Common use of Opinions of Cost Clause in Contracts

Opinions of Cost. Since the Engineer has no control over the cost of labor, materials, equipment or services furnished by the contractor, or over the contractor’s methods of determining prices, or over competitive bidding or market conditions, the Engineer cannot and does not guarantee that proposals, bids or actual construction costs will not vary from his opinions or estimates of constructions costs.

Opinions of Cost. Since the Engineer has no control over the cost of labor, materials, equipment or services furnished by the contractor, or over the contractor’s 's methods of determining prices, or over competitive bidding or market conditions, the Engineer cannot and does not guarantee that proposals, bids or actual construction costs will not vary from his opinions or estimates of constructions construction costs.