Illinois Administrative Code
Title 68 - PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS
Part 1150 - ILLINOIS ARCHITECTURE PRACTICE ACT OF 1989
Section 1150.85 - Acts Constituting the Practice of Architecture Pursuant to Section 5 of the Act
Universal Citation: 68 IL Admin Code ยง 1150.85
Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 12, March 22, 2024
a) Design/Build
1) The design/build project delivery process
is a process characterized for its single point of responsibility in managing,
directing and coordinating the design and construction of a project whereby an
entity signs a single contract with a client to provide a combination of
services that includes architectural and construction services. Design, as used
in the term design/build identifying the project delivery process, shall mean
architectural services.
2) The
design/build entity will not be required to register as a professional design
firm pursuant to Section 21 of the Act and Section
1150.80
of this Part only if the architectural services in the design/build project
delivery process are provided by the entity in accordance with the following:
A) An Illinois licensed architect practicing
as a sole proprietorship or a professional design firm registered in Illinois
to offer the practice of architecture, as set forth in Section 21 of the Act
and Section
1150.80
of this Part, independently contracts with the entity and participates
substantially in all material aspects of the offering and providing of
architectural services relating to any bid process, contract negotiations,
design, consultation, development, preparation and coordination of technical
submissions, and verification of adherence to technical submissions and
completion.
B) At the time of
offering services, a written disclosure shall be given to the client by the
entity identifying the architect who will be engaged by and is contractually
responsible to the entity offering design/build project services.
C) The entity agrees that the architect will
have direct supervision of the architectural work and the architect's services
will not be terminated on the project without the immediate replacement by
another architect mutually agreed to by the client and the entity.
3) A design/build entity shall not
offer to provide or provide architectural services, unless the design/build
entity is an Illinois licensed architect practicing as a sole proprietorship or
registered professional design firm offering architectural services. Offering
to provide architectural services shall include, but shall not necessarily be
limited to, any tender of architectural services either independently or in
combination with construction services by any sign, card, advertisement or
other device that might indicate to the public that the entity is entitled to
provide architectural services. However, an entity that is not an Illinois
licensed architect practicing as a sole proprietorship or registered
professional design firm offering architectural services may advertise the
design/build project delivery process provided the advertisement does not imply
to the public that the entity by itself is either entitled or qualified to
offer or provide design services.
b) Architectural Competitions
1) Participants in architectural competitions
in Illinois shall comply with the Act. All services, such as preliminary design
and design development, are to be prepared by or under the direct supervision
and control of an Illinois licensed architect.
2) If an architectural competition is
conducted in an academic setting or the project is fictitious and will not be
constructed, a person/professional design firm is not required to be licensed
in Illinois.
c) Use of Title
1) A person, sole proprietorship,
professional service corporation, limited liability company, corporation or
partnership, or other entity practicing pursuant to an exemption from licensure
contained in Section 3 of the Act shall not use the title "architect" or any of
its derivations unless the person or other entity holds an active license as an
architect or registration as a professional design firm in this
State.
2) No person, sole
proprietorship, professional service corporation, limited liability company,
corporation or partnership, or other entity that practices architecture shall
advertise or display any sign or card or other device that might indicate to
the public that the person or entity is entitled to practice as an architect or
use the title "architect" or any of its derivations unless the person or other
entity holds an active license as an architect or registration as a
professional design firm in this State.
3) No person, without possessing a valid
license as an architect issued by the Division, shall in any manner hold
himself or herself out to the public as an architect, attach the title
"architect" or any of its derivations, or offer to render or render to
individuals, corporations, or the public any architectural services as defined
in the Act if the word "architect" or any of its derivations are used to
describe the person offering to render or rendering them or describe the
services rendered or offered to be rendered.
d) Prototypical Documents
1) "Prototypical documents" consist of
drawings or specifications that are not intended as final and complete
technical submissions for a building project, but rather are to serve as a
prototype for a building or buildings to be constructed in more than one
location, with minimal design changes or additions, except those required to
adapt the prototype building or buildings to each particular site and to the
regulations and codes that apply. Prototypical documents may or may not be
premised upon laws, rules and regulations, or an adopted building code of a
particular state, county or municipality, but shall be adaptable to the
regulations or codes of each applicable construction location. Prototypical
documents are generally not designated for a specific climate, weather,
topography, soil, or other site-specific conditions or requirements, but are
intended to be adapted to those and other site-specific conditions.
2) Prototypical documents shall be prepared
by an architect licensed in any jurisdiction. Technical submissions for the
construction of the project shall be prepared by or under the responsible
control of an Illinois licensed architect.
3) The documents shall be identified as
"prototypical documents". The name, address and seal of the architect who
prepared the prototypical documents, and the date the documents were prepared,
shall be provided on the first sheet of any bound set or loose sheets of
documents utilized as prototypical documents.
4) Nothing in this Part precludes the use of
prototypical documents, provided the Illinois licensed architect:
A) Obtains written permission from the
architect who prepared or sealed the prototypical documents, and from the legal
owner of the prototypical documents, to use, revise, amend and otherwise adapt
the prototypical documents;
B)
Thoroughly analyzes the prototypical documents, makes necessary revisions, and
adds all required elements and design information (including the design
services of engineering consultants, if warranted), so that the prototypical
documents become suitable complete technical submissions, in full compliance
with applicable codes, regulations, and site-specific requirements;
C) Independently performs and maintains on
file the necessary calculations and analysis to verify the public health and
safety suitability of all elements or features portrayed by the original
prototypical documents; and
D)
After analyzing, calculating and making revisions and additions, issues the
technical submissions with his or her title block, Illinois seal and design
firm registration number, as required (including the seals and design firm
registration numbers of engineering consultants, as applicable), and maintains
control over the use of the final adapted documents as if they were his or her
original design, assuming full responsibility as the architect of
record.
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