Indiana Code 5-16-10-1. Definitions
(1) “Affiliate” means a parent, descendant, spouse, spouse of a descendant, brother, sister, spouse of a brother or sister, employee, director, officer, partner, limited liability company manager or member, joint venturer, a corporation subject to common control with the architect, engineer or construction manager, a shareholder or corporation who controls the architect, engineer or construction manager, or a corporation controlled by the architect, engineer, or construction manager.
Terms Used In Indiana Code 5-16-10-1
- Architect: means the person registered under IC 25-4-1. See Indiana Code 5-16-10-1
- Construction manager: means a person designated as a construction manager by contract who provides professional management services, which contribute to the control of time and the cost and quality of a public construction project, and who performs those services concurrent with architectural and engineering services rendered during the design and construction phases of a construction project. See Indiana Code 5-16-10-1
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- 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.
- Engineer: means the person registered under IC 25-31-1. See Indiana Code 5-16-10-1
- Highway: includes county bridges and state and county roads, unless otherwise expressly provided. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
- Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
- Person: means a natural person, a partnership, a limited liability company, or a corporation. See Indiana Code 5-16-10-1
- Public construction project: means the construction, remodeling, rehabilitation, or repair of any building or other facility of a unit of local government, whether the building or facility is owned by the unit or leased by the unit with an option to purchase under IC 36-1-10 or any other law. See Indiana Code 5-16-10-1
- Unit of local government: includes any county, city, town, township, and any other political subdivision, commission, or agency created under law. See Indiana Code 5-16-10-1
(3) “Construction manager” means a person designated as a construction manager by contract who provides professional management services, which contribute to the control of time and the cost and quality of a public construction project, and who performs those services concurrent with architectural and engineering services rendered during the design and construction phases of a construction project.
(4) “Engineer” means the person registered under IC 25-31-1.
(5) “Person” means a natural person, a partnership, a limited liability company, or a corporation.
(6) “Public construction project” means the construction, remodeling, rehabilitation, or repair of any building or other facility of a unit of local government, whether the building or facility is owned by the unit or leased by the unit with an option to purchase under IC 36-1-10 or any other law. However, “public construction project” does not mean highway or bridge construction.
(7) “Unit of local government” includes any county, city, town, township, and any other political subdivision, commission, or agency created under law. However, the term does not include a school corporation or lessor corporation qualifying under IC 20-47-2 or IC 20-47-3.
As added by Acts 1981, P.L.60, SEC.1. Amended by Acts 1982, P.L.41, SEC.1; P.L.8-1993, SEC.67; P.L.25-1995, SEC.10; P.L.2-2006, SEC.31.