Common use of Construction Layout Clause in Contracts

Construction Layout. If requested by the Owner, or other authorized party, as detailed in the scope of services or as an Additional Service to this Agreement, the PROFESSIONAL shall provide construction layout stakes sufficient for construction purposes. The stakes will reflect pertinent information from the construction bidding and contract documents. The stakes shall be set in place one time by the PROFESSIONAL, staged and scheduled as requested by the Contractor. After the stakes are set, it shall be the Contractor’s exclusive responsibility to protect the stakes from damage or removal. Once the stake is set, if the stake becomes unusable due to the Contractor’s negligence it shall be reset by the PROFESSIONAL, only at the Contractor’s direction. The cost for resetting the stakes shall be borne by the Contractor and shall be paid by the Owner or authorized representative of this Agreement to the PROFESSIONAL from monies due the Contractor from the construction contract. The Owner acknowledges and agrees that these staking requirements and the procedures and payments for restaking described in this section shall be stipulated in the General Conditions of the construction contract.