The Clerk of Works - A Handbook on the Supervision of Building Operations #232332

It is proposed in a brief manner to describe the qualifications, responsibilities, and duties of Clerks of Works. The post, which is an old and honourable one, has been held by men whose names have come down to this present age as masters of a craft, who, by their efforts and endeavours, have left marks behind them of the earnestness with which any and everything entrusted to them was thoroughly and nobly carried out, and whose work still remains as an example to all who now hold or seek to obtain the position and designation of "Clerk of Works."<br><br>The aim of this little book will be for it to act as a guide for the younger men upon first appointment as Clerk of Works, and maybe the older men with experience may yet be able to pick up from the notes given some item of interest or of merit which they have either ignored or but paid scant attention to in the past.<br><br>This first chapter will deal with the qualifications demanded of an aspirant for the much-sought-after position of Clerk of Works, and the reasons for asking the one.<br><br>The architect is unable to supervise personally the creation of the building over which he has pondered many hours in evolving the plans and elevations, which are either going to assist in making his reputation or in maintaining one already possessed.