My architect is designing the buildings and the structural and MEP engineer are completing their work. 

We hired an architect to develop a budget and it's absolutely crazy, especially the architectural fees.  

But after the architect sent out the final plans this morning, he - who has always been slow to respond to emails - texted me immediately with the following message, "based off the blueprints, I'm estimating construction costs to be $45k because windows are an additional 8500.

Secondly without a development approval you have nothing... it's just a vacant lot that you might or might not be able to build something on so it's going to be hard to pitch this as a development site without any type of plans from an architect.

I will need to get an architect to draw up plans, submit this to FHA Consultant, and the put this out to bid to the contractors.

My question is if I buy a piece of raw land with the intention of hiring my own architect/contractor to build and oversee, am I liable for any injuries that happen on the work site?

@Zack HawkinsSo my architect met with the planning commission and they said we can do this by right and without any variances

I will need to get drawings from an architect or structural engineer3.

Connecting your client to a builder or architect would be a great idea.

They may be allowing it but they just need a drawing from a structural engineer or an architect.