Consultants are often held liable when a project costs more than they anticipated. However, a recent appellate court decision shows that's not necessarily the case when infrastructure costs less than expected. Here's what happened In both the first and renewal agreements, a consulting engineer and municipality agreed that a professional service order must be issued to trigger actual work, noting the basis and specifics of the tasks to be accomplished. The first agreement included this language: "The (Municipality) hereby acknowledges that estimates of probable construction costs cannot be guaranteed, and such estimates are not to be construed as a promise to design facilities within the cost limitation."
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