{"id":886265,"date":"2015-12-30T11:59:59","date_gmt":"2015-12-30T18:59:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.myconstructionexpert.com\/blog\/?p=886265"},"modified":"2015-12-30T11:59:59","modified_gmt":"2015-12-30T18:59:59","slug":"engineers-beware-california-courts-have-held-engineers-owe-a-duty-of-care-and-are-liable-to-contractors-for-plans-and-specifications-used-in-the-bidding-process","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myconstructionexpert.com\/blog\/engineers-beware-california-courts-have-held-engineers-owe-a-duty-of-care-and-are-liable-to-contractors-for-plans-and-specifications-used-in-the-bidding-process\/","title":{"rendered":"Engineers Beware !! California Courts have held Engineers Owe a Duty of Care and are Liable to Contractors for Plans and Specifications used in the Bidding Process"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>James C. Earle, Esq. | Ervin Cohen &amp; Jessup LLP | December 18, 2015<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"thumbnail alignleft wp-post-image\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ecjlaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/ConstrBlog-12.18.2015-water-pipe-PAID-RESIZED.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.ecjlaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/ConstrBlog-12.18.2015-water-pipe-PAID-RESIZED.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.ecjlaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/ConstrBlog-12.18.2015-water-pipe-PAID-RESIZED-144x96.jpg 144w\" alt=\"ConstrBlog-12.18.2015-water pipe-PAID - RESIZED\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In a detailed explanation of an Engineer\u2019s duties and responsibilities, the United States District Court for the Northern District of California held that an engineer that prepares plans and specifications relied upon by contractors in preparing their construction bids for a project owes a duty of care to those bidding contractors. The court held that an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.myconstructionexpert.com\/blog\/do-engineers-owe-a-duty-to-third-parties\/\" target=\"_blank\">engineer<\/a> can be liable to the contractors for breach of professional duty and\/or negligent misrepresentation. (See <em>Apex Directional Drilling, LLC v. SHN Consulting Eng\u2019rs &amp; Geologists, Inc.<\/em>, 2015 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 105537 (N.D. Cal. Aug. 11, 2015)<\/p>\n<p>The contractor, Apex Directional Drilling, LLC (\u201cApex\u201d), encountered problems on a municipal sewage construction project (\u201cProject\u201d). Apex entered into a contract with the City of Eureka, California (\u201cEureka\u201d) to install a new wastewater pipeline utilizing a drilling technique known as \u201chorizontal directional drilling\u201d (\u201cHDD\u201d). This is a technique that can only be successful in soil that is sufficiently stable and dense. Eureka, prior to entering into the contract with Apex, hired SHN Consulting Engineers &amp; Geologists, Inc. (\u201cSHN\u201d) to serve as lead engineer and project manager for the Project.<\/p>\n<p>SHN conducted geological studies and prepared plans, reports and specifications describing the conditions on the Project. Eureka and SHN furnished a report, the Geotechnical Baseline Report (\u201cGBR\u201d), to potential contractor bidders to allow the bidders to prepare an estimate of the cost to complete the work. The GBR indicated that \u201cthe majority of the subterranean region targeted by the project was composed of stable soils suitable for HDD.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Apex, relying on the GBR, submitted the lowest bid and was awarded the contract. Subsequently, Apex ran into problems when it encountered mud and flowing sands that were not soils described in the GBR. Thereafter, Apex reported these <a href=\"https:\/\/www.myconstructionexpert.com\/blog\/differing-site-condition-defense-rejected\/\" target=\"_blank\">different soil conditions<\/a> to Eureka and SHN. Apex submitted change order requests to Eureka seeking reimbursement for the cost overruns resulting from the adverse soil conditions. Eureka, in reliance upon recommendations from SHN, rejected the Apex change order requests. Eureka then terminated Apex.<\/p>\n<p>Apex sued Eureka and filed a separate complaint against SHN asserting claims for breach of professional duty and negligent misrepresentation. SHN moved to dismiss Apex\u2019s complaint for failure to state a claim. The court refused to dismiss Apex\u2019s claims finding that SHN owed a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.myconstructionexpert.com\/blog\/california-supreme-court-address-design-professionals-duty-care-third-party-purchasers\/\" target=\"_blank\">duty of care<\/a> to Apex.<\/p>\n<p>In addition&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ecjlaw.com\/132197\/ecj-viewpoints\/construction-chaos\/engineers-beware-california-courts-have-held-engineers-owe-a-duty-of-care-and-are-liable-to-contractors-for-plans-and-specifications-used-in-the-bidding-process\/\" target=\"_blank\">To finish reading this article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>James C. Earle, Esq. | Ervin Cohen &amp; Jessup LLP | December 18, 2015 In a detailed explanation of an Engineer\u2019s duties and responsibilities, the United States District Court for the Northern District of California held that an engineer that prepares plans and specifications relied upon by contractors in preparing their construction bids for a&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myconstructionexpert.com\/blog\/engineers-beware-california-courts-have-held-engineers-owe-a-duty-of-care-and-are-liable-to-contractors-for-plans-and-specifications-used-in-the-bidding-process\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Engineers Beware !! California Courts have held Engineers Owe a Duty of Care and are Liable to Contractors for Plans and Specifications used in the Bidding Process<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4,9009],"tags":[284,775,75,396],"class_list":["post-886265","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-construction-defects","category-design-professionals","tag-design-professionals","tag-duty-of-care","tag-engineer","tag-soil-conditions","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Engineers Beware !! 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