Class 3 outlines

Professional design services

• Range of services: AIA
  • AIA documents: history, principles, revisions; current, families, series
  • AIA B101-2007 (Appendix A)
    

    “B101-2007 commentary” AIA (2007)

• Cost condition prediction estimate
  • Graham v. Bell-Irving (1907)
  • Bissell v. McCormack (1931)
  • Wright’s Johnson Building (171)
  • Griswold v. Aesculapius (175)
    211 N.W.2d 556 (1974)
  • Protective language: Article 6
    

    “Construction cost estimating” AIA • Victor O. Schinnerer (Feb 07)

• Financing assistance, economic feasibility
• Public authority approvals
  • Jones v. Eastside, 41 Wn. App. 462 (1985)
  • Wolfe v. Bennett PS&E, 95 Wn. App. 71 (1999)
• “Legal” services: ¶¶ 3.4.3, 5.8
• Site services during construction
  • Supervision “endeavor to guard” observation
  • School District v. Josenhans (1915)
  • Watson v. Montgomery County (194)
    559 So.2d 168 (1990)
  • Visits: ¶ 3.6.2.1
    

    “[T]he Architect shall ... report ... (1) known deviations ... and (2) defects and deficiencies observed....”

  • Submittals: ¶ 3.6.4
    

    “Shop drawing ‘approval’ liability” Consulting-Specifying Engineer (Nov 00)

    “Are construction submittals irrelevant?” Consulting-Specifying Engineer (Apr 02)

    “Shop drawing review: what does the contract say?” Consulting-Specifying Engineer (Dec 02)

    “Liability for flawed shop drawings” NJ Law Journal (June 07)

    • Sample architect’s stamp: ZGF
• Hazardous materials: ¶¶ 5.5, 5.7, 10.6
• Consultants: inside; outside AIA C401-2007
• “Instruments of service”: Article 7
• Time: ¶¶ 2.2, 3.1.3
• Cessation of services: ¶ 3.6.1.3
  • Suspension and termination: Article 9
    • Gould v. McCormick (1913)
    • Bebb v. Jordan (1920)
  • Material breach
  • Subsequent events: ¶ 10.3
• Judicial remedy for breach: client damages
  • Mutual waiver of consequential damages: ¶ 8.1.3
• Architects at UW

Professional services’ compensation

Self-study

• Contractual fee arrangements: Article 11
  • Percentage of construction costs: ¶¶ 6.1, 11.5, 11.6
  • Multiple of direct personnel expense
  • Professional fee plus expenses
  • Fixed fee
  • Reasonable value: unenforceable?
  • Additional services: Article 4
  • Reimbursables: ¶ 11.8
  • Fee ceilings
  • Adjustments
  • Deductions: ¶ 11.10.3
• Time for payment
  • Services performed
  • Interim fee payments: ¶ 11.5
  • Monthly billings: ¶ 11.10.2
  • Interest on late payments: ¶ 11.10.2
  • Power of suspension?
• Payment for substantial performance
• Other client obligations: Article 5

Professional liability

• Liability “explosion”: claim illustrations (240)
• Contract standard: specifics rare
  • Client satisfaction guaranteed?
  • Suitability or fitness: promise v. opinion
    

    “Watch your language: express warranties” AIA • Victor O. Schinnerer (Jan 07)

  • Performance standard: risky
  • Cost overruns caused by design
• Outcome standard: implied warranty
  • Product v. process
    • UW Hospital Addition
• Professional standard: reasonable designer
  • Mounds View v. Walijarvi (247)
    263 N.W.2d 420 (1978)
    

    “An architect looks at the standard of care” James Franklin, a/e ProNet (Apr 89)

  • New to AIA: ¶ 2.2
    

    “The Architect shall perform its services consistent with the professional skill and care ordinarily provided by architects practicing in the same or similar locality under the same or similar circumstances.”

  • Architects: WAC 308-12-330
  • Engineers and land surveyors: WAC 196-27A-020
  • Landscape architects: common law, not Ch 308-13 WAC
  • Building and housing codes
    

    “Watch your language: absolute compliance” AIA • Victor O. Schinnerer (Jan 07)

    • Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990: 42 USC § 12183
      • Lonberg v. Sanborn Theaters, 259 F.3d 1029 (9th Cir. 2001)
  • Lower standard: informed consent
  • Tort and contract
    • G.W. Construction v. PSI (1993)
    • UW Central Plaza Garage rebar inspection
  • Expert testimony: assist judge or jury
    

    “Expert witness services” AIA • Victor O. Schinnerer (Mar 05)

    • Exception: “common sense” negligence
      • Hull v. Enger (1976)
    • Admissibility
      • NCR v. Haak (258)
        335 A.2d 407 (1965)
    • Criticisms: complexity, “conspiracy”, “junk science”
      • Daubert v. Merrell Dow, 509 U.S. 579 (1993)
    • Certificate of merit: SB 5733 part 2 (1997)
      • HB 2996 (2004), SB 5833 (2007) [ report]
      • Putnam v. Wenatchee Valley Med. Ctr.,
        1__ Wn. 2d ___ (17 Sept 09); concurrence
        

        “Wash. court throws out medical malpractice law” The Seattle Times (17 Sept 09)

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