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Legal relatinships

PostPosted: Wed Aug 23, 2017 9:45 am
by johaz2
Question:
In a sample question it states that... The Contract Documents form the basis of the legal relationship between Owner and Contractor but not Owner and Architect...can someone explain this? I thought the B101 is also a legal relationship between Owner and Architect.

Re: Legal relatinships

PostPosted: Wed Aug 23, 2017 11:46 am
by Coach
Owner/Architect agreement is not part of contract docs.

Re: Legal relatinships

PostPosted: Wed Aug 23, 2017 1:09 pm
by johaz2
Thanks... But if B101 is not part of Contract Documents then why is it called a Contract Document?

Re: Legal relatinships

PostPosted: Wed Aug 23, 2017 1:13 pm
by Coach
johaz2 wrote:Thanks... But if B101 is not part of Contract Documents then why is it called a Contract Document?

Because it is.
You're confusing contract documents that are part of a project manual with contracts in general.
The contractor is not a party to the owner-architect agreement so they have no business seeing it.

Re: Legal relatinships

PostPosted: Thu Aug 24, 2017 7:07 am
by johaz2
Thanks...got it now