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STANDARD TERMS AND CONDITIONS
OF THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN CLIENT AND ARCHITECT
FOR ARCHITECTURAL / INTERIORS SERVICES (STC)
Gensler
Article 1 • Definitions and General Provisions
1.1
Parties. The terms "Client" and "Architect" include each party's
authorized representatives, officers, directors, shareholders, and
employees.
1.2
Project Budget. The Project Budget includes the construction
budget, furniture, furnishings, equipment costs, and cost of all goods
and services to be furnished by Client, Contractor, and any of their
subcontractors or consultants, and contingency allowances.
1.3
Days or Time. Time periods refer to calendar days, unless
otherwise stated.
Article 2 - Architect's Services
2.1
Architect's services shall be performed as expeditiously as is
consistent with professional skill and care and the orderly progress of
the Work
2.2
Limitations of Construction Responsibilities. Architect shall not
have control over, or charge of, and shall not be responsible for,
construction means, methods, schedules, or delays, or for safety
precautions and programs in connection with the Work
Article 3 - Client's Responsibilities
3.1
Information. Client shall provide full information regarding the
requirements for the Project.
3.2
Legal and Financial Information. Client shall furnish Architect
with: (a) a legal description of the property; (b) the name and address
of the property owner; and (c) the name and address of any
construction lender(s).
3.3
Surveys. Client shall furnish surveys fully describing physical
characteristics, legal limitations, and utility locations for the Project
site.
3.0
Existing or Base Building Information. Upon request, Client shall
provide information, drawings, specifications, and other documents
that describe the existing utility services, site conditions, build-out and
base building construction, and systems in or with which the Project is
to be located or integrated.
3.5
Client's Consultants. When requested by Architect, or required
by authorities having jurisdiction over the Project, Client shall furnish
the services of geotechnical, civil, and environmental engineers and
any other services required by the scope of the Project.
3.6
Tests. Client shall furnish structural, mechanical, chemical, air,
and water pollution and hazardous materials tests, and other
laboratory and environmental tests, inspections, and reports required
by law or by authorities having jurisdiction over the Project, or
reasonably requested by Architect
3.7
Legal, Accounting, and Insurance Services. Client shall furnish
all legal, accounting, and insurance counseling services as may be
necessary for the Project.
3.8
Client's Services and Information. Architect shall be entitled to
rely upon the accuracy and completeness of the services, information,
surveys, and reports provided by Client, Contractor, or any of their
subcontractors or consultants.
Article 4 - Construction Cost
4.1
Construction Cost The Construction Cost shall be the total cost
or estimated cost to Client of all Project elements designed or specified
by Architect.
4.2
Estimates. Architect cannot and does not warrant or represent
that bids or negotiated prices will not vary from Client's Project Budget
or from any cost estimate or evaluation prepared or reviewed by
Architect.
4.3
Fixed Limit. No fixed limit of Construction Cost shall be
established as a condition of this Agreement by the furnishing,
proposal, or establishment of a Project Budget
Article 5 - Use of Architect's Documents and Data
5.1
The Drawings, Specifications, and other documents (collectively
"Documents') and any computer tapes, disks, electronic data, or CAD
files (collectively "Data") prepared by Architect are instruments of
service and shall remain Architect's property, until such time as Client
has paid all amounts to which Architect is entitled under this
Agreement, after which condition precedent, all right, title and
ownership interest in the Documents and Date shall transfer and
accrue to Client, including all copyrights and other proprietary rights
and interest, with the exception of standard constructions details or
specifications included as part of the Documents or Data, the
origination of which preexisted this Agreement ("Preexisting
Intellectual Property".
Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything
express or implied to the contrary, Architect shall hold and remain the
owner of all rights, title and interest in Preexisting Intellectual
Property.
5.2
Upon completion of Architect's services and payment of all
amounts due Architect, Client may retain copies or reproducibles of
the Documents and/or Data for information and reference in
connection with Client's use and occupancy of the completed Project.
5.3
Client agrees to indemnify and hold Architect harmless from
and against any and all claims, liabilities, suits, demands, losses,
damages, costs, and expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees
and costs of defense), together with interest thereon, accruing or
resulting to any persons, firms, or other legal entities, on account of
any damages or losses to property or persons, including death or
economic loss, arising out of the unauthorized use, reuse, transfer or
modification of the Documents and/or Data.
Article 6 - Claims and Disputes
6.1
Mediation.
Claims, disputes, or other matters in question
between the parties shall be subject to mediation under the auspices of
a recognized professional mediation service prior to undertaking any
legal action. The cost of the mediation service shall be borne equally
by the parties.
6.2
Attorneys Fees. In any proceeding following unsuccessful
mediation, the prevailing party shall be entitled, in addition to such
other relief as may be granted. to a reasonable sum for attorneys' fees
and costs of defense.
6.3
Mutual Indemnification. Architect agrees to indemnify and hold
Client harmless from and against any and all claims, liabilities, suits,
demands, losses, damages, costs, and expenses (including reasonable
attorneys' fees and costs of defense), together with interest thereon, to
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the extent caused by the negligent acts, errors, or omissions of
Architect, its consultants, or anyone for whose acts either of them may
be legally liable.
