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A lot of people here seem to be very excitable about a single storey domestic extension in a standard form of construction. I appreciate things are different in Scotland, but common sense and general principles of building seem to be lacking to me. Arse covering culture. You can do a lot on the back of the Approved Documents, industry guidance and standards, manufacturers data and widely published construction information. It really sounds a very simple build, I hope the BC fee is low.
Greybeard - one of the warning signs is that they felt the need to put that individual tort statement in. Why on earth would they want to unless they'd had some significant problems in the past. Agreed that the limit of liability is completely ludicrous.
We're all human and anyone can make a mistake, which is why designs require checking; a well run firm is a team effort, which includes picking up lessons learned from outside. You can't exclude an individual's liability for negligence (eg, CDM) but it seems reasonable to me for the firm to indemnify their staff if they've followed procedure. Otherwise the staff will need their own individual PI cover.Why on earth would they want to unless they'd had some significant problems in the past
Yes, of course. However, why on earth would a competent professional put in a design quotation a phrase which highlights that they've had a significant issue which has resulted in action. They can't stop anyone taking out a personal claim, it's just that a client is most unlikely to because in all cases you'd pursue the entity which carried PII, unless of course they'd limited it to 5x the fee!