Common use of Retention Of Geotechnical Consultants Clause in Contracts

Retention Of Geotechnical Consultants. In preparing the Design Documents, Design/Builder shall separately retain an experienced, qualified geotechnical consultant to evaluate all geotechnical considerations relating to the design and construction of the Project. Design/ Builder shall be responsible for designing the Project in accordance with the analysis and recommendations of the geotechnical consultant. Nothing in this paragraph, however, prevents Owner from retaining its own geotechnical consultant to review design work, raise issues for mutual discussion, and obtain further information in connection with the geotechnical nature of the Project. Owner expressly does not warrant any geotechnical information provided by it for use in connection with preparation of the design documents; Design/Builder, however, may reasonably rely on any geotechnical information provided by Owner to the extent the information has been prepared by Owner or an independent consultant hired by Owner to prepare the information specifically for this Project, without absolving Design/Builder from its responsibility to independently verify or investigate information that a reasonable, prudent professional architect or engineer should or would inquire about.

Retention Of Geotechnical Consultants. In preparing the Design Documents, Design/Builder Owner shall separately retain an experienced, qualified geotechnical consultant to evaluate all geotechnical considerations relating to the design and construction of the Project. Design/ Builder shall be responsible for designing the Project in accordance with the analysis and recommendations of the geotechnical consultant. Nothing in this paragraph, however, prevents Owner Design/Builder from retaining its own geotechnical consultant to review design work, raise issues for mutual discussion, and obtain further information in connection with the geotechnical nature of the Project. Owner expressly does not warrant any geotechnical information provided by it for use in connection with preparation of the design documents; Design/Builder, however, may reasonably rely on any geotechnical information provided by Owner to the extent the information has been prepared by Owner or an independent consultant hired by Owner to prepare the information specifically for this Project, without absolving Design/Builder from its responsibility to independently verify or investigate information that a reasonable, prudent professional architect or engineer should or would inquire about.