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Thank you for the opportunity to propose structural engineering services. This proposal sets out the project as we understand it, the services in each phase, what's excluded, our fees, and our terms.
Project Understanding
[Client Name] has asked us to provide structural engineering for [describe the project, for example: a three-story mixed-use building at 210 Main Street, with ground-floor retail and two floors of wood-framed apartments over a concrete podium, about 24,000 square feet]. We'll work from the architectural drawings you provide, the geotechnical report, and the building code in effect when the project is submitted for permit.
Scope of Services
1. Schematic Design. We review the architectural layout and geotechnical report, compare structural system options, and provide preliminary sizes for key members with a short narrative of the recommended system.
2. Design Development. We develop framing and foundation plans, size the lateral system, and coordinate column, wall, and shaft locations with you and the MEP engineers.
3. Construction Documents. We prepare structural drawings, general notes, and calculations for permit, and the structural sections of the specifications.
4. Permitting. We respond to plan review comments on the structural drawings and calculations.
5. Construction Administration. We review shop drawings and submittals, answer contractor questions, and make up to six site visits at key stages, each with a short observation report.
Exclusions
Unless added in writing, our fees don't include:
- Special inspections, testing, and observation that the building code requires from an independent agency
- Geotechnical investigation and recommendations
- Temporary works, such as shoring, underpinning, bracing, and formwork
- Design of components delegated to the contractor, such as stairs, cold-formed metal framing, and curtain walls, beyond review of their submittals
- Surveys of existing conditions, and design for future additions or tenant improvements
- Redesign after design development is approved, because of changes to the architectural layout
Fee options
Fees are fixed by phase and billed monthly by percent complete. Construction phase services beyond the scope below are billed hourly.
| Schematic design | $4,500.00 |
| Design development | $7,500.00 |
| Construction documents | $16,000.00 |
| Permitting support | $2,000.00 |
| Total | $30,000.00 |
| Schematic design | $4,500.00 |
| Design development | $7,500.00 |
| Construction documents | $16,000.00 |
| Permitting support | $2,000.00 |
| Construction administration | |
|---|---|
| Shop drawing and submittal review | $4,500.00 |
| Contractor questions and RFIs (hours) (20) | $3,300.00 |
| Site visits with observation reports (6) | $2,700.00 |
| Total | $40,500.00 |
Additional Services
Work beyond this scope is billed hourly at $195 for a principal engineer, $165 for a project engineer, and $110 for drafting, with your written approval before we begin. Additional site visits are $450 each.
Schedule
We'll match our deliverables to your design schedule. We need current architectural backgrounds at least two weeks before each of our milestone submittals, and changes to backgrounds after that point may move our dates.
Payment Terms
We invoice monthly by percent complete. Payment is due within 10 days of your receiving the owner's payment for our services, and no later than 60 days from the invoice date. Printing, delivery, and travel beyond 50 miles are billed at cost.
Terms
- Standard of care. We'll perform our services with the care and skill ordinarily used by structural engineers practicing in the same area under similar circumstances.
- Instruments of service. Our drawings and calculations remain ours. You and the owner may use them for this project once our fees are paid.
- Construction. The contractor is responsible for means, methods, sequencing, and site safety. Our site visits are to observe the work in general, not to inspect it in full.
- Limitation of liability. Our total liability for claims related to this project is limited to the fees paid to us, to the extent permitted by law.
- Termination. Either party may end this agreement with 14 days' written notice. You'll pay for services performed to that date.
Acceptance
Choose an option and sign below to accept this proposal and authorize us to begin. We'll be in touch within one business day to schedule a kickoff with your team.
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