Using and Understanding Engineering Service and Construction Contracts

1. Front Matter

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2. Standard Form of Agreement between Owner and Engineer for Professional Services, No. 1910–1 (1984 ed.)

   • John R. Clark

   Pages 1-37

3. Standard Form of Agreement between Engineer and Associate Engineer for Professional Services, No. 1910–13 (1985 ed.) (E-AE Agreement)

   • John R. Clark

   Pages 38-46

4. Construction Related Documents

   • John R. Clark

   Pages 47-49

5. Standard Form of Agreement between Owner and Contractor on the Basis of a Stipulated Price, No. 1910–8-A-1 (1983 ed.) (Stipulated Price Agreement) and Standard Form of Agreement between Owner and Contractor on the Basis of Cost-Plus, No. 1910–8-A-2 (1983 ed.) (Cost-Plus Agreement)

   • John R. Clark

   Pages 50-57

6. Standard General Conditions of the Construction Contract, No. 1910–8 (1983 Ed.) (General Conditions)

   • John R. Clark

   Pages 58-110

7. Additional Comments Re Supplementary Conditions

   • John R. Clark

   Pages 111-112

8. Additional Comments Concerning Instructions

   • John R. Clark

   Pages 113-115

9. Back Matter

   Pages 116-320

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1. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND In the late 1950s many members of the design professions-Engineers as well as Ar­ chitects-became concerned about their exposure to claims for professional malprac­ tice and particularly about the increasing number of claims that had been successfully brought against them arising out of their Construction Phase activities. This led to special studies sponsored by the American Institute of Architects and the Engineers joint Counsel. The outcome was twofold: the development of a policy of professional liability insurance to insure Engineers and Architects against errors and omissions in the performance of their professional services, and the review and development of the customary contractual arrangements defining the design profeSSional's undertakings vis a vis his client (the Owner), the Project to be designed, and the Contractor who was to implement that design. At the outset, the AlA's Owner-Architect Agreement (No. B131), General Conditions (No. A201) and the Owner-Contractor Agreements (Nos. A101 & 111) were the documents most frequently used by design professionals, and these received particular attention. In the early 1960s it became apparent that there was a need for a separate series of documents prepared to address these relationships when the Project to be designed involved primarily engineering considerations. The number of Projects for which the Engineer was employed by the Owner as the prime professional to handle the Project design and construction administration was increasing.

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