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Sample: D&C Consultancy Agreement (redacted)
Don't sign as drafted. Contains exposure you cannot cap, price or insure.
Ref SAMPLE-001 · Submitted Jul 1, 2026 · Completed Jul 1, 2026 · 12 min
3
Dealbreakers
6
Red flags
12
Total markups
// 01 — Project details
- Project
- Mannor Street mixed-use development
- Address
- 1 Mannor Street, Hampton East VIC 3188
- Client
- Sample Developments Pty Ltd
- Consultant
- Redacted Architecture Studio
- Discipline
- Architecture (lead consultant)
- Contract type
- D&C novated consultancy agreement
- Fee
- $180,000
- Fee basis
- Fixed lump sum
- Liability cap
- Uncapped (flagged — see clause 14.2)
- PI limit required
- $20,000,000
- PI run-off period
- 10 years
- Public liability limit
- $20,000,000
- Date of agreement
- 1 July 2026
- Governing law
- Victoria
// 02 — Commercial summary
→ Fee: $180,000 fixed, but clause 2.3 drags undefined "incidental" work into it. Fix the scope before you price it.
→ Payment: 60 days from end of month. Up to 90 days cash-out on monthly claims. Push for 20 business days.
→ PI exposure: three clauses (5.1, 8.2, 15.3) each operate wider than a standard PI policy. Any one of them can leave you personally carrying a claim your insurer declines.
→ Liability: uncapped. A $2M cap tied to your PI cover is the single most valuable mark-up in this schedule.
→ Time bars: 5 business days to notify claims is the sharpest trap in the document. It converts routine delay into forfeited entitlements.
// 03 — AI-Generated Schedule
// Adopted amendments
Adopt the amendments you would put to your client. On your own review these become a marked-up schedule and a drafted email, ready to send.
This is a commercial review, not legal advice. It flags commercial risk in consultancy agreements for construction-industry consultants. For legal advice on this contract, brief a construction lawyer.