State Fee Calculators

Schedules A/B/C by building type, with separate Design-Bid-Build and GC/CM curves. Effective July 1, 2025.

WA OFM 2025-27 Budget Instructions, Chapter 9 — A&E Fee Guidelines.

Negotiated per Public Contract Code 10510. RESD historically references Mead-Hunt curves and AIA Document B102 schedules.

CA DGS Real Estate Services Division — Project Management Branch (PMB).

Sliding-scale design fee curve negotiated per Texas Government Code §2254. UT/A&M systems publish their own schedules.

TFC Design & Construction; UT System OFPC.

Negotiated lump-sum or % of construction. SUCF publishes its own fee curves by building type.

NY OGS Design Procedures Manual; SUCF Consultant Procedures.

GSFIC publishes a basic-services fee curve in its Construction Manual; tracks AIA historical norms.

GSFIC Construction Division Manual.

Curves substantially similar to federal/DoD curves with three complexity classes.

NC State Construction Manual, Section 300.

OSE Manual for Planning & Execution of State Permanent Improvements (Manual 200).

SC OSE Manual 200.

Negotiated under Code of Alabama §41-9-141. Three-tier complexity table is the standard reference.

Alabama Building Commission policy.

STREAM Designers' Manual specifies basic-services fees by complexity class.

TN STREAM Designers' Manual.

Construction & Professional Services Manual (CPSM) basic-services curve plus add-services schedule.

VA DGS-DEB CPSM.

Negotiated per ORS 279C.110 QBS. References AIA historical curves & WA Ch.9 as benchmarks.

OR DAS Capital Construction Procedures.

State Buildings Program Manual sets target A/E fee % based on construction cost and complexity.

CO State Buildings Programs Policy Manual.

Cost-based negotiation under Brooks Act with PMG fee curves; A/E fees historically 6–8% on large federal courthouses & offices.

GSA P-100; PBS Project Management Guide.

Cost-based negotiation per FAR Part 36 / DFARS; published fee bands tied to complexity class (I–IV).

USACE EP 715-1-7 (A-E Contracting).

CFM Major Construction A/E fees follow Brooks-Act negotiation; medical centers draw the highest-complexity curves.

VA Office of Construction & Facilities Management.