Common use of RELATIONSHIP WITH CONTRACTORS / REVIEW Clause in Contracts

RELATIONSHIP WITH CONTRACTORS / REVIEW. LJA shall serve as Client’s professional representative for the Services, and may make recommendations to Client concerning actions relating to Client’s contractors, but LJA specifically disclaims any authority to direct or supervise the means, methods, techniques, security or safety activities, personnel, compliance, sequences, or procedures of construction selected by Client’s contractors. For Projects involving bid preparation, LJA may supply standard contract forms, templates, or other documents that will be executed between the Client and contractor(s). It is the Client’s responsibility to review those documents and to obtain legal advice thereto. For Projects involving construction, Client acknowledges that under generally accepted professional practice, interpretations of construction documents in the field are normally required, and that performance of construction-related services by the design professional for the Project permits errors or omissions to be identified and corrected at comparatively low cost. Evaluations of Client’s budget for construction and estimates prepared by LJA represent LJA’s judgment as a design professional. It is recognized, however, that neither LJA nor Client have control over the cost of labor, materials, or equipment, the contractor’s methods of determining bid prices, or competitive bidding, market, or negotiating conditions. Accordingly, LJA cannot and does not warrant or represent that bids or negotiated prices will not vary from Client’s budget or from any estimate of costs prepared or agreed to by LJA. Client agrees to hold LJA harmless from any claims resulting from performance of construction-related services by persons other than LJA and LJA shall not be responsible for the contractor’s failure to perform the Work in accordance with the requirements of the Contract Documents. In fulfilling its duties pursuant to the Agreement, Client permits LJA to elect to subcontract to others certain tasks in its scope of Services.