Conditions of Engagement

A common name for the terms of contract between consultant and client. They usually include the following: 1. Consultants' Responsibility and Authority: Service (cost, time and scope), authority, variations to design, variations to cost or time, stages of service, secondary consultants, specialist contractors and suppliers, inspections. 2. Clients' Responsibilities: Client's instructions, site particulars and specialized counselling submissions, client's representative, secondary consultants appointed by client. 3. Fee Conditions: Progress payments, overtime, changes in instructions, protracted services, review charges, special contracts, records. 4. Other Conditions: Ownership of documents, copyright, termination assignment, insurances, disputes.