Design-Builder Entitled to Contractual Indemnity from Subcontractor for Damages to Turbines

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Black & Veatch (“B & V”) contracted with Portland General Electric (“PGE”) to engineer, procure and construct a power generating facility called the Port Westward Power Plant, and it subcontracted to a specialty subcontractor to install the combustion turbine and associated air inlet filter house and air inlet filter duct.  The combustion turbine was manufactured [...]

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Boilerplate Can Burn!

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There are no “industry standard” construction form documents.  But the forms issued by the American Institute of Architects (AIA) come close, being widely used.  One key provision to be considered is the issue of consequential damages. “Consequential damages” are damages, losses or injuries which do not flow directly and immediately from the wrongful act of [...]

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Liquidated Damages Clause and Waiver of Consequential Damages Clause Effectively Cap Damages Available against Design-Builder

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Contracts requiring a design-build engineering firm to supply “basic engineering packages” for licensing and technology transfer agreements for the design and construction of a processing plant for sodium hydroxide (caustic soda) contained a liquidated damages clause capping the engineer’s liability at 10 percent of its fee, and also contained a waiver of consequential damages clause [...]

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