Architect of record
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Architect of record is the architect or architecture firm whose name appears on a Construction permit issued for a specific project on which that architect or firm performed services. [1] Building permits are issued by a government agency with the authority in a certain jurisdiction to regulate building construction and enforce building codes. Generally, the contractor submits the application for the permit to the regulatory authority, along with a building project's drawings and specifications (called collectively "construction documents"). [1] But in some jurisdictions, the architect is required to submit the construction documents needed to obtain the building permit. [1] And with some construction projects, more than one building permit is issued. That occurs when several different architects perform services on discrete parts of a single building project.[1] More than one architect of record, therefore, would exist in such a case.
