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<br />Contract No.:COP/CEI-OOl
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<br />ARTICLE 20. COMPLlANCE- WITH LAWS
<br />The Engineer shall comply with all applicable federal, state and local laws, statutes, codes, ordinances, rules
<br />and regulations, and the orders and decrees of any court, or administrative bodies or tribunals in any manner
<br />affecting the performance of this contract, including, without limitation, worker's compensation laws, minimum
<br />and maximum salary and wage statutes and regulations, nondiscrimination, and licensing laws and
<br />regulations. When required, the Engineer shall furnish the City with satisfactory proof of its compliance
<br />therewith.
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<br />ARTICLE 21. INDEMNIFICATION
<br />A. Errors, Omissions, Negligent Acts. The Engineer shall save harmless the City and its officers and
<br />employees from all claims and liability due to activities of itself, its agents, or employees, performed under
<br />this contract and which are caused by or result from error, omission, or negligent act of the Engineer or of
<br />any person employed by the Engineer.
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<br />B. Attorney Fees. The Engineer shall also save harmless the City from any and all expense, including,
<br />but not limited to, attorney fees which may be incurred by the City in litigation or otherwise resisting said
<br />claim or liabilities which may be imposed on the City as a result of such activities by the Engineer, its
<br />agents, or employees.
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<br />ARTICLE 22. ENGINEER'S RESPONSIBILITY
<br />A. Accuracy. The Engineer shall be responsible for the accuracy of work and shall promptly make
<br />necessary revisions or corrections resulting from its errors, omissions, or negligent acts without
<br />compensation.
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<br />B. Errors and Omissions. The Engineer's responsibility for all questions arising from design errors and/or
<br />omissions will be determined by the City and all decisions shall be in accordance with the City's "Errors or
<br />Omissions Policy". The Engineer will not be relieved of the responsibility for subsequent correction of any
<br />such errors or omissions or for clarification of any ambiguities until after the construction phase of the
<br />project has been completed.
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<br />C. Seal. The responsible Engineer shall sign, seal and date all appropriate engineering submissions to the
<br />City in accordance with the Texas Engineering Practice Act and the rules of the Texas Board of
<br />Professional Engineers.
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<br />D. Resealing of Documents. Once the work has been sealed and accepted by the City, the City, as the
<br />owner, will notify the party to this contract, in writing, of the possibility that the City engineer, as a second
<br />engineer, may find it necessary to alter, complete, correct, revise or add to the work. If necessary, the City
<br />engineer will affix his seal to any work altered, completed, corrected, revised or added. The City engineer
<br />will then become responsible for any alterations, additions or deletions to the original design including any
<br />effect or impacts of those changes on the original engineer's design.
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<br />ARTICLE 23. INSURANCE
<br />The Engineer certifies that it has the necessary insurance and shall furnish proof of insurance that is
<br />acceptable to the City. The Engineer certifies that it will keep current insurance on file with that office for the
<br />duration of the contract period. If insurance lapses during the contract period, the Engineer must stop work
<br />until a new certificate of insurance is provided.
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<br />ARTICLE 24. SEVERABILITY
<br />In the event anyone or more of the provisions contained in this contract shall for any reason, be held to be
<br />invalid, illegal, or unenforceable in any respect, such invalidity, illegality, or unenforceability shall not affect any
<br />other provision thereof and this contract shall be construed as if such invalid, illegal, or unenforceable provision
<br />had never been contained herein.
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<br />ARTICLE 25. CONFLICT OF INTEREST
<br />The undersigned represents that its firm has no conflict of interest that would in any way interfere with its or its
<br />employees' performance of services for the department or which in any way conflicts with the interests of the
<br />department. The firm shall exercise reasonable care and diligence to prevent any actions or conditions that
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