Common use of A - Suitability of Work and Consultant Cooperation Clause in Contracts

A - Suitability of Work and Consultant Cooperation. Consultant shall furnish, in accordance with the agreed upon schedule, a complete, practical, economical design, plans, specifications, and estimates (if such plans and specifications are within the scope of Consultant's work), and related corrections and changes which are best suited for the contemplated construction, and ensure all work is completed in accordance with this Agreement and with sound engineering principles and is signed and sealed by a licensed Professional Engineer and/or Architect, as appropriate. Consultant shall, upon request of the Engineer, provide all calculations, data, charts, and other information of any type whatsoever which support its designs or other work performed pursuant to this Agreement. Consultant may not assert as a basis for refusing to provide such information that it is proprietary. Consultant shall satisfy Engineer that design decisions are based on objective evaluation of the requirements of the facility owner and user, meet site-specific conditions, comply with Project construction cost budget, and minimize long term operation and maintenance costs. Consultant is aware and agrees that the City has the right to submit the Consultant's work product to independent design reviewers. Consultant agrees to fully cooperate with such reviewers if City determines review is appropriate. Consultant's obligation to cooperate shall include the obligation to respond in an objective professional manner to requests for information, and, if expressly requested by Engineer, to enter into a dialogue with the reviewer regarding the comments of the reviewer on the work. The City’s Harbor Department’s CAD Standards adopt Autodesk Applications such as AutoCAD, Civil 3D and Revit as the “Standard CAD Software”. All submitted files must conform and comply with the latest version of the City’s Harbor Department CAD Standards outlined in the City’s Harbor Department's 2022 CAD Manual. When submitting files on electronic media, the AutoCAD, Civil 3D (.dwg) or Revit (.rvt) drawing file version should be included. Drawings and data should be transferrable and able to integrate with other applications, such as Geographic Information Systems (GIS) (such as ESRI ArcGIS), PDF reviews (such as Bluebeam REVU), cost estimating applications and specification development. Specifications shall be prepared using SpecLink Cloud and submitted in Portable Document Format.