NIC= not included. They're not going to plan your lighting, draw detailed trimwork or cabinetry details, etc.

PE= Professional Engineer

SEPA, I don't know. Try googling it.

Good luck with the process. Have your atty. tell you how you can terminate it if things don't go well. You never think you'll be in that position (we didn't), but there's no way to tell how the architect works. Ours was like extracting teeth and we had to terminate the contract and negotiate a fee to get the drawings, which we had no right to and are lucky we were able to get at all. Never expected that to happen.

NIC= NOT IN CONTRACT basically means the same as NOT INCLUDED.

SEPA= STATE ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ACT which i believe concerns septic/sewer, runoff grading, soils testing, etc.

thanks all, I googled PE so figured out that one, we were thinking NIC meant not included. Sierraeast thanks for the SEPA one.

Rainy