In construction, the right remains with the owner for the design work paid by the owner to the designer to prepare plans and specs. So if a project owner hires an architect to prepare the design of a building.  The architect prepares the design and is paid.  The contract does not address copyright.  Who owns the copyright design plans and specs?

A patient is being discharged home after hospitalization with hypocalcemia. Which statement by the patient indicates she understood the dietary instructions?*  

The nurse changed a dressing on a client’s wound with vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE). Which step would the nurse take to ensure proper disposal of the soiled dressing?

United States Code Title 18, Chapter 47, Section 1029 deals with which of the following?

In a lump sum/fixed price contract between an Owner and a Contractor, the risk of loss (if project costs exceed the contract price) is primarily on which party?

A contractor built a new office tower for the project owner under a design-bid-build project delivery method.  Although the contractor followed the plans and specifications exactly, almost every window on the building quickly developed leaks near the window sill and caused water damage and mold issues behind the walls.  The project owner is irate and threatening to bring both the contractor and the lead designer to court.  Upon investigation, the contractor determined that the leaks were due to the architect’s defective design of the window sill flashing.  In other words, the contractor built exactly what was shown on the plans, but the design on the plans was not correct.  Which legal concept is the contractor’s strongest argument for why the designer should be liable to the owner, and not the contractor? The basis for the Spearin Doctrine is that when contractors are bound to build according to the plans and specifications provided by the owner, the contractor should not be responsible for damages that, through no fault of his own, occur when said plans and specifications are defective.

True or False: Contracting parties are encouraged to create contract languages that are clear and unambiguous, in order to avoid dispute and legal fights

Which of the following would an owner be most likely to argue should not fall under the category of actual construction cost in a cost-plus contract, because they are related to company overhead?

In the contract between a General Contractor and a Subcontractor, a flow down provision typically integrates which other construction document as a contract document?

An intramuscular injection into the buttocks is given in the upper outer quadrant in an attempt to avoid injuring which nerve?