Common use of Professional Client Relationship Clause in Contracts

Professional Client Relationship. The Professional is responsible to the Department through the Bureau, and only the designated Project representatives or their supervisors from the Bureau may give instructions that bind the Department. The individual Projects are being constructed for various users and occupants requiring the Professional to coordinate and communicate with these users and occupants, but such coordination and communication does not constitute a client relationship between the Professional and those users or occupants. No one other than the Bureau’s designated Project representatives or their supervisors may change a Project Scope or direct that items be included in the design that will increase the construction cost above the approved Base Construction Allocation. If the Professional receives communication or information regarding the Project Scope, schedule, or an increase in the Construction Budget over the Base Construction Allocation that did not come directly from the Bureau, then the Professional shall notify the Department in writing immediately and shall not proceed to act upon such communication or information unless instructed to do so by the Bureau. If the Professional relies on such information or communication regarding the Project Scope, schedule and/or an increase in the Construction Budget over the Base Construction Allocation that has not been submitted to and approved by the Bureau, the Professional will be relying on such information and/or communication at its own risk and shall absorb all costs associated with its services performed upon such reliance.