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I might have a future offer (for after I retire this year) to become an electrical consultant on a large construcution project and was wondering if anyone has done this before. My former co-worker is doing some consulting work and he told me that you need to write up a contract outlining what your tasks will be and how much you're going to get paid. Has anyone seen a contract like this?
 
There are bunch of people that call themselves consultants that are really just contractors. In my opinion it does not really matter much what you call yourself as long as you can come to an agreement on your duties and how much you're going to get paid. This kind of contract probably needs to have input from an actual lawyer.
 
infinity said:
I might have a future offer (for after I retire this year) to become an electrical consultant on a large construcution project and was wondering if anyone has done this before. My former co-worker is doing some consulting work and he told me that you need to write up a contract outlining what your tasks will be and how much you're going to get paid. Has anyone seen a contract like this?
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What would a consultant do on this one job that a onsite PM, onsite engineer doesn't already do?
 
cdslotz said:
What would a consultant do on this one job that a onsite PM, onsite engineer doesn't already do?
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Plan review, also contract and code compliance. Someone independent from the engineers, GC, contractors, etc.
 
infinity said:
Plan review, also contract and code compliance. Someone independent from the engineers, GC, contractors, etc.
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I don't get it. The estimating team, project mgr already are incredibly familiar to every aspect of a specific project and it's contracts, plans/specs.
As chief estimator, we had pre-bid, post-bid, awarded bid hand off meetings with our PM's, job supt, field supt, job runners, along with many meetings with GC. So you walk on the job knowing nothing and get up to speed with every document, meeting minutes, etc?.....I don't get it
 
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PM's, job supt, field supt, job runners, along with many meetings with GC
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And most of the time not one of those people will have 40 years of electrical installation experience and hold electrical or inspector licenses including plan review. If they did they wouldn't need to hire an electrical consultant. I've worked with great MEP supers but often they come from other fields. My current job super came over from the operating engineers.
 
infinity said:
I might have a future offer (for after I retire this year) to become an electrical consultant on a large construcution project and was wondering if anyone has done this before. My former co-worker is doing some consulting work and he told me that you need to write up a contract outlining what your tasks will be and how much you're going to get paid. Has anyone seen a contract like this?
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Would you be there as a consultant on behalf of the Elec Contractor or as an owner's rep.

The NPSE have several template contracts that may apply

EJCDC® Contract Documents | National Society of Professional Engineers

The Engineers Joint Contract Documents Committee® (EJCDC®) develops and updates fair and objective standard documents that represent the latest and best thinking in contractual relations between all parties involved in engineering design and construction projects. The committee is made up of the...
www.nspe.org www.nspe.org
 
ron said:
Essentially you will be a 10-99 hourly employee.
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That's a contradiction- the form 1099 documents payment to someone who isn't an employee (the W2 covers that). Could, however, be a temporary & hourly employee.

Often projects like to have a consulting engineer/etc from outside their organization exactly so they can say whatever they need without fear of being fired.
 
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The liability is one thing think about when choosing being an employee or being your own contractor. The other thing is pay structure. Often employees are salaried and when the job is working 6 days a week you're there on Saturdays for free. Hourly consultants can get paid for every hour they're working so it might be better to be own your own. Also hourly consultants may be offered to work part time say three days a week. Not many employees working as job supers are going to get that deal.
 
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The liability is one thing think about when choosing being an employee or being your own contractor. The other thing is pay structure. Often employees are salaried and when the job is working 6 days a week you're there on Saturdays for free. Hourly consultants can get paid for every hour they're working so it might be better to be own your own. Also hourly consultants may be offered to work part time say three days a week. Not many employees working as job supers are going to get that deal.
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You can make whatever deal you want. It is not conditioned on your actual employment status. If you want to be an employee and work by the hour they can let you do that even if others are salaried. It is all about what deal you make with them
 
petersonra said:
You can make whatever deal you want. It is not conditioned on your actual employment status. If you want to be an employee and work by the hour they can let you do that even if others are salaried. It is all about what deal you make with them
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True you're free to make any deal that you like but if the company policy for employees is salary only then that's all that they will offer.
 
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