At Focus we like to be free to concentrate on making buildings better for our clients and planet as soon as we can! 

Having an official resilient contract in place is essential to this journey to ensure all parties are informed of their obligations and expectations. 

Not having a form of appointment or relying on poorly drafted terms are some of the main causes of dispute between a client and an architect. Disputes over time spent and money spent are some of the most common, usually owing to an unclear boundary of where the architect’s responsibility ends. Projects overrunning due to extras being added that require additional work, and therefore an additional fee that might not have been made clear in the beginning, increase the risk of work stopping and working relationships crumbling.

As an ARB|RIBA registered practice we advocate and utilise the RIBA standard document suite. 

The RIBA Professional Services Contracts have been developed to ensure that architects comply with both the RIBA and ARB Codes, so that your terms of appointment will always cover the key requirements—for happy clients and reduced risks. These include clear definitions of your services and your client’s responsibilities, your fees and expenses, copyright license, liability and insurance, suspension or termination and dispute resolution. This ensures there are no nasty surprises at a later stage and creates a fair, balanced and transparent framework covering any possible future issues or problems.

More information on these documents can be found at  https://www.architecture.com/digital-practice-tools/riba-contracts/riba-standard-professional-services-contract

This is FocusArchitectsLtd privacy policy, explaining how our company uses the personal data we collect from you when you use our website. Topics include:

• What data do we collect?
• How do we collect your data?
• How will we use your data?
• How do we store your data?
• Marketing
• What are your data protection rights?
• What are cookies?
• How do we use cookies?
• What types of cookies do we use?
• How to manage your cookies
• Privacy policies of other websites
• Changes to our privacy policy
• How to contact us

FocusArchitectsLtd collects the following data:

• Personal identification information (name, email address, phone number, etc.)

You directly provide FocusArchitectsLtd with most of the data we collect. We collect data and process data when you:

• Enquire about any of our services.
• Voluntarily complete a customer survey or provide feedback on any of our message boards or via email.
• Use or view our website via your browser’s cookies.

FocusArchitectsLtd collects your data so that we can:

• Process your enquiry.

FocusArchitectsLtd securely stores your data online.

FocusArchitectsLtd  will keep your personal identification information until you opt out. When you opt out, we will delete your data immediately.

FocusArchitectsLtd would like to send you information about products and services of ours that we think you might like. If you have agreed to receive marketing, you may always opt out at a later date. You have the right at any time to stop FocusArchitectsLtd from contacting you for marketing purposes. If you no longer wish to be contacted for marketing purposes, please email us at studio@focusarchitects.co.uk

FocusArchitectsLtd would like to make sure you are fully aware of all of your data protection rights. Every user is entitled to the following:

• The right to access – You have the right to request FocusArchitectsLtd for copies of your personal data.
• The right to rectification – You have the right to request that FocusArchitectsLtd correct any information you believe is inaccurate. You also have the right to request FocusArchitectsLtd to complete the information you believe is incomplete.
• The right to erasure – You have the right to request that FocusArchitectsLtd erase your personal data.
• The right to restrict processing – You have the right to request that FocusArchitectsLtd restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
• The right to object to processing – You have the right to object to FocusArchitectsLtd processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.

Cookies are text files placed on your computer to collect standard Internet log information and visitor behaviour information. When you visit our websites, we may collect information from you automatically through cookies or similar technology. For further information, please visit www.allaboutcookies.org.

FocusArchitectsLtd uses cookies in a range of ways to improve your experience on our website, including:

• Understanding how you use our website

There are a number of different types of cookies, however, our website uses:

• Functionality – FocusArchitectsLtd uses these cookies so that we recognise you on our website and remember your previously selected preferences. These could include what language you prefer and location you are in. A mix of first-party and third-party cookies are used.
• Advertising – FocusArchitectsLtduses these cookies to collect information about your visit to our website, the content you viewed, the links you followed and information about your browser, device, and your IP address. FocusArchitectsLtd sometimes shares some limited aspects of this data with third parties for advertising purposes. We may also share online data collected through cookies with our advertising partners. This means that when you visit another website, you may be shown advertising based on your browsing patterns on our website.
• FocusArchitectsLtd uses Google Analytics. Google Analytics generates statistical and other information by using cookies on users’ computers. This information helps create usage reports and Google stores this information. For further information, please visit www.google.com/policies/privacy.

You can set your browser not to accept cookies, and the above website tells you how to remove cookies from your browser. However, in a few cases, some of our website features may not function as a result.

FocusArchitectsLtd website contains links to other websites. Our privacy policy applies only to our website, so if you click on a link to another website, you should read their privacy policy.

FocusArchitectsLtd keeps its privacy policy under regular review and places any updates on this web page. This privacy policy was last updated on April, 2023.

If you have any questions about FocusArchitectsLtd privacy policy, the data we hold on you, or you would like to exercise one of your data protection rights, please do not hesitate to email us at studio@focusarchitects.co.uk