This recommended fee scale is provided as a guideline for the determining of appropriate fees by the contracting parties where the architectural practitioner is to provide a professional service for a project as contemplated by the Architectural Professions Act, Act No 44 of 2000.

The professional service is deemed to be subject to an appropriate formal agreement, in which the Obligations of the Parties to one another and the Conditions of Service are clearly recorded .

The expectation is that the agreed fees are based on a Budget for the works for fee purposes to ensure that the fee calculated on anticipated final project cost, is applied to a realistic value of the work to be done.