Consulting Engineering Services are expected to include all work necessary to provide final design including preliminary survey, plans and specifications, and bidding services. 1. Initial Site Visit and Consultations a. The Consultant shall meet with City of Duluth representatives to review project scope and complexity, design criteria, related requirements, view existing conditions, gather data from the City engineering files and previously prepared reports. Additional consultations shall, where necessary, clarify the technical requirements and objectives of the contract and may be in the form of letters, emails and/or telephone conversations. b. The Consultant shall provide documentation of meetings and data provided. c. The Consultant shall ascertain the applicability of information provided, review data for completeness, and notify the City of any additional data required. It shall be the responsibility of the Consultant to determine, by site inspection procedures, the reliability of all the existing topographic survey. If information is found to be missing, the City will determine if this information should be collected as additional work.
