Preliminary Design Phase 30 percent plans)
A. Proceed with Preliminary Design Phase after the completion of the Conceptual phase which includes: Acceptance by Owner of the Conceptual Report and any other Study and Report Phase deliverables; selection by Owner of a recommended solution; issuance by Owner of any instructions for use of Project Strategies, Technologies, and Techniques, or for inclusion of sustainable features in the design, and Indication by Owner of any specific modifications or changes in the scope, extent, character, or design requirements of the Project desired by Owner.
1. Prepare Preliminary Design Phase documents consisting of final design criteria, preliminary drawings, outline specifications, and written descriptions of the Project.
2. Include on plans, property lines, structure locations, ownership names and contact information.
3. In preparing the Preliminary Design Phase documents, use any specific applicable Project Strategies, Technologies, and Techniques authorized by Owner during or following the Study and Conceptual Phase, and include sustainable features, as appropriate, pursuant to Owner’s instructions.
4. Provide necessary field surveys, topographic and utility mapping for Engineer’s design purposes. Comply with the scope of work and procedure for the identification and mapping of existing utilities as defined by Section A1.03 “Utility Requirements” and Section A1.04 “Survey Services”
5. Visit the Site as needed to prepare the Preliminary Design Phase documents.
6. Advise Owner if additional reports, data, information, or services of the types described are necessary and assist Owner in obtaining such reports, data, information, or services.
7. Continue to assist Owner with Project Strategies, Technologies, and Techniques that Owner has chosen to implement.
8. Based on the information contained in the Preliminary Design Phase documents, prepare a revised opinion of probable Construction Cost, and assist Owner in tabulating the various cost categories which comprise Total Project Costs.
9. Obtain and review Owner’s instructions regarding Owner’s procurement of construction services (including instructions regarding advertisements for bids, instructions to bidders, and requests for proposals, as applicable), Owner’s construction contract practices and requirements, insurance and bonding requirements, electronic transmittals during construction, and other information necessary for the finalization of Owner’s bidding-related documents (or requests for proposals or other construction procurement documents), and Construction Contract Documents. Also obtain and review copies of Owner’s design and construction standards, Owner’s standard forms, general conditions, supplementary conditions, text, and related documents or content for Engineer to include in the draft bidding-related documents (or requests for proposals or other construction procurement documents), and in the draft Construction Contract Documents, when applicable.
10. Development communication plan for project: considering the use of door hangers, letters, public meetings, changeable message boards.
11. Furnish 6 review copies of the Preliminary Design Phase documents, opinion of probable Construction Cost, and any other Preliminary Design Phase deliverables to Owner by established due date, and review them with Owner. Owner shall submit to Engineer any comments regarding the furnished items.
12. Revise the Preliminary Design Phase documents, opinion of probable Construction Cost, and any other Preliminary Design Phase deliverables in response to Owner’s comments, as appropriate, and furnish to Owner 6 copies of the revised Preliminary Design Phase documents, revised opinion of probable Construction Cost, and any other deliverables by the specified due date.
13. Engineer’s services under the Preliminary Design Phase will be considered complete on the date when Engineer has delivered to Owner the revised Preliminary Design Phase documents, revised opinion of probable Construction Cost, and any other Preliminary Design Phase deliverables.
Summary Termination 17.1 The employment of the Executive may be terminated by the Company without notice or payment in lieu of notice if:
(A) the Executive is guilty of misconduct or commits any serious breach or non-observance (and in the case of any misconduct, serious breach or non-observance which is capable of being remedied by the Executive, having been given notice in writing and having failed to remedy the same within 7 days of such notice having been served) of any of the provisions of this Agreement or of his obligations to the Company or any Group Company (whether under this Agreement or otherwise) or any lawful acts or directions of the Board or relevant rules and/or codes issued by or on behalf of any Relevant Stock Exchange or (having been given notice in writing and having failed to remedy the same within 7 days of such notice having been served) is guilty of any continued or successive breaches or non-observance of any of such provisions, obligations, acts or directions, rules and/or codes in spite of written warning to the contrary by the Board;
(B) the Executive is in the reasonable opinion of the Board negligent or incompetent in the performance of his duties;
(C) the Executive is adjudged bankrupt or enters into any composition or arrangement with or for the benefit of his creditors including a voluntary arrangement under the Insolvency Act of 1986;
(D) the Executive is guilty of any fraud or dishonesty or acts in any manner which in the reasonable opinion of the Board brings or is likely to bring the Company or any Group Company into disrepute or is materially adverse to the interests of the Company or any Group Company;
(E) the Executive performs any act or omission which in the reasonable opinion of the Board may seriously damage the interests of the Company or any Group Company or willfully or negligently breaches any legislation or any regulation to which the Company or Group Company may be subject which may result in any penalties being imposed on him or any Directors of the Company or Group Company.
(F) the Executive becomes prohibited by law or is disqualified from being a director or officer of a company;
(G) the Executive is convicted of any criminal offence by a court of competent jurisdiction (other than a minor offence for which a fine or other non-custodial penalty is imposed);
(H) the Executive commits any act of deliberate discrimination or harassment on grounds of race, sex, disability, sexual orientation, religion or belief or age;
(I) the Executive becomes of unsound mind or a patient for the purpose of any statute relating to mental health;
(J) the Executive is convicted of an offence under the Criminal Justice ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ (or the Financial Services Authority becomes entitled to impose a penalty on the Executive pursuant to section 123 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000) or the Executive is otherwise convicted or found liable under any other present or future statutory enactment or regulation relating to insider dealing and/or market abuse;
(K) the Executive resigns as a director or officer of the Company other than at the request of the Company;
(L) the Client requires the Company to cause the Executive to cease providing services to it pursuant to clause 3.4 of the Services Memorandum; or
(M) the Executive commits any other act warranting summary termination at common law including (but not limited to) any act justifying dismissal without notice in the terms of the Company’s generally-applicable Disciplinary Rules in place from time to time.
17.2 The Company’s normal retirement age is 65 and subject to any statutory right to request that his retirement be extended to a greater age including the service of notices in respect of the same, the employment of the Executive shall automatically terminate on the day upon which the Executive reaches the age of 65.
17.3 The termination of the Executive’s employment hereunder for whatsoever reason shall not affect those terms of this Agreement which are expressed to have effect after such termination and shall be without prejudice to any accrued rights or remedies of the parties.
17.4 On the termination of the Executive’s employment either summarily or otherwise, or at any other time in accordance with instructions given to him by the Board, the Executive will immediately return to the Company all equipment, correspondence, records, specifications, software, models, notes, reports and other documents and any copies thereof and any other property belonging to the Company or any Group Company (including but not limited to credit cards, keys and passes) which are in the Executive’s possession or under his control.
17.5 On the termination of the Executive’s employment either summarily or otherwise, or at any other time in accordance with instructions given to him by the Board, the Executive will immediately irretrievably delete any information relating to the business of the Company or any Group Company stored on any magnetic or optical disk or memory and all matter derived from such sources which is in his possession or under his control outside the premises of the Company or any Group Company.
17.6 Upon the request of the Board, the Executive will provide a signed written statement that he has fully complied with his obligations under clauses 17.4 and/or 17.5 and the Company may withhold any sums owing to the Executive on the Termination Date until the obligations in clause 17.4 and/or 17.5 have been complied with.
