Common use of SPECIAL CONSULTANTS Clause in Contracts

SPECIAL CONSULTANTS. The graduation of fee rates by five Building Groups in the Schedule of Basic Fee Rates is intended to compensate for the level of consultants’ services required to design the buildings and improvements within each Building Group. Therefore, the Standard Articles state that the Basic Services and Basic Fee include the services of engineers and consultants required to design the Work covered by an Agreement unless the Work is to include features, equipment, or systems not normally included in such work. If, in the opinion of the design professional and the Awarding Authority/Owner, it is necessary that the design professional employ the services of a consultant in a specialized field not normally involved in such a design, these services can be added as “Special Services” or negotiated into the Basic Services and Basic Fee. Such items include but are not limited to security systems, detail cost estimating from outside companies, industrial hygienists for abatement services, feasibility/assessment studies.