School of Building Arts Community Project Proposal Organization …

School of Building Arts
Community Project Proposal

 Organization                                                                           Contact


 Office address                                                      Phone                                  E-mail


 Project description (include budget and timeline information if available)




 Agreement and waiver for use of student assistance

 This agreement is made the ____________ day of _____________________________, 2006, between the Savannah College of Art and Design1 School of

 Building Arts (hereinafter called the "college") and ______________________________________________________________ [insert organization's name]

 (hereinafter called the "client") and is intended to be a binding contract by and between both parties under the following terms and conditions:

 Witness                                                                              b. Client will obtain at own expense any and all licenses and
 · Whereas the School of Building Arts actively seeks out oppor-                         permits as may be required by any government agency that has
     tunities for students to gain experience in the various building                    authority over the proposed project.
     trades to supplement their education; and                                        c. Client will comply with all laws and ordinances, and the rules,
 · Whereas the School of Building Arts has set up criteria for                           regulations or orders for all public authorities related to the
     selecting proposed community projects in which students                             performance of the work on the project.
     in architecture, interior design, historic preservation and/or                   d. Client agrees to assume full responsibility for acts, negligence or
     urban design are able to give assistance in project design, con-                    omission for all employees on the project, and for those subcon-
     cept proposals or other skills that would benefit a proposed                        tractors and their employees, and for those of all other persons
     community project; and                                                              doing work on the project.
 · Whereas the client's proposed community project has been                           e. Client agrees that the college, students and faculty have no
     selected by the college's School of Building Arts as a student-                     corporate or personal liability for any actions related to the com-
     assisted project;                                                                   munity project. Client agrees to indemnify and hold harmless
                                                                                         the college, faculty and students from and against all claims,
 Now therefore for valuable consideration, the receipt of which is
                                                                                         damages, losses and expenses, including reasonable attorney
 hereby acknowledged, the parties agree to the following:
                                                                                         fees related to the project.
 1. Services the college will provide                                                 f. Client has the duty of providing for and overseeing all safety
 The college will provide student assistance on this community project                   orders, precautions and programs necessary to the reasonable
 as detailed in a typed supplement, titled "Services the college will                    safety of the work. In this connection the client shall provide and
 provide" (examples, see Appendix A).                                                    maintain sufficient protection from injury for all workers, includ-
                                                                                         ing students and faculty, at the work site and for all members of
 2.   Duties and rights of client
                                                                                         the public at or near the work site. The client shall make certain
      a. Client will obtain at own expense any and all labor, materials
                                                                                         that only those persons authorized to be there are allowed on the
         and equipment including tools, machinery, utilities and services
                                                                                         work site, and shall post notices warning employees, students,
         necessary for the proper completion of the work on this project.
                                                                                         faculty and members of the public of all construction hazards.


 Return to: SCAD School of Building Arts, Office of the Dean, P.O. Box 3146, Savannah, GA 31402                                                       09650 · 8.06
     g. Client shall provide and maintain sufficient protection from               Appendix A
        damage for all the work and college, student or faculty property.          Services the college will provide:
        The client shall be responsible for any loss or damage to college,         In this section be very specific in what you will be delivering and give as
        faculty or student property.                                               much detail as possible, including dates to begin and complete, tools,
                                                                                   equipment and/or materials to be supplied by the client or the college,
3.   Scope and description of work
                                                                                   and any other details.
     a. Client agrees that the college is using this community project
        as an educational opportunity for students. Any changes in the             Examples:
        scope of this project could cause irreparable harm to the college          The School of Building Arts, department of architecture will submit
        and jeopardize student academic success.                                   five sets of concept drawings for renovation of the farmhouse located
     b. Client agrees that the scope of the project will not deviate from          at 123 Main St., Booker, Ga., to include north and east elevation along
        the proposal submitted to and accepted by the college and                  with proposed changes in the floor plan for the kitchen and master
        made a part of this agreement (as evidenced in Appendix B) un-             bathroom to be delivered on or before March 22, 2006.
        less the dean of the School of Building Arts expressly approves
                                                                                   The School of Building Arts, department of interior design will submit
        any changes as evidenced in writing and signed by both parties.
                                                                                   five sets of renderings for ground floor and basement floor plans for
4.   Copyrights                                                                    the refurbishment of the Jones Street Public Library located at 321 Jones
     a. Client agrees that any design work provided by students or staff           St., Jonestown, Ga., to be delivered on or before March 22, 2006.
        may contain copyrights that belong to the college, students
                                                                                   The School of Building Arts, department of historic preservation will:
        and/or faculty.
                                                                                    · Research the history of the structure located on 145 Brown
     b. Client has permission to use or build upon concepts or designs
                                                                                       Lane, Savannah, Ga., and provide a detailed account of the
        submitted as a part of this project, but the college, students and
                                                                                       ownership from the present back to when the structure was
        faculty should be credited for their contribution to the project.
                                                                                       constructed. This will be delivered to the client on or before
5.   No reliance on student work                                                       March 30, 2006.
     a. Client realizes that students are not professionals and do not              · Conduct an analysis of the paint used in the main room of the
        hold licenses or certificates.                                                 structure to include ... and will be provided to the client on or
     b. Client expressly agrees and understands that any designs or                    before May 5, 2006.
        drawings submitted by students or faculty are not actual work-              · Provide five historic preservation students as unskilled labor
        ing designs but are for conceptual purposes only. The client                   to repaint the masonry work on the outside east garden wall,
        takes any concepts, designs and/or drawings for review purposes                facing the lane. Students will complete this task under the
        only, and these items are not to be used for actual construction.              direction of faculty and will complete this task on or before
     c. Any work performed by students and/or faculty should be moni-                  June 15, 2006. Client will supply 50 pounds of dry mortar mix,
        tored, supervised and approved by the client. The college makes                mixing trowels, water and sand. College will supply tint to
        no express or implied warranty on student or faculty work as a                 match replacement mortar to existing wall.
        part of this project.
                                                                                   Appendix B
6. Entire agreement                                                                Community project proposal submitted by ________________________
This agreement and the attachments constitute the entire understand-
                                                                                   _______________________________________________________ [client]
ing among the parties with respect to the transactions contemplated
                                                                                   as accepted by the Savannah College of Art and Design, School of
herein and supersedes all other agreements and understandings
among the parties with regard to the subject matter hereof, and may                Building Arts on _________________________________________ [date].
be modified only in writing if signed by both parties.

7. Governing law                                                             1
                                                                                 As used in this agreement, "the college" includes the Savannah College of Art and Design, its affiliated
This agreement shall be governed and construed solely by the laws of             and related entities and their past, current and future trustees, officers, directors, board members,

the state of Georgia.                                                            shareholders, agents, representatives, attorneys, insurers, employees, successors and assignees.


In witness whereof, the parties hereto have executed this agreement
under seal as of the day and year written above.




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