§ 6-5-711 — Exemption from Civil Liability for Certain Professional Firms and Employees Providing Construction Monitoring Services

The provisions of Section 34-11-9(a)(3) notwithstanding, neither a professional firm nor any of its employees that provide construction monitoring services on behalf of an awarding authority relating to the construction, repair, resurfacing, refurbishment, replacement, removal, modification, alteration, or other improvement of any public or private infrastructure shall be civilly liable in tort or otherwise for property damage, personal injury, or death resulting from construction monitoring services that substantially comply with the professional firm’s construction monitoring services requirements for the awarding authority related to the plans and specifications in determining compliance of the contractor’s work with the plans and specifications.

Legislative History

(Act 2013-401, p. 1538, §2.)