Common use of Design Responsibility Clause in Contracts

Design Responsibility. 7.1 The Owner shall at all times remain and be responsible for the Revised Basis of Design and the Revised Owner Rely-Upon Information. The Owner shall review the Revised FEED Studies and endorse the Revised FEED Studies. It shall be the Contractor’s and Sub-Contractor’s obligation to ensure that the portion of the Revised FEED Studies performed by it is in accordance with the Revised Basis of Design. 7.2 The Contractor shall at all times remain and be responsible for all design and engineering within the Contractor’s Scope, subject to Article 7.1. 7.3 It is acknowledged by the Parties that the Specifications in respect of the Contractor’s Scope set out in Appendix 1B have been developed by the Contractor pursuant to the FEED Studies based on and from the Basis of Design and Owner Rely-Upon Information provided by the Owner. Such Specifications shall be updated by the Contractor pursuant to the FEED Studies Update, based on and from the Revised Basis of Design and the Revised owner Rely-Upon Information provided by the Owner. The Contractor shall perform the detailed engineering for the Contractor’s Scope based on and from the Revised Basis of Design, the Revised Owner Rely-Upon Information, the Revised FEED Studies and all other requirements in this Agreement. Notwithstanding the above, the Parties acknowledge that certain portions of the Contractor’s Scope have been developed in reliance by the Contractor on information provided to it by the Sub-Contractor (including where updated pursuant to the FEED Studies Update). 7.4 It is acknowledged by the Parties that the Specifications in respect of the Topsides Scope set out in Appendix 2 have been developed by the Sub-Contractor pursuant to the FEED Study Report of November 2013 based on and from the Basis of Design and the Owner Rely-Upon Information. Such Specifications shall be reviewed and updated pursuant to the FEED Studies Update. 7.5 It shall be the Contractor and Sub-Contractor’s obligation to ensure that the portion of the Revised FEED Studies performed by it is in accordance with the Revised Basis of Design.