The Canadian Construction Association (CCA) is concerned about consultants demanding a fee to transfer CAD files to contractors. At the recent CCA board meetings, members of the standard practices committee agreed that contractors shouldn’t have to pay for CAD files used in the preparation of shop and as-built drawings.
The Canadian Construction Association (CCA) is concerned about consultants demanding a fee to transfer CAD files to contractors. At the recent CCA board meetings, members of the standard practices committee agreed that contractors shouldn’t have to pay for CAD files used in the preparation of shop and as-built drawings.
The CCA has discussed the matter with the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC) .
The CCA maintains that the files should be part of the client consultant agreement and that the preparation of the drawings is a cost of construction.
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