NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Clerk of the Works

The Clerk of the Works or Clerk of Works (often abbreviated CoW) is a person employed by the client on the site of a building construction project to represent his interests and verify that the design brief and quality standards are complied with.

Historically the CoW would have been employed by the Architect or Landscape Architect, see landscape architecture. The landscape architect will refer to this person as a field engineer.

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Contractor's reliance upon the Clerk of Works (970 words)
	Occasionally, a Clerk of Works may be engaged directly by the architect and responsibility for the performance of his duties will carry directly through the architect's terms of engagement.
	The responsibility of the Clerk of Works was examined by the Court of Appeal in the case of Scott Wilson Kirkpatrick and Partners -v- Ministry of Defence.
	The Clerk of Works supervision was intended as an additional security for the benefit of the employer, the Ministry of Defence, not to provide an excuse or justification for the contractor not performing its contractual obligations.

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