Policy Statement 388 - Warranty and guarantee clauses for professional engineering service contracts

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Engineers (ASCE) opposes the inclusion of warranty, guarantee, or similar clauses in contracts for professional engineering services. Contracts should include provisions that expressly disclaim all express or implied warranties and guarantees.</p> <h3>Issue</h3> <p>The inclusion of warranty or guarantee clauses in contracts for professional engineering services has been proposed as a way to enhance facility design and longevity and protect project owners. Warranty and guarantee clauses are of concern because:</p> <ul> <li>Engineering firms depend upon professional liability insurance to protect the client and the firm. </li> <li>Professional liability insurance policies specifically exclude coverage for any claim and claim expenses based upon or arising out of express warranties or guarantees.</li> <li>A warranty is an assurance by one party to the other party that specific facts or conditions are true; and the other party is permitted to rely on that assurance and seek some type of remedy if those facts or conditions are not true, or if some problem arises from those facts or conditions not being true.</li> <li>Warranty and guarantee clauses therefore create absolute liability on the part of the warrantor or guarantor and obligate the engineer to make remedies for and redress matters that may be beyond their control, such as unforeseeable conditions or post-construction operation and maintenance and matters that are beyond the standards of practice.</li> <li>Project owners currently are protected from alleged substandard engineering services by the existing body of contract and negligence law, and design errors and omissions can be insured by available professional liability insurance. </li> <li>Inclusion of such warranty and guarantee clauses may limit the ability of firms to provide engineering services and innovation. </li> </ul> <h3>Rationale</h3> <p>A design professional can only offer to perform services in accordance with the usual and customary standard of care. Alternative and more effective ways of ensuring public safety and protecting project owners exist, such as:</p> <ul> <li><span style="font-size: 1.125rem;">Qualifications based selection of engineers.</span></li> <li><span style="font-size: 1.125rem;"></span><span style="font-size: 1.125rem;">Emphasis in the design process of life cycle costing which optimizes cost and quality.</span></li> <li><span style="font-size: 1.125rem;"></span><span style="font-size: 1.125rem;">Greater consideration to funding a higher degree of maintenance.</span></li> <li><span style="font-size: 1.125rem;"></span><span style="font-size: 1.125rem;">Implementation procedures to reduce delays in planning, environmental processing, right-of-way acquisition, design, and construction.</span></li> <li><span style="font-size: 1.125rem;"></span><span style="font-size: 1.125rem;">Encouragement of innovations in technology and management.</span></li> <li><span style="font-size: 1.125rem;"></span><span style="font-size: 1.125rem;">At the start of a project, proper allocation of a project's risk among the parties involved such as via an Engineers’ Joint Contract Documents Committee (EJCDC) Agreement.</span></li> <li><span style="font-size: 1.125rem;"></span><span style="font-size: 1.125rem;">Enhancement and simplification of minimum design standards to provide more cost-effective results. </span></li> <li><span style="font-size: 1.125rem;"></span><span style="font-size: 1.125rem;">Provision of greater latitude to owners to utilize design standards which exceed the minimum.</span></li> <li><span style="font-size: 1.125rem;"></span><span style="font-size: 1.125rem;">Implementation of quality assurance/quality control procedures. </span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-size: 1.125rem;"></span><span style="font-size: 1.125rem;">Inclusion of warranty or guarantee clauses in an engineering contract may severely damage a design professional, provide a false sense of security, and is not in the public’s best interest.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 1.125rem;"></span> ASCE Policy Statement 388<br /> First Approved in 1991</p> </div> </section>  <div class="tags"> <div class="tags-inner"> <div class="tags-content"> <ul> <li><a href="/search?#sort=relevancy&f:topicsflat=[Infrastructure+Policy+%26+Planning]">Infrastructure Policy & Planning</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div>  <aside class="social-share"> <div class="social-share-title">Share</div> <ul class="social-share-services"> <li><a data-service="facebook" href="#"><span class="sr-text">Share on Facebook</span></a></li> <li><a data-service="twitter" href="#"><span class="sr-text">Share on Twitter</span></a></li> <li><a data-service="linkedin" href="#"><span class="sr-text">Share on LinkedIn</span></a></li> </ul> </aside>  </article> </div> <aside class="sidebar-content">   <aside class="related-items"> <div class="eyebrow -large -lowercase">Related items</div> <ul class="related-items-list"> <li class="related-items-item"> <a href="/publications-and-news/civil-engineering-source/article/2024/10/24/civil-engineers-can-play-big-role-in-politics-how-you-can-get-elected" class="related-items-link"> <div class="related-items-link-text">Civil engineers can play big role in politics; how you can get elected</div> <div class="related-items-link-img"> <img src="/-/media/asce-images-and-files/publications-and-news/source/images/2024/10-octiober/civil-engineers-can-play-big-role-in-politics-how-you-can-get-elected/ceinofficeimage-featured.jpg?cx=0&cy=0&cw=80&ch=56&hash=F427022F8093D8EEB5A17D759D87472B" alt="sign reading polling place with arrow below"> </div> </a> </li> <li class="related-items-item"> <a href="/publications-and-news/civil-engineering-source/civil-engineering-magazine/issues/magazine-issue/article/2024/09/proposed-research-lab-design-vertically-transforms-urban-landscape" class="related-items-link"> <div class="related-items-link-text">Proposed research lab design vertically transforms urban landscape</div> <div class="related-items-link-img"> <img src="/-/media/asce-images-and-files/publications-and-news/civil-engineering-magazine/images/2024/09-september-2024/cep-fast-forward-proposed-research-lab-design-vertically-transforms-urban-landscape/page-26.jpg?cx=0.47&cy=0.54&cw=80&ch=56&hash=486E9A249E0487599491581523E5B5E0" alt="Image shows a multistory building with greenery moving up the facade. 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