| OWNER: Owner denotes the individual or
organization for whom something is to be built or furnished under
contract. He is thus the purchaser who pays for the goods or
services.
ENGINEER: Engineer refers to the architect or the engineer (or both) who acts for and in behalf of the owner in the transaction. The term my denote an engineering organization as well as an individual. Sometimes it happens that an individual or organization will occupy the dual role of owner and engineer. CONTRACTOR: Contractor is the party (either individual or organization) who undertakes for a stated price to supply goods or to perform a construction job or other project for the owner. PERFORMANCE: Generally speaking, of course, performance of
a contract must be strictly in accordance with its terms, and a
party cannot be compelled to accept performance at variance with
that for which he bargained. WORK DONE BY THE OWNER: Sometimes there are projects in
which the owner is to handle part of the job with his own forces or
have someone do that part under the direct supervision of the
engineer as the owner's representative. |
Dunham Young and Bockrath, McGraw Hill, Inc., 1979
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