Factors Determine the Practicality of Architectural Design Service Fee Scale in Ethiopia

Efrem Beyene; Nebyou Yonas

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Factors Determine the Practicality of Architectural Design Service Fee Scale in Ethiopia

Efrem Beyene, Nebyou Yonas

Published in Research & Development (Volume 3, Issue 3)

Received: 2 June 2022 Accepted: 10 August 2022 Published: 27 September 2022

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The adoption of an Architect's fee scale is important to improve ethical practice, promote innovation and improve the quality of architectural design service in Ethiopia. however, the effort of regulatory agencies is required to be more than preparing draft documents, submit to the responsible body, and waiting for endorsement. It is mandatory to work on factors that determine the practicality. The purpose of this study was therefore to identify factors determining the practicality of the Architecture service fee scale in Ethiopia through the assessment of principal architects' perceptions and experiences. The study was limited to Architecture design services and Principal architects. Principal Architects of firms registered for Architecture Service were asked to rate pricing strategies and factors related to market chain, institutional capacity, political economy, and market devices. A stratified sampling technique was adopted to sort out consulting Architecture firms across the country. The questionnaires were administered to 160 principal architects of consulting architecture firms in Addis Ababa, Bahir-Dar, Adama, Dessie, Harrar, and Dire Dawa cities of Ethiopia. A total of 57 responses were returned, but during the data pre-analysis task (response screening) one questionnaire from non-principal Architects was discarded. The perception of principal architects is evaluated on listed factors that fall into major categories such as institutional capacity, market chain, political economy, and market devices. The perceptions, which influence the use of the different approaches, were also presented. The author summarized, the identified factors in client/public Awareness creation, Collaboration, Requirements for Registration, licensing, Construction Permit and Control, Managing Human Resources, Managing Professional Ethics, Privatization/ free-market economic policy, Impacts of other policies such as Lease, Administrative structure of the Country, Quality of Architectural design service delivery.

Published in	Research & Development (Volume 3, Issue 3)
DOI	10.11648/j.rd.20220303.15
Page(s)	168-177
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Architectural Design Services, Fee Scale, Principal Architects, Pricing Strategies, Regulatory Agencies

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Efrem Beyene

College of Architecture and Civil Engineering, Addis Ababa Science and Technology University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Nebyou Yonas

Ethiopian Institute of Architecture Building Construction and City Development, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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