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TWINING General Conditions, continued Travel Time and Mlleage For projects outside a 50 -mile radius from the nearest Twining facility, $0.60 per excess mile to and from the project will be charged for inspectors and technicians. Other Nan small tools, whenever project related equipment is required to be transported to and from the project site, time and mileage for inspectors and hold technicians will be billed on a portal to portal bests. For all projects, $0.60 per mile will be charged portal to portal for engineers, consultants, supervisors, and laboratory technicians from the laboratory, to the project site and return. Saturday Sample Pick-Ups In orderto be in strict conformance with testing standards, it may be required that Saturday pick -ups be performed (e, g, concrete specimens cast on Friday must be picked up on Saturday in order to be in conformance with ASTM C31 requiring specimens to be moved to their final curing location within 48 hours of casting.) Applicable charges for Saturday work will apply when this is required. Should these charges not be authorized then Twining will not be responsible for any negative consequences. Remote Jobs For projects In excess of 100 miles from Twining, travel tlme will be charged at the relevant straight time rate. Reimbursable Expenses Parking, airfare, car rental, food and lodging, etc, will be charged at cast plus 15% per processed invoice, unless provided by client Subsistence Subsistence on remote lobs will be charged per quotation. Laboratory Testing Hours Please note that laboratory testing will be billed on an hourly basis for non - standard tests. If testing is required to be performed on Saturdays, Sundays, holidays, or before 5:30 a.m. or after 4'.00 p. n. an weekdays, an additional hourly charge with a minimum of one hour will be applied for the laboratory technician. 1.5 x regular test rate will be charged for rush testing. Charges for Subcontracted Services Material sent to outside laboratory for testing: Cost plus 20% Material sent to outside forbearer or machine shop'. Cost plus 20% Glu-Lam beam inspection: Cost plus 20% Other subcontractors'. Cost plus 20% Project exclusive equipment purchase: Cost plus 20% Limit of Liability All contracts are subject to errors and omissions coverage limits of$50, 000.00, or contract amount whichever is greater. Higher limits avallable by quotation Certified Payroll Codified payroll will be provided, upon request, at an additional charge of $100,001month. Final Reports Required by Jurisdiction If a final report or affidavit is required, we must first review all inspection and testing reports and clear up any unresolved issues on these reports. These issues will typically require approval by the engineer or architect of record. This process can take several weeks or just a day, depending on the number and complexity of the issues. Cost for final reports will be billed hourly. Terms of Payment Fees charged are for professional and technical services and are due upon presentation If not paid within 30 days from data of Invoice, they are considered past due and a finance charge of 1 %% per month will be added to the unpaid balance (APR 1894), All Invoice errors or necessary corrections shall be brought to the attention of Twining within 15 days of receipt of Invoice. Thereafter, customer acknowledges invoices are correct and valid. Twining reserves the night to terminate its services to a customerwithout notice If all Invoices are not current. Upon such termination of services, the entire In the event of any litigation arising from or related to any agreement to provide services whether verbal smarted, the prevailing party shall be entitled to recover than the non- prevailing party all reasonable costs Incurred, including staff time, court costs, attorney's fees and all other related expenses in such litigation. Additionally, In the event of a ran Specimen Disposal Specimens will be discarded after testing unless Twining has been notified prior to testing that the customer wishes to retrieve the specimens or storage arrangements are made. Oversize Specimens An extra charge will be made when test specimens require more than one person to handle due to size or weight. 25M -312