Appointment of Consultant

Consultant are appointed by client by 1 of the following 3 ways :
- Consultants issues Letter of Appointment together with 1 duplicate copy to client who executes in Acceptance and return copy to consultants.
- Client issues Lette of Appointment together with a duplicate copy to consultants who executes in acceptance and return copy to client
- Both the client and consultants execute 2 coplies of Memorandum of Agreement- a standard agreements produce by consultant respective statutory board. Each party keep a copy

Consultant are appointed by client one of the following 3 ways :
- Consultant issues Letter of Appointment together with a duplicate copy to the client who executes in Acceptance and return copy to the consultants .
- Client issue Letter of Appointment together with a dupicate copy to the consultant who executes in acceptance and return copy to the client.
- Both the client and consultant executes 2 copies Memorandum of Agreement - a standard agreemnt produce by consultants respective statutory board. Each party keep as copy.

THe above 3 agreement shall contain the following 5 eseential part :
- Amount fees reimbursable charge payable by client to consultant. Consultant can suspend services when non-payment from client.
- Amount fees reimbursable charge payable by client to consultant. Consultant can suspend services when non payment by client.
Terms and conditions of appointments
TYpe of services provude by consultants
Consultants scope of works
Mode of payment

Mode of payment
Types of services provided by consultants
Terms and condition of appoints
Consultant scope of works
mode of payment

Mode of payment
Types of services provided by consultants
COnsultant scope of work
Amount reimbursable fees payable by client to consultant. Consultant can suspend the work when non payment from clien t
Terms and condition of appointment


Current practice is for client to appoints a key consultants usually the architect who in turn appoint other sub-consultant
- Architect will then has liability over other consultant's design
- The clients pay the Architect for the comprehensive services and the Architect pays other consultant back to back
- This way, the client need deal with only a lead consultant and holds him responsible and liable for everthing
- Other consultants are responsible and laible for architect
- The appointment of consultant by their respective memorandum of agreement are as follow :

- Current practice is for client to appoint a key consultant usually the architect who in turn appoint other sub-consultants
- THe architect then will have liability over the other consultant designs.
- The clients pay the Architect for the comprehensive services and the Architect pays other consultants back' to back
- This way, the client need deal with only a lead consultant and holds him responsible and liable for everything.
- Other consultant are responsible and laible for everything
- The appointment of consultant by their respective memorandum of agreement as follow:

Current practice is for client to appoint a key consultant, usually the architect in turn to appoint other sub-consultant
The architect will then has liability over the design of other sub-consultants
. The clients pay the architect for the comprehensive services and architect pay back to back to other consultants
This way the client only need to deal with the lead consultant and he hold the responsibility for everything
The appoint of consultatns by their respsective memorandum of agreemnt are as foloow

Architect - Lembaga Arkitek Malaysia (LAM Memorandum consist 2 parts
- Architect ( Scale of minimum fees ) Rules 2010.
- Memorandum of Agreement between the clients and the architect for professional services

Engineer
- Board of Engineer Malaysia's Memorandum of agreements contain 2 parts:
* Fees charge clients is to pay Engineer
* BEM model Form of Memorandum of Agreement

Engineer
Board of Engineer Malaysia Memorandum of Agreement contains 2 parts
- Fees/ Charge client is to pay Engineer
- BEM model Form of Memorandum of Agreement between clients and consultaing Engineer for professional services

QS
- Memorandum of agreemtn between the client and the consulting QS for professional services


Architect
Lembaga Arkitek Malaysia (LEM) Memorandum agreement contains 2 part
(scale of minimum fees) rules 2010.
Memorandum of agreement between the client and architect for professional services

Terminatiuon of Professional Services
- Consultant who initial termination give client 60 days written notice with 30 days to settle outstanding fees
Consultant cannot suspend the services during this period
Upon settlement of fees, consultant issue Letter of Release (LR) to clients
- If disputes on fees, refer to arbitration and to Board of Professional who would within a week write to consultant waiving LR upon which client can would within a week write to consultant waiving LR upon which client can proceed to appoint new replacement consultant
- Termination consultant if made submittion to Local Authorities issue Letter of withdrawal to LA withdrawing as submitting person without which new consultant cannot make submiition as submititng pers

Termination of Professional Services
- consultant who initiate termination give 60 days written notice with 30 days to settle outstanding fees.
- Consultant cannot suspend this services druing this period
- Upon settlement of fees, consultant issues Letter of Release (LR) to client
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- If disputes on the fees, go for arbitration and to Board of Professional who would within a week write to consultant waiving LR upon whichclient can proceed to appoint new replacement consultant
Terminate consultant if made submittion to local authorities issue Letter of Withdrawal to LA withdrawing as submitting person without which new consultant cannot make submiission/ take over as submitting person .