North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 01 - ADMINISTRATION › Chapter 30 - STATE CONSTRUCTION › Subchapter E - STATE BUILDING COMMISSION DESIGNER OR CONSULTANT EVALUATION PROCEDURES › Section .0100 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 30E .0103 - DEFINITIONS

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 2, July 15, 2024
For purposes of this Subchapter, the following definitions
					 shall apply:
(1) "Capital Projects
				  Coordinator" means the individual authorized by each funded agency to
				  coordinate all capital improvement projects and related matters with the State
				  Construction Office and to represent that agency on all matters presented to
				  the SBC. The individual so designated for purposes of these rules may have
				  other titles within the individual's agency but shall carry out the duties
				  assigned herein to the Capital Projects Coordinator. Whenever the Capital
				  Projects Coordinator is referenced herein, it shall be understood to include a
				  designated assistant or representative. Concerning evaluation of designers, or
				  consultants the Capital Projects Coordinator is responsible for the agency's
				  evaluation of each phase of the project as well as the overall designer's or
				  consultant's evaluation.
(2)
				  "Project Designer" means any individual, firm, partnership, corporation,
				  association or other legal entity licensed to practice architecture,
				  engineering, or landscape architecture in the State of North Carolina. The
				  designer or consultant shall be responsible for the performance of all his
				  consultants. Accordingly, the evaluation of the project designer will include
				  evaluation of the work of all consultants who are included in the designer's
				  contract with the funded agency.
(3) "Consultant" means any individual, firm,
				  partnership, corporation, association or other legal entity selected for
				  planning and studies of an architectural and engineering nature associated with
				  a capital improvement project. The consultant must be licensed to practice
				  architecture or engineering in the State of North Carolina.
(4) "Funded Agency" means the department,
				  agency, authority or office that is named in the legislation appropriating
				  funds for the design and/or construction project.
(5) "Owner's Representative" is an individual
				  appointed by the using agency to represent the using agency on all user-related
				  matters. The owner is the representative of the using agency as defined in Rule
				  .0103(9) of Subchapter 30D - State Building Commission Designer Selection
				  Procedures.
(6) "Professional
				  Services" means those services within the scope of the practice of
				  architecture, engineering, landscape architecture or surveying as defined by
				  the public laws of North Carolina.
(7) "Scope Statement" means a written
				  description of the capital project that is to be designed. Normally the scope
				  statement shall reflect the written project description as contained in the
				  project cost estimate validated by the State Construction Office.
(8) "Evaluation Form" is the form to be used
				  for all designers' or consultants' evaluations. The form shall be developed and
				  approved by the State Building Commission and is the only approved document for
				  this purpose; it may be reproduced by the agencies as required.
Authority
					 G.S.
					 143-135.25;
					 143-135.26;
Eff.
					 October 1, 1988;
Amended Eff. May 1, 1990;
Pursuant to
					 G.S.
					 150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without
					 substantive public interest Eff. July 22,
					 2018.