All Documents are instruments of service in respect to this Project, and Engineer shall retain an ownership and property interest therein (including the copyright and the right of reuse at the discretion of the Engineer) whether or not the Project is completed. Contractor shall not rely in any way on any Document unless it is hand signed and sealed or digitally signed and certified by the Engineer or one of its Consultants.
A party may rely that data or information set forth on paper (also known as hard copies) that the party receives from the other party by mail, hand delivery, or facsimile, are the items that the other party intended to send. Files in electronic media format of text, data, graphics, or other types that are furnished by one party to the other are furnished only for convenience, not reliance by the receiving party unless such documents have been digitally signed and certified by the Engineer. Any conclusion or information obtained or derived from electronic files that have not been digitally signed and certified by the Engineer will be at the user's sole risk. If there is a discrepancy between unsigned or uncertified electronic files and the hard copies or digitally signed and certified electronic documents, the hard copies and digitally signed and certified electronic documents shall govern
