BCSLA Fee Guide
This Fee Guide is intended to be used by practising registered Landscape Architects and prospective clients when determining and evaluating professional compensation for services rendered by registered Landscape Architects practising in the Province of British Columbia. It includes a schedule of fees which reflects the minimum range of compensation that will be needed to meet the standards of practice set by the BCSLA. However, this is a guideline only. The BCSLA has no mandatory fee requirements. Compensation is understood to include reasonable profit and costs borne by professionals to keep their knowledge up-to-date through mandatory continuing education, research, and professional development.
Fees are ultimately a matter of negotiation between the client and the Landscape Architect and contract conditions.
Selection of a Landscape Architect for a particular project is based on a prospective client’s understanding of the range of services offered and the Landscape Architect’s level of experience, both of which can vary significantly from firm to firm, and from individual to individual.
The BCSLA Fee Guideline is part of an integrated information and standards service for the public and the profession of landscape architecture. References to fees indicate typical minimum conditions for professional standards of practice, subject to change depending upon project conditions and legal standards. Please confirm all terms and conditions in writing with your landscape architect. The BCSLA will review this document periodically, and invite readers to contact the society with any comments which will be added to a “watch list” for such review.
Last updated: July, 2022