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Risks Facing Architects and Engineers
An overview of the various (insurable) risks facing architects and engineers.
Continuing Phase Services Coverage
Design professionals are responsible for creatively conceptualizing and designing a project. The contractor’s job is to find the most efficient way...
Indemnification & Duty to Defend
Indemnification & Duty to Defend These are terms we use everyday, and at first glance they seem pretty straightforward, but as is...
Sample Contract Clauses
PDI is a proud member of a/e ProNet and we frequently refer our retail agents to resources made available by them. One such resource was in the...
Registered Architects by State
(Updated 2025) We recently came across a study that shows the number of licensed architects by state. Since many of our retail agents specialize in...
Standard of Care
Does utilizing construction contracts for design services impact my common law Standard of Care? Using a construction contract for...
Attorney’s Fees’ Clauses in Professional Service Contracts
In the world of claims-related contract clauses for design professional agreements, the indemnity and defense clauses get all the attention. ...
Limitation of Liability Clauses
Court Upholds Limitation of Liability Clause Construction Risk Magazine recently ran an article covering a lawsuit were a limitation of...
Copyright Rights & Wrongs
COPYRIGHT RIGHTS AND WRONGS Copyright seems like a rather lofty notion. Few put copyright at the top of their list of must-haves in...