Common use of Consultant's Construction Cost, General Clause in Contracts

Consultant's Construction Cost, General. If the CITY requests in a Services Authorization that a Project construction cost estimate be given by the CONSULTANT as part of Preliminary and Final Design Services, then the CONSULTANT shall develop a CONSULTANT's estimate of probable construction cost at such points in the design phase as defined herein or otherwise agreed to in the Services Authorization. The construction cost of the entire Project (Construction Cost Estimate) means the total cost to the CITY of those portions of the entire Project designed and specified by the CONSULTANT, but will not include the CONSULTANT's compensation and expenses, the cost of land rights-of-way, or compensation for or damages to properties, unless the applicable Services Authorization so specifies; nor will it include the CITY's legal, accounting, insurance-counseling, or auditing services, or interest and financing charges incurred in connection with the Project, or the cost of other services to be provided by others to the CITY.