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Make sure you select a good architect based on experience, reputation, and completed projects. There are a lot of inexperienced people out there that pretend to be all this and that, and may try to dazzle you with cute renderings, but don't really have a clue of structural engineering, construction methods, and how to design plans that will glide though the approval process and plan check, and if they can't get you the permit, they are nothing more than a draftsman and that is all he is worth. Without that the delays will frustrate you, and the construction problems, continual professional consultations, and change orders can cost you 2-5 times or more of what you spent on the architect. Ask the counter guys at plan check in your city what their experience has been with a particular architect or engineer - their feedback will be very enlightening.
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