Client agrees to indemnify and hold Architect
harmless from and against any and all claims, liabilities, suits, demands,
losses, damages, costs, and expenses (including reasonable attorneys'
fees and costs of defense), together with interest thereon, to the
extent caused by the negligent acts, errors, or omissions of Client, its
contractors or consultants, or anyone for whose ads any of them may
be legally liable.Article 7 -Termination
7.1
Termination by Either Party. This Agreement may be terminated
by either party upon not less than seven (7) days written notice should
the other party fail substantially to perform in accordance with the
terms of this Agreement.
7.2
Failure to Make Payments. Client's failure to make payments to
Architect in accordance with this Agreement shall constitute
substantial nonperformance and cause for termination or suspension.
7.3
Compensation Upon Termination. In the event of termination,
Architect shall be compensated for services performed prior to
termination, together with Reimbursable Expenses then due, and
Termination Expenses, which shall be defined as Architect's expenses
directly attributable to termination.
Article 8 • Payments to Architect
8.1
Hourly Rates. Where services are to be compensated on an
hourly basis, compensation shall be based on the flat hourly rates set
forth in Architect's and Architect's consultants' standard rate
schedules, which are subject to periodic adjustment.
8.2
Reimbursable Expenses. Reimbursable Expenses are in addition
to compensation for Basic and Additional Services and include
expenses incurred by Architect and Architect's consultants in the
interest of the Project, including, but not limited to the following:
(a) Data
communications,
telecommunications,
reproduction,
shipping, handling, and delivery.
(b) Mileage, tolls, cab fares, and parking.
(c) Renderings,
models,
computer
modeling,
mock-ups,
and
photography.
(d) Sales taxes and other transactional taxes, and fees paid for
securing approval of authorities having jurisdiction over the Project.
(e) Authorized out•f•town travel (business class unless upgrade is
preapproved by Client), including travel time, out-of-town living
expenses (business class hotel unless upgrade is preapproved by
Client), and long-distance communications.
(f) Additional insurance coverage or limits requested by Client in
excess of that normally provided by Architect and Architect's
consultants.
8.3
Progress Payments. Progress payments for Basic and Additional
Services and Reimbursable Expenses shall be due and payable upon
receipt of Architect's invoices. Disputes or questions regarding an
invoice or a portion of an invoice shall not be cause for withholding
payment for the remaining portions due. Amounts unpaid thirty (30)
days after the issue date of Architect's invoice shall be assessed a
service charge of one and one-half percent (1.1/2x) per month.
8.0
Time Extensions. This Agreement anticipates that Architect's
services will proceed continuously in accordance with the Project
schedule. If, and to the extent that, time limits set forth in the original
schedule are extended more than one•hundred and eighty (180) days
beyond the dates established, Architect's compensation shall be
equitably adjusted.
8.5
Change In Project Scope. If portions of the Project are deleted
or otherwise not constructed, compensation for those portions of the
Project shall be payable to the extent services are performed on those
portions.
Article 9 - Miscellaneous Provisions
9.1
Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by the law of
the location of Architect's office identified in the Letter of Agreement.
9.2
Property Insurance Waivers. Client shall cause Architect and
Architect's consultants to be named as Additional Insureds on
Contractor's General Liability Policy and any property insurance
purchased for the period of construction of the Project. Such insurance
shall be endorsed to provide a waiver of the insurers' rights of
subrogation against Architect and Architect's consultants.
9.3
Mutual Waiver of Consequential Damages. The parties hereby
waive, as against each other, any claims for incidental, special,
exemplary or consequential damages.
9.0
Successors and Assigns.
Neither party shall assign this
Agreement or any right or cause of action arising out of this
Agreement or the performance of obligations hereunder without the
written consent of the other.
9.5
Entire Agreement This Agreement represents the entire and
integrated agreement between Client and Architect and supersedes all
prior negotiations, representations, or agreements.
9.6
Third Parties. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall create
a contractual relationship with, or a cause of action in favor of, any
third party.
9.7
Professional Credits. Architect shall have the right to include
representations of the design of the Project, including, upon Client's
approval, not to be unreasonably withheld, photographs of the exterior
and interior, among Architect's professional materials, including, but
not limited to, promotional materials, professional publications, and
competition submissions.
9.8
Latent Conditions. In the event that the Project includes any
remodeling, alteration, or rehabilitation work, Client acknowledges
that certain design and technical decisions shall be made on
assumptions based on available documents and visual observations of
existing conditions.
9.9
Areas and Measurements. Areas and measurements provided by
Architect are derived from drawing dimensions or field measurements
and are not intended to be used as the basis for calculating rent or for
other similar purposes.
9.10 Hazardous Materials. Client acknowledges that Architect has no
expertise in, and is not being retained for the purposes of,
investigating, detecting, abating, replacing, remediating, or removing
any items, products, or materials containing hazardous substances.
9.11 Design/Build by Contractor. Architect and its consultants shall
have no responsibility for the design, technical adequacy or accuracy,
installation, or performance of any Design/Build portions of the
Project.
9.12 Separate Consultants. Architect's coordination of its services
with Client's and Contractor's subcontractors or consultants shall be
limited to that necessary for consistency of Architect's documents with
those of such subcontractors or consultants.
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