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Guide Sheet for Com pI etillg Smndard Form of Agreement Between Owner and Engin eer for Prof essi onal Services I. Page I-Insert proper name of partnership, corporation or governmental body that is the Owner on first page and execution page. Make certain person si!1ning for Owner has authority to do so and that there is an indication of the capac. ity in which he signs. (See Commentary, paragraph 7.) 2. Page I-Insert as complete a description of the Project as possible. Include, to the extent known. a description of tbe land where the Project is to be located, any special requirements as to performance, capacity or íunction, budgetary limitations and any special source of funds for which the Project must qualify. Identify studies, reports or analyses pre. viously prepared which are being furnished by Owner to Engineer for his guidance, such as reports and studies referred to in paragraph 3.3. Identify other special aspects or peculiarities of the Project. (See Commentary, paragraph 8.) 3. Section 4-Period of Service. This Section has been prepared in recognition of thought expressed in paragraph 4.1 that there will be a continuous period of service through completion of the Construction Phase with (imely responses from the Owner to the Engineer's submission and with prompt authority to proceed with each Phase of services after the preceding Phase has been completed. The blank spaces provided in paraqraphs 4.2. 4.3 and 4.4 should be fiJled in recog- nizing this understanding. The blank space in paragraph 4.] 0 should be filled in with whatever is considered a reasonable time in the particular Project for the taking of bids or receiving proposals, awarding the contract and starting construction. The three-month and one-year periods provided in paragraph 4.1] may not be appropriate for all Projects and should be modified as circumstances indicate. 4. Paragraph 5.1.I-Methods of Payment for Services (See Commentary, paragraph] 2). One of the applicable Meth- ods of Compensation provided in paragraphs 5.1.1.] through 5.1.1.5 should pertain; otherwise use paragraph 5.1.1.6. Cross out the inapplicable paragraphs and insert initials of both parties opposite the crossing out. When payment is on the basis of a lump sum or a percentage fee, it is customary to provide for higher compensation for the Engineer in a Project involving several prime contracts or in the case of ConstruCtion Contracts which contain cost-pIlls or incentive-savings pro. visions. Accordingly, blank spaces have been provided in paragraphs 5.1.1.1 through 5.1.1.5. The blank spaces for the num- hcr of prime contractors is intended to be fiJled in with the number normally anticipated for a Project of the type involvcd, such as a ~overnmentally financed one where the law requi res separate prime contracts. Paragraph 2.1.8 is intended to cover an additional number, if any, not anticipated at the time the Engineer makes his fee commitmcnt with the Owner. In filling in the blank spaces with respect to the anticipated extra services due to cost-plus or incentive-compensation arrangements with Contractors, bear in mind the provision of paragraph 3.8 which requires the Owner to furnish auditing services if he wishes to ascertain how or for what purposes the Contractor has used the moneys paid to him under thc Con. struction Contract. Before inserting the factor in paragraphs 5.1.1.5, 5.1.2.1 and 5.1.2.4 review the dcfinition of payroll costs contained in paragraph 5.3.2. If none of the su~gested Methods of Compensation are applicable, paragraph 5.1.1.6 may be used and an appropriately identified exhibit attached to the Agreement. Typical use of paragraph 5.1.1.6 would be in the situation where a percentage fee arrangement is to be converted to a fixed fee at the conclusion of the Preliminary Design Phase or where there is a provision for a guaranteed maximum fee. When paragraph 5.1.1.6 is used, paragraph 5.2.3 may also be uscd to covcr special arrangements with respect to the times of payment. 5. Paragraph 5.1.2-Payment for Additional Services (See Commentary, paragraph 12). Space has been provided in paragraph 5.1.2.] through 5.1.2.4 for different rates of compensation fN different types of Additional Services. Any in- applicable paragraph should be crosscd out and initials inserted in the margin by both parties. If one method of compcn. sation is to apply to all Additional Services, be certain that the cross references are correctly adjusted. 6. Paragraph 5.3.2 contemplates the identification of the key personnel in the Engineer's organization who arc to be assigned to the Project. (See Commentary, paragraph 12 as to the proper meaning of the term "principals."') In developing the factor for the paYTOI1 cost method of compensation, bear in mind that paragraph 5.3.2 is set lip so that the factor is applied to the salary, wages and fringe benefits of al1 personnel, and payroll costs of principals (whether they be a cor- porate officer at a fixcd salary or a partner with a drawing account who shares in the profits) are to he itemized. In licll ('If the detailed accounting required to substantiate the amount paid for customary and statutory benefits of personnel. a per- centage of salaries and wages may be agreed to in advance and inserted in the blank space at the end of paragraph 5.3.2: otherwise the sentence should be crossed out and initialed by both parties. 7. The blank space in paragraph 5.3.5 should be fiJled in after consultation with the Owner.