Utility Preliminary Engineering Agreement Sample Clauses

Utility Preliminary Engineering Agreement. Work by State – Standard form agreements are used when a utility requests that WSDOT include utility relocations or construction of its facilities in the WSDOT project contract. In these cases, at least a minimal amount of preliminary engineering work will have to be performed by WSDOT. The financial responsibility may be the utility’s or WSDOT’s, depending on the utility’s property rights. Even if WSDOT is not doing the actual design of the utility’s facilities, WSDOT should recover the costs it incurs to incorporate the utility’s plans into WSDOT’s project contract unless the costs are WSDOT’s responsibility. If the utility is responsible for any preliminary engineering cost for work to be performed by WSDOT, a utility agreement is required. If WSDOT is responsible for all costs, an agreement may or may not be required, depending on the individual circumstances.