COMPETITIVE TENDERS

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 11, 14 January 1936, Page 3

COMPETITIVE TENDERS

SAVINGS LN BUILDING A statement issued by the executive of the New Zealan i In.-titute of Architects gives ex subst ■ - petitive tending building contracts, large or small. ••By calling for competitive tend m —either by means of public advertisement or bv private invitation to builders uf kauAu r.-pute —the client is assured «»f obtaining the keenest pu.-.-ible price fur the erection of hi- building.’ it remarked. ‘'The saving effc led by competitive tendering is usual.y considerable, as it is various that a price given by a builder under the>e conditions must he keener t ian the price he would give knowing that he u Lt is no means alone the architect tan Otten rave his client an amount equal tv, or •*A builder prepared a plan for a X" »' “re uXX' luruuged and quite unMiitaole; the kitchen and bathroom opened off the only bedroom. On bring consulted about finance for building, the owner, a lady, was advised bv her solicitor to consult an a reh it et. The cottage was replanned more «-ui? ni ■ ■ami increased in size by &5 square feet. By calling tenders the pric< —in spite of the increase in size W as £l5 less than for the builder’s design ■ ginally proj osed. ••An owner wa> dealing direct with a builder, who prepared a plan and submitted a pri«-»* The owner eventuallv was persuaded to have an architect. The architect prepared a plan to >uit al! requirements of the owner. Tenders were called, and the lowest • . ■ £551, '• £552, and third £5l. 10s. The builder the owner was dealing with in the fust case sub mined a price in cvmpetitb’n with the other builders for £645. Result—con r-idcrable saving and a more satisfactory building and no worry to the owner. The owner might have emploved the original builder and have been out of pocket to the extent of Q “A firm of merchants decided I erect a building. Plans were submitted bv a firn of contractors. These plans shewed brick walls not plastered. wooden posts, wooden floors and imn f'of. The prb'e arked was £ls,nCi'. Eventually an architect was consulted plans uere prepared showing a reinforced construction, plaster throughout, concrete floors ami roof. »how window-, verandah, offices and ad fittings. Public tenders were called, and the w«-rk was completed for £l5OOO. “The value of the extra work in the building compared with the work ? ri«inallv slowed for at the same figure w;<= at least £3,000.’