In this age of terabyte-sized digital memory banks and the seemingly infinite storage possibilities of “the cloud,” understanding how long a design professional should retain project documents can be tricky. More and longer aren’t always better, but there are...
PDI has programs for a broad range of architects and engineers and other design professionals across the United States. Here are a few of the classes we cover: Who We Cover Architectural firms Landscape architects Civil engineers Surveyors Mechanical engineers...
Insuring design-build accounts entails understanding factors that are somewhat unique in the realm of insurance. Here’s an article from IRMI that does a good job of explaining some of the basic issues, namely: 1.) Risk Transfer is not enough – no one...
We get asked a lot of questions about design insurance for General Contractors and why they might need professional liability coverage. Below are some frequently asked questions about general contractors and professional liability. The General Contractor has...
When an architect or engineer visits a construction site, they are not a safety inspector. They are not a superintendent. They are not responsible for the contractor’s means and methods. Most design professionals understand this instinctively. The problem is...
The word standard implies many things. A bar to be cleared; a rubric to be followed. But for design professionals, the word becomes tricky when applied to contracts. Project owners often want to keep things simple by requiring so-called Standard Contracts for all...
