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Gove has previously singled out architects' fees as a waste of public money.
That was on top of $11.4 million allocated last year for architects' fees and other so-called soft design costs.
Mr. Reinhardt said the architects' fees are 10 percent of construction costs; he said they were paid "a minimal amount" for their preliminary designs.
Building Schools for the Future was poor value for money not because architects' fees were high, but because of wasteful, cumbersome and bureaucratic procedures.
In most cases, architects' fees are based on a percentage of the total construction cost, and, according to Melanie Mayfield, spokesperson at the Riba, for a new house with a building cost of £250,000, the fees could be anything from 8 to 12 per cent, according to the indicative fee scales published in the Riba booklet.
To put that into context, it's four times more than what they spent on architects' fees.
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The figures given to journalists cover much other spending, including charges for legal and financial advice, architect fees and PR support.
The rest of the $7.1 million will go toward fund-raising, lawyers and architect fees -- and to establish a reserve fund of more than $1 million for ongoing maintenance and building emergencies.
Funds made available for grants under this subsection shall not be used for the construction of a new building or facility or the acquisition, expansion, remodeling, or alteration of an existing building or facility (including site grading and improvement, and architect fees).
Planning fees, architect fees, business case preparation and EU funding disregarded, all amounts to a considerable sum.
After the loan has been approved, up to 50% of the funds can be released to cover the cost of obtaining materials or paying some upfront costs like designer or architect fees.
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