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<br />", <br />~ :. <br /> <br />",-} <br /> <br />Dam~s I MOC1G <br /> <br />;]Ij <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />IIl:l:1i C:.A# f.,,.,lo,....! <br />Gol<W\. t.'<>!<,.'&-, lo'.lllJt <br />ClQ)) ~~21>2 <br />'flu:"" ~I~l <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />-; t4'. <br /> <br />(;;4,. ,,~!""'" DAMEIoIOP-l <br /> <br />Kay 28. 1~6 <br /> <br />Ottice at the State Engifteer <br />tlhls10n of Watel' RII/l.OUI'e8S <br />13 13 Sherman St.reet. - RC)QlIl 818 <br />Denver, CO 80203 <br /> <br />Attention; Mr. HIll D. !31Japson. p.!. <br />DePllt.y State li:ngin~r <br /> <br />Gantlemen: <br /> <br />115 1M! d lSCIJ.!Hd in 0\1" -tina or May 22. 1986, we have reviewed thE! <br />indemnification clause proposed by the State ot' Colorado tor use in the <br />Arkansu Rher Valley Study contraCt. Due to tile N1qull'ftUlnU or out" pr~ <br />t'eNi.olllJl &1'10 seneral llabUity l11llUl"anae coverage, It Is necessary that <br />the prOl/03ed oontract IndeamiflGlltlon olau" be modified 10 as to based <br />upon negligence. It would be aoceptable to UII to add the word "neijllsent" <br />.!)Ofore "act ot" Olll1ssion by the l:ODtractor..." is ~uCI'l, the Indl!llllnlf1cat1on <br />clause would read IS rollD~a: <br /> <br />"To the exteDt autl'lor1ltec1 by lall, the contractor shall indemnify. <br />savll, and I10ld hal'1ll1ess the State, its lIIlll10yees and agenu, against <br />sny ano all olll1Gl.l1, c!aIIlages, liability and l:ourt awards' lneludlng <br />costs, e_penea, and attorneys fees ln~llrrec aa a result of any ned1- <br />Ilent act or lIIIIls~ion by the ~ontractor. Or' ltll employeell, agentll. <br />~ubCQntractora, or aaalgnHs pursuant to the tE!rma of thie ~ontT&r:t." <br /> <br />We underst&l1d that the necesllary llOditlcattoll to the contract laJ\- <br />guagE! as described above will need to be approved by the Attol"tley <br />General. we alSO ID1der~tand that lIIllny other oanault1ng englnetlrs have <br />requested similar, 1t not identical, IIOdlf1catlan. 111 tl'llll regard, we <br />under3t.llM ... Ileeting too" place Hay 23, 1986. I:letwean t1r. Larry Muller or <br />the Coneulttng Engineers Councilor Colorado and the Atto~"'y Ceneral. In <br />the De~ting. Hr, Huller eKplained the I~rtance attached to the concept of <br />indemnifIcation based on neglIgence by vlrt~lly all Donaulting engin~ring <br />flrm5 In ColoradO. <br /> <br />IOe h~ that. tile ID'lportance placed on thb IS:J1l1! by us. the other <br />contract-Dre prQpolJeO tD 8e.sj~t you on the -'rQn3ll.ll !liver Valley Study. and <br />the consulting engineering communi.ty in general, will result In an <br />ind~nlrlcatlon clause bag~ on tile concept of neglIgence, <br />