Commercial terms
The basis for quotations and fabrication drawing work.
Company details
These terms relate to Fabrication CAD Ltd, trading as Fabrication CAD. Company No. 904826. Registered in Scotland. Registered office: Office 1835, 3 Fitzroy Place, 1/1 Sauchiehall Street, Finnieston, Glasgow Central, G3 7RH, UK.
Contact: info@fabricationcad.co.uk.
Scope and quotation basis
Fabrication CAD Ltd reviews each enquiry before issuing a quotation. The quotation identifies the agreed drawing scope, customer-supplied information, deliverables, exclusions, included revisions, price, payment terms, target delivery and any assumptions or outstanding information. Only work and deliverables expressly listed in the quotation are included.
Where a quotation expressly varies these terms for a particular project, the accepted quotation takes precedence for that project.
Quotation validity
A quotation is valid for 14 days from its quotation date.
Acceptance and payment
Acceptance requires written acceptance or a purchase order. Any deposit, staged payment or other payment terms will be stated in the quotation. Work starts once any payment due before commencement has been received. Final deliverables are released once the agreed payment conditions have been met.
Customer-supplied information
The customer is responsible for supplying the sketches, drawings, models, dimensions, materials, design intent, interface details, engineering information and decisions identified in the quotation. Customer-supplied dimensions remain customer-supplied and are not treated as verified dimensions.
Missing or ambiguous information will be raised for clarification; critical dimensions will not be invented. On-site checking or verification is excluded.
Revisions and variations
One reasonable approval revision is included unless the quotation states otherwise. Errors introduced by Fabrication CAD Ltd will be corrected without being treated as chargeable revisions.
Customer changes to dimensions, materials, layout, design intent, deliverables or scope are variations or additional work. Any additional price and effect on the programme will be agreed in writing before the additional work proceeds.
Drawing status and approval
Drawing status and revision are separate controls. Statuses may include WIP, FOR APPROVAL, APPROVED BASIS, FOR FABRICATION, SUPERSEDED and, where relevant, AS BUILT.
A FOR APPROVAL drawing is for customer review and is not authorised for manufacture. Customer approval confirms the recorded dimensions, interfaces and design intent as the basis for the fabrication issue. It does not authorise manufacture or remove Fabrication CAD Ltd’s responsibility for its own negligent errors.
Only the current identified FOR FABRICATION issue is authorised for manufacture. Replaced issues must be treated as SUPERSEDED.
Deliverables
Deliverables are limited to those listed in the accepted quotation. They may include PDF approval or fabrication drawings and, where agreed, DXF, DWG, STEP, BOM or cutting information. Formats, issue status and any project-specific limits are defined in the quotation.
Native CAD and source files
Native or editable CAD files are not automatically included. They are supplied only where separately agreed and priced in writing.
Structural engineering and service exclusions
Fabrication CAD Ltd does not provide structural engineering. Structural calculations, member sizing, load assessment, connection engineering, foundation or fixing design, certification, Building Warrant or Building Control approval and engineering sign-off are excluded.
Where structural engineering is required, drawings are prepared to the supplied and approved engineering information. The relevant engineering information must be supplied or approved by a suitably qualified engineer.
Programme and target dates
A requested date is a preference, not a promised deadline. A delivery target applies only when confirmed. Late, incomplete or changed customer information, decisions or approvals may move the programme.
Cancellation
If the customer cancels, completed work and non-recoverable committed costs remain payable. Any unused part of an advance beyond those amounts will be refunded.
Confidentiality
Customer and project information will be treated confidentially. Information may still need to be used to carry out the agreed work, operate the enquiry and email services, obtain professional advice or meet legal obligations.
Portfolio and publication
Portfolio publication is not automatic. Project material will be published only with permission or where a clearly safe and anonymised basis has been established.
Intellectual property and use rights
After full payment, the customer may use the agreed final deliverables for the project identified in the quotation. Fabrication CAD Ltd retains its reusable templates, title blocks, libraries, standard components, workflows, automation and background know-how unless separately agreed. Any full intellectual-property assignment requires a separate written agreement and price.
Final delivery and release
Final deliverables are released after the approval and payment conditions agreed in the quotation have been met.
Liability
Nothing in these terms excludes or limits liability where it would be unlawful to do so. Fabrication CAD Ltd remains responsible for direct loss caused by its breach of contract or negligence to the extent required by applicable law. Any project-specific liability limit, insurance requirement or allocation of risk applies only where it is expressly stated in the quotation or otherwise agreed in writing.