§ 5-16-10-1 — Definitions

As used in this chapter, the following terms
have the following meanings:
(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.
(2) "Architect" means the person registered under IC 25-4-1.
(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.