Upon the City's request, the Design. The City wants to retain the services of a professional architectural services firm to provide the Professional Services on an as-needed, hourly fee basis.§ 9.1 The Architect will provide administration of the Contract as described in the Contract Documents. The. This easy-to-use and cost-effective web-based solution gives you access to over 90 of the most popular AIA Contract Documents, including Subcontractor forms. The written contract has to be executed prior to the architect's commencing work, unless the client authorizes the architect, in writing, to start work earlier. We issue Bulletins that captures all changes that takes place to respond to RFI's or VEs or Client design changes.