THE WELCH COMPANY
440 Davis Court #1602
San Francisco, CA 94111-2496
415 781 5700


S U M M A R Y


DIARY: October 25, 89 02:38 PM .......; Rod Welch

CSCJ research design professional standards of care.

1...Summary


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CONTACTS 
0201 - O-0432 0201 High-Point Schaer          415 495 2242 fax 3559
020101 - Mr. Bill Ma, Phd., P.E., Project Manager
0202 - O-0432 0202 High-Point Schaer          415 495 2242 fax 3559
020201 - Mr. Roy I. Kim, Engineer

SUBJECTS
HPS, CSCJ Litigation
Design Professional Standards of Care
Contract Disputes
Engineering, Professional Standards

0706 -    ..
0707 - Summary
0708 -
070801 - HPS should obtain a copy of:
070802 -
070803 -         Manual of Professional Practice for
070804 -         Quality in the Constructed Project;
070805 -
070806 - to consider the exposure of the client to overly broad and stringent
070807 - hypothetical standards, and/or the extent to which this source might
070808 - support points we may seek to advance in tendering a defense.
070809 -
070810 - Issued memo ref DCT 1.
070811 -
0709 -
0710 -
0711 - Received ref DRT 1
0712 -
071201 - The recently published "Manual of Professional Practice for Quality
071202 - in the Constructed Project," produced by the American Society of
071203 - Civil Engineers (ASCE), was reviewd in the New York Construction
071204 - News, by James E. Frankel, Esq.
071205 -
071206 -    [See subsequent application of this source at ref SDS 2 line
071207 -    151201, and a Prodigy discussion at ref SDS 3 line 131308.]
071208 -
071209 -
071210 -
071211 -
071212 - HPS received an extract via Memo, ref DRT 1, from Gene Bennett who
071213 - was copied from Charlie Adkins.
071214 -
071215 - Jim Frankel points out in his lengthy review, a potential for abuse
071216 - of an "objective" standard in evaluating the care to be exercised by
071217 - design professionals, Owners, and contractors  as posited by the
071218 - Manual.  Mr. Frankel suggests the new "...manual is opening a
071219 - Pandora's box of potential liability issues with respect to
071220 - negligence."
071221 -
071222 - HPS should be prepared to inform counsel about the manner this new
071223 - source might be appropriately applied to the client's situation.
071224 -
0713 -
0714 -
Distribution. . . . See "CONTACTS"