Application of implied indemnificat...

Application of implied indemnification may allow an proprietor or contractor to shift risk to an architect or engineer

Design professionals should understand that they are not insulated from lawsuits on a level if they are retained by the agency of a design/builder. From a merely legal standpoint, a designer in this situation has the same legal relationship as that of a subcontractor to a general contractor.

Although architects and engineers are not happy about being cast in a subcontractor part they must generally accept it as design/build takes a larger share of the construction market. processs ...