Common use of Design Responsibilities Clause in Contracts

Design Responsibilities. Among its other duties, the Design Professional is responsible to create the Design. Any errors, omissions, conflicts, ambiguities, violations of Applicable Laws, or other defects that are incorporated in the Design are the responsibility of the Design Professional. The Construction Manager’s responsibility to the Owner with respect to its services under this Agreement, for its review of the Drawings and Specifications, is limited to the following: (a) Defects the Construction Manager failed to report to the Owner or the Design Professional promptly after Construction Manager actually discovered them; or (b) Ambiguities, lack of clarity, inadequacy of detail, inconsistency, inaccuracy in the Design documents, or their being incomplete or defects related to the constructability of the Work, which the Construction Manager failed to discover or report to the Owner or Design Professional, but which a first-rate, nationally recognized construction manager experienced in projects similar to the Project in scope, size, complexity and nature would have discovered and reported given the time and opportunity for discovery that were actually available. If the conditions of (a) or (b) are met, and the Owner incurs loss or damage on account of the Construction Manager’s failure to discover or report the defect in a timely fashion, the Construction Manager will share an appropriate portion of the responsibility, notwithstanding the Design Professional’s primary responsibility for creating the defect.

Design Responsibilities. ‌ Among its other duties, the Design Professional is responsible to create the Design. Any errors, omissions, conflicts, ambiguities, violations of Applicable Laws, or other defects that are incorporated in the Design are the responsibility of the Design Professional. The Notwithstanding anything contained in the Contract Documents to the contrary, the Construction Manager’s responsibility to the Owner with respect to its services under this Agreement, for its review of the Drawings and Specifications, is limited to the following: (a) Defects the Construction Manager failed to report to the Owner or the Design Professional promptly after Construction Manager actually discovered them; or (b) Ambiguities, lack of clarity, inadequacy of detail, inconsistency, inaccuracy in the Design documents, or their being incomplete or defects related to the constructability of the Work, which the Construction Manager failed to discover or report to the Owner or Design Professional, but which a first-rate, nationally recognized construction manager experienced in projects similar to the Project in scope, size, complexity and nature would have discovered and reported given the time and opportunity for discovery that were actually available. If the conditions of (a) or (b) are met, and the Owner incurs loss or damage on account of the Construction Manager’s failure to discover or report the defect in a timely fashion, the Construction Manager will share an appropriate portion of the responsibility, notwithstanding the Design Professional’s primary responsibility for creating the defect.

Design Responsibilities. Among its other duties, the Design Professional is responsible to create the Design. Any errors, omissions, conflicts, ambiguities, violations of Applicable Laws, or other defects that are incorporated in the Design are the responsibility of the Design Professional. The Construction Manager’s responsibility to the Owner with respect to its services under this Agreement, for its review of the Drawings and Specifications, is limited to the following: (a) Defects the Construction Manager failed to report to the Owner or the Design Professional promptly after Construction Manager actually discovered them; or (b) Ambiguities, lack of clarity, inadequacy of detail, inconsistency, inaccuracy in the Design documents, or their being incomplete or defects related to the constructability of the Work, which the Construction Manager failed to discover or report to the Owner or Design Professional, but which a first-ratefirst -rate, nationally recognized construction manager experienced in projects similar to the Project in scope, size, complexity and nature would have discovered and reported given the time and opportunity for discovery that were actually available. If the conditions of (a) or (b) are met, and the Owner incurs loss or damage on account of the Construction Manager’s failure to discover or report the defect in a timely fashion, the Construction Manager will share an appropriate portion of the responsibility, notwithstanding the Design Professional’s primary responsibility for creating the defect.