NAC - Questions about Consulting

[Douglas Fifield]

I appologize for the WOBW, but I want to tap the knowledge base of the
lists.

I have been approached regarding a small consulting job.  It is in line with
my professional experience and should be a fairly straight forward piece of
work.  My questions have to do with how to structure the deal with the
client as I have not done consulting work before.

Particulars:

I am a registered professional engineer.
The work involves studying parts of a business organisation and recommending
work flow changes.
It would probably take 30 to 60 days to do.
Due to other obligations, this work would be performed on a part-time basis
- half-days and full-days as available.

Questions I have are:

What are the going rates for this type of work? (is $50-$100 per hour
typical?)
Are contracts typically used in consulting agreements?
Does the consultant or client provide the project work documentation (or
both)?

TIA,

Douglas

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