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T W I N I N G General Conditions, continued Travel Time and Mileage 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 than small tools, whenever project related equipment Is marked to be transported to and from the project site, time and hiders for inspectors and field technicians will be billed on a portal to portal basis. 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 order to be in strict conformance with testing standards, it may be required that Saturday malbups be performed he, concrete specimens cast on Friday must be picleed 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 net be authorized then Twining will not be responsible for any negative consequences. Remote Jobs For projects in excess of 100 miles from Twining, travel time will be charged at the relevant straight time rate. Reimbursable Expenses Parking, airfare, car rental, food and lodging, etcwill be charged at cost plus 15%per processed Invoice, unless provided by client Subsistence Subsistence on remote jobs will be charged per quotation. Laboratory Testing Hours Phase 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.m. on 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 ouislde laboratory for testing: Cost plus 20% Material sent to outside fabricator or machine shop'. Cost plus 20% Glu-Lam beam inspection'. Cost plus 20% Other srmcontmdors: Cost plus 20% Project exclusive equipment purchase Cost plus 20% Limit of Liability All contracts are subject to ermm and omissions coverage limits of $5g0000q or contract amount whichever Is greater. Higher limits available by quotation Cediged Payroll Cedltled payroll will be provided, upon request, at an additional charge of $100.00Imonih. 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 orjust a day, depending on the number and complexity of the issues. Cost forfrm 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 dale of invoice, they are considered past due and a finance charge of I%%per month will be added to the unpaid balance (APR 10%) - 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 fight to terminate its services to a customer without notice if all invoices are not current Upon such termination of services, the entire In the event of any litigation arising from or elated to any agreement to provide spr,on whether verbal OfwMten, the prevailing party shall be entitled to iecoverfrom the non - prevailing party all reasonable costs Incurred, Including staff time. courtcosts, attorney's fees and all other related expenses in such litigation Additionally, in the event of a non Specimen Died osal Specmens will be dlacarded after testing unless twining has been notified prior to testing that the customer wishes to retrieve the specimens or storage arrangements are made. Ov rnslze Specimens An extra charge will be Flood when test specimens require more than one person to handle due to size or weight.