2024 provides the Planner’s scope of services for Regional or Urban Planning in a standard form that the Owner and Planner 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.
It may be used with any owner-consultant agreement to provide the Planner’s scope of services. It may also be incorporated into any owner-consultant agreement after the agreement is executed with an amendment form to create a modification to any owner-consultant agreement.
Changes from the previous edition.
C205–2024 replaces B212™–2010, Standard Form of Architect’s Services: Regional or Urban Planning and includes several notable changes. In developing C205–2024, the AIA Documents Committee recognized that professionals from a variety of backgrounds perform planning services. Thus, C205–2024 is no longer written as an Architect’s scope of services in the B-Series of documents. Instead, it is neutral as to the professional background of the person or entity who performs the regional or urban planning services and is categorized as a consultant document in the C-Series of agreements. An owner can still use C205-2024 to hire an architect to perform regional or urban planning services, but it can also be used to hire professionals from other backgrounds to perform these services.
C205–2024 was also updated to reflect changes in the industry since the prior version. For example, C205–2024 now includes: (1) provisions describing the Planner’s role in facilitating vision sessions with the Owner and stakeholders to identify, discuss, and prioritize values and goals for the Project; (2) updated provisions relating to community engagement and the Planner’s role in obtaining the community’s input; (3) a distinct service for researching and analyzing demographics, social justice, and other social vulnerability factors; (4) an option for the Planner to prepare implementation guidelines and strategies; and (5) a detailed description of the Plan. C205–2024 also includes an expanded Initial Information section, including a prompt for the parties to include the Owner’s anticipated climate resiliency objectives, and updated provisions for Additional Services.