Terms Used In Arizona Laws > Title 34 > Chapter 1 > Article 1 - General Provisions

• Action: includes any matter or proceeding in a court, civil or criminal. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• Architect services: means those professional architect services that are within the scope of architectural practice as provided in title 32, chapter 1. See Arizona Laws 34-101
• Baseline: Projection of the receipts, outlays, and other budget amounts that would ensue in the future without any change in existing policy. Baseline projections are used to gauge the extent to which proposed legislation, if enacted into law, would alter current spending and revenue levels.
• Construction services: means either of the following for construction-manager-at-risk, design-build and job-order-contracting project delivery methods:

  (a) Construction, excluding services, through the construction-manager-at-risk or job-order-contracting project delivery methods. See Arizona Laws 34-101

• Construction-manager-at-risk: means a project delivery method in which:

  (a) There is a separate contract for design services and a separate contract for construction services, except that instead of a single contract for construction services, the agent may elect separate contracts for preconstruction services during the design phase, for construction during the construction phase and for any other construction services. See Arizona Laws 34-101

• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Contract: means all types of agent agreements, regardless of what they are called, for the procurement of services pursuant to this title. See Arizona Laws 34-101
• Contractor: means any person who has a contract with an agent. See Arizona Laws 34-101
• Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
• Design professional: means an individual or firm that is registered by the state board of technical registration pursuant to Title 32, Chapter 1 to practice architecture, engineering, geology, landscape architecture or land surveying or any combination of those professions and persons employed by the registered individual or firm. See Arizona Laws 34-101
• Design services: means architect services, engineer services or landscape architect services. See Arizona Laws 34-101
• Design-build: means a project delivery method in which:

  (a) There is a single contract for design services and construction services, except that instead of a single contract for design services and construction services, the agent may elect separate contracts for preconstruction services and design services during the design phase, for construction and design services during the construction phase and for any other construction services. See Arizona Laws 34-101

• Direct selection: means the selection of a technical registrant without the requirement of advertising or the use of a current register. See Arizona Laws 34-101
• Engineer services: means those professional engineer services that are within the scope of engineering practice as provided in title 32, chapter 1. See Arizona Laws 34-101
• Finance services: means financing for a construction services project. See Arizona Laws 34-101
• including: means not limited to and is not a term of exclusion. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• Job-order-contracting: means a project delivery method in which:

  (a) The contract is a requirements contract for indefinite quantities of construction. See Arizona Laws 34-101

• Landscape architect services: means those professional landscape architect services that are within the scope of landscape architectural practice as provided in Title 32, Chapter 1. See Arizona Laws 34-101
• Maintenance services: means routine maintenance, repair and replacement of existing facilities, structures, buildings or real property. See Arizona Laws 34-101
• Operations services: means routine operation of existing facilities, structures, buildings or real property. See Arizona Laws 34-101
• Person: means any corporation, business, individual, union, committee, club, other organization or group of individuals. See Arizona Laws 34-101
• Preconstruction services: means services and other activities during the design phase. See Arizona Laws 34-101
• Process: means a citation, writ or summons issued in the course of judicial proceedings. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• Property: includes both real and personal property. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• Public competition: means a competitive procurement process pursuant to section 34-103, subsection G that includes advertising in a public newspaper and a qualification-based selection process. See Arizona Laws 34-101
• Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
• Subcontractor: means a person who contracts to perform work or render service to a contractor or to another subcontractor as a part of a contract with an agent. See Arizona Laws 34-101
• Technical registrant: means a person who provides any of the professional services listed in Title 32, Chapter 1. See Arizona Laws 34-101
• Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
• United States: includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Arizona Laws 1-215