As used in this part 18, unless the context otherwise
requires:
(1)Agency means any special district organized under this title or any
other political subdivision that such district may create pursuant to state law that is
a budgetary unit exercising construction contracting authority or discretion.
(2)Contract means any agreement for designing, building, altering,
repairing, improving, demolishing, operating, maintaining, or financing a public
project.
(3)Cost-reimbursement contract means a contract under which a
participating entity is reimbursed for costs that are allowable and allocable in
accordance with the contract terms and provisions of this part 18.
(4)Integrated project delivery or IPD means a project delivery method in
which there is a contractual agreement betw
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As used in this part 18, unless the context otherwise
requires:
(1) Agency means any special district organized under this title or any
other political subdivision that such district may create pursuant to state law that is
a budgetary unit exercising construction contracting authority or discretion.
(2) Contract means any agreement for designing, building, altering,
repairing, improving, demolishing, operating, maintaining, or financing a public
project.
(3) Cost-reimbursement contract means a contract under which a
participating entity is reimbursed for costs that are allowable and allocable in
accordance with the contract terms and provisions of this part 18.
(4) Integrated project delivery or IPD means a project delivery method in
which there is a contractual agreement between an agency and a single
participating entity for the design, construction, alteration, operation, repair,
improvement, demolition, maintenance, or financing, or any combination of these
services, for a public project.
(5) IPD contract means a contract using an integrated project delivery
method.
(6) Participating entity means a partnership, corporation, joint venture,
unincorporated association, or other legal entity that provides appropriately
licensed planning, architectural, engineering, development, construction, operating,
or maintenance services as needed in connection with an IPD contract.
(7) Public project means any lands, buildings, structures, works, machinery,
equipment, or facilities suitable for and intended for use as public property for
public purposes or suitable for and intended for use in the promotion of the public
health, public welfare, or public education, to the extent the boundaries of an
agency and a school district are coterminous, or for the conservation of natural
resources, including the planning of any such lands, buildings, improvements,
structures, works, machinery, equipment, or facilities. Public project shall also
include existing lands, buildings, improvements, structures, works, and facilities, as
well as improvements, renovations, or additions to any such lands, buildings,
improvements, structures, works, or facilities, and any operation or maintenance
programs for the operation and upkeep of such projects.
(8) Public purposes includes, but is not limited to, the supplying of public
water services and facilities, public sewer services and facilities, and lands,
buildings, structures, improvements, equipment, and any other services or facilities
authorized under this article or for public education to the extent the boundaries of
the agency and the school district are coterminous.