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<br />CONSULTING ENGINEERING <br /> <br />17 <br /> <br />6. The compensation requested by the Consulting Engineer may be checked <br />against the range of charges outlined in this manual, as well as with other <br />employers of consulting engineering services. If agreement is not reached, <br />the negotiations should be terminated and the Engineer should be notified <br />in writing to that effect. A similar interview should then follow with the <br />second fInn, and failing accord with the second ftnn, the third should be <br />called in for negotiations. Such a procedure will usually result in a mutu- <br />ally satisfactory contract. Ali such negotiations should be on a .strictly <br />confidential basis, and in no case should the compensation discussed with <br />one Consulting Engineer be disclosed to another. <br />7. When all engineering matters and the charges therefor have been agreed upon <br />(I) the selected ftnn may submii a written proposal foruntertaking the project, <br />which upon acceptance constitutes a contract, or (2) the parties may draft a <br />fonnal contract, embodying all conditions and charges, for signature by both <br />parties (see p. 19 and Appendix I, page 42). <br /> <br />The Engineer's Compensation <br />The charges made for the Engineer's services represent reimbursements for a <br />variety of costs represented by technical payroll, administrative and clerical help, <br />fringe benefIts, equipment, supplies, offtce space, taxes, other general overhead <br />items, and an appropriate margin of profIt for the Consulting Engineer. <br />