Standard Of Care Question?

Community: I felt as though I understood the Standard Of Care until I created a situation in my head and was unable to answer whether or not the Arch met the SOC. Imagine this scenario: Arch provides all necessary information to his struct engineer. Anticipated dead and live loads. Fixed equipment moveable furniture etc.. anticipated maximum allowable occupancy. Structural engineer provides the structural components but miscalculates his numbers: during construction columns buckle building collapses. Did the Architect meet the SOC because he provided all necessary requirements? Or: did he not meet the SOC because he did not verify the engineers calculations?

David Kaplan December 09, 2019 18:04

Pierre,

How could we possibly "verify the engineers calculations?" We're not structural engineers. That realm of responsibility falls solely on the engineer with respect to their actual design. Provided that we gave all the necessary and correct information that the engineer needed to do their design, I don't see this falling on us with respect to "standard of care." Will we be involved in the lawsuit? Absolutely. But that's a different matter/question.

Pierre Antounian December 09, 2019 18:11

David,
That was my suspicion but had to verify. Thank you for clearing that up. Yes of course it makes sense.
Thank You,
Pierre

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