Contract Tasters

Click on the ACA contract document below to take you to further information and a short 'taster' of that document.

ACA SFA/08 - Background information and Stop Press issued 15 May 2008 - see bottom of this page.

click on the following attachments for rtf copies of the Model Letters contained in this document for free download - these letters are for use with ACA SFA/08 published on 5 September 2008:-

Commercial Client (Normal)

Commercial Client (Contingent)

Consumer Client

Completed version of ACA SFA/08, by way of an example - click here

Summary of amendments made to PPC2000/SPC2000/TPC2005 in 2008

PPC2000 (Amended 2003) - ACA Standard Form of Contract for Project Partnering

Amendments 2003 to PPC2000 ACA Form of Contract for Project Partnering

Special Terms that can be added to PPC2000 and/or TPC2005 to comply with CDM2007

SPC2000 (Amended 2004) - ACA Standard Form of Specialist Contract for Project Partnering

Amendments 2004 to SPC2000 ACA Form of Specialist Contract for Project Partnering

ACA Form of Building Agreement 1982 Third Edition 1998 (2003 Revision)

ACA Form of Sub-Contract 1982 Third Edition 1998 (2003 Revision)

ACA98 The Appointment of a Consultant Architect (2004 Revision)

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*** Stop Press 15 May 2008***

Architects may have seen the article on page 3 of the 9 May 2008 issue of Building Design headlined 'ACA and RIBA split over forms of contract'. This article (and subsquent press coverage in Building Design in particular throughout the summer of 2008) arises from the ACA's view (on advice from specialist construction lawyers) that the new RIBA client contract forms remove various vital legal safeguards that architects have enjoyed for many years.

So much concern has been expressed about the new RIBA forms published last autumn 2007, including from distinguished legal commentators and other professional organisations, that the ACA resolved to publish its own standard form of appointment which will reinstate these safeguards.

A detailed criticism of the new RIBA forms by these commentators can be downloaded by clicking on the following link:

'Schedule of Clauses in RIBA 2007 Appointment Agreements which give rise to

Always remember to individually negotiate terms with consumer clients.

Please note that the ACA are not lawyers and do not purport to give legal advice. Architects are strongly advised to seek specialist legal advice if they propose to use the new RIBA forms so that they can fully understand the risks they could incur in doing so.