Thanks for the responses. I agree that the mark-up would be unseen and our general terms and conditions covers subconsultants well.
One last question on this topic. As far as my proposal to my client, for example a traffic study. Should my contract explain the scope in detail, have the same...
I have just started a new civil/site land development engineering company and will be using subs for such things as traffic and survey. I will be marking-up the subcontractors prices and charging that higher fee to the client.
How should my contract for that original service, i.e. traffic...
In my opinion it doesn't have to be a civil engineering dictionary. Any good new dictionary should do the trick for the one or two questions you may be able to use it on.
I agree with Sammy, use your test hole data to determine the Soil Group. In MA there is a specific documentation procedure to follow when actual soil conditions very from the Maps that allows you to use your field data.
