Common use of Surveys Clause in Contracts

Surveys. The Owner shall furnish survey(s) describing physical characteristics, legal limitations, utility locations for the site of the Project, as well as a written legal description of the site. If such services are deemed necessary by the Design Professional and approved by the Owner as additional services, the Design Professional shall retain and compensate a qualified, registered land surveyor to prepare a certified land survey of the site giving, as applicable, grades and lines of streets, alleys, pavements, adjoining property; rights-of-way, restrictions, easement, encroachments, zoning, deed restrictions, boundaries and contours of the site; locations, dimensions, and all available data pertaining to existing buildings, other improvements, trees; and service and utility lines, both public and private, above and below grade, including inverts and depths. The Owner shall approve the selection of the surveyor before the surveyor may commence work.