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TERMS AND CONDITIONS <br /> Expiration: This fee schedule is effective through <br />December 31, 2024 after which non-prevailing wage rates <br />for remaining or additional services will increase by 4% on <br />January 1st of each year. <br /> Proposal Expiration: Proposals are valid for at least 30 <br />days, subject to change after 30 days; unless otherwise <br />stated in an attached proposal. <br /> Prevailing Wages: Our fees for prevailing wage work are <br />based upon California prevailing wage laws and wage <br />determinations. Unless specifically indicated in our <br />proposal, costs for apprentice are not included. If we are <br />required to have an apprentice on your project, additional <br />fees will be charged. Prevailing wage rates will increase by <br />$8 on July 1st of each year. <br /> Overtime: Standard overtime rate is per California Labor <br />Law and is billed at 1.5 or 2 times their hourly billing rate. <br />Overtime rate for non-exempt field personnel working <br />on a Verdantas observed holiday is billed at 2 times their <br />hourly billing rate. Overtime rate for Prevailing wage work <br />is per the California Department of Industrial Relations <br />(DIR) determination and is multiplied at 1.5 to 2 times <br />their hourly billing rate for overtime and double-time, <br />respectively. <br /> Expert Witness Time: Expert witness deposition and <br />testimony will be charged at 2 times hourly rates listed on <br />the previous pages, with a minimum charge of four hours <br />per day. <br /> Minimum Field Hourly Charges: For Field Technicians, <br />Special Inspectors or any on-site (field) materials testing <br />services: <br /> 4 hours: 4-hour minimum charge up to the first four <br /> hours of work. <br /> 8 hours: 8-hour minimum charge for over four hours <br /> of work, up to eight hours. <br /> Project time accrued includes portal to portal <br />travel time. <br /> Insurance & Limitation of Liability: These rates are <br />predicated on standard insurance coverage and a limit <br />of Verdantas’ liability equal to our total fees for a given <br />project. <br /> Outside Direct Costs: Heavy equipment, subcontractor <br />fees and expenses, project-specific permits and/or <br />licenses, project-specific supplemental insurance, travel, <br />subsistence, project-specific parking charges, shipping, <br />reproduction, and other reimbursable expenses will be <br />invoiced at cost plus 20%, unless billed directly to and <br />paid by client. <br /> Invoicing: Invoices are rendered monthly, payable <br />upon receipt in United States dollars. A service charge of <br />1½-percent per month will be charged for late payment. <br /> Client Disclosures: Client agrees to provide all <br />information in Client’s possession about actual or <br />possible presence of buried utilities and hazardous <br />materials on the project site, prior to fieldwork, and <br />agrees to reimburse Verdantas for all costs related to <br />unanticipated discovery of utilities and/or hazardous <br />materials. Client is also responsible for providing safe <br />and legal access to the project site for all Verdantas field <br />personnel. <br /> Earth Material Samples: Quoted testing unit rates are <br />for soil and/or rock (earth) samples free of hazardous <br />materials. Additional costs will accrue beyond these <br />standard testing unit rates for handling, testing and/ <br />or disposing of soil and/or rock containing hazardous <br />materials. Hazardous materials will be returned to the <br />site or the site owner’s designated representative at <br />additional cost not included in listed unit rates. Standard <br />turn-around time for geotechnical-laboratory test results <br />is 10 working days. Samples will be stored for 2 months <br />following completion of assigned tests, after which they <br />will be discarded. Prior documented notification is <br />required if samples need to be stored for a longer time. A <br />monthly storage fee of $15 per bag and $6 per sleeve or <br />tube will be applied. Quoted unit rates are only for earth <br />materials sampled in California. There may be additional <br />cost for handling imported samples. <br /> Construction Material Samples: After all designated <br />breaks for a given sample set meet specified compressive <br />at design age or other client-designated strength, all <br />“hold” cylinders or specimens will be automatically <br />disposed of, unless specified in writing prior to the 28- <br />day break. Unless specifically requested otherwise, all <br />other construction materials will be disposed of after <br />completion of testing and reporting. <br />Fee 2024 www.verdantas.com Page 4 of 4 <br />FEE SCHEDULE