To calc or not to calc...
To calc or not to calc...
(OP)
Hello,
I supply engineering consultation to different manufacturers, one of them being a railing manufacturer. As of late, they seem to think that it is OK for me to supply the calculations for components being attached to their railing, but that they are not fabbing or supplying. I am refusing to do so, as my agreement is with them and the components they supply. Am I way off base here to refuse to supply the calcs for others' components? Also, on a related note, any recommendations for firing a client?
I supply engineering consultation to different manufacturers, one of them being a railing manufacturer. As of late, they seem to think that it is OK for me to supply the calculations for components being attached to their railing, but that they are not fabbing or supplying. I am refusing to do so, as my agreement is with them and the components they supply. Am I way off base here to refuse to supply the calcs for others' components? Also, on a related note, any recommendations for firing a client?






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That's something that should be hashed out in the scope of the quote. I don't see how you could supply calculations for someone else's components anyway (unless you are understood to be a middle man for that).
Sure. Just tell them you are not bidding on their projects anymore.
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Probably not without a contract, a meeting of the minds with that new client, for their specific products. And, a normal introductory exchange with the new client so you understand their products, how they manufacture them and have the benefit of their knowledge about their product. This should be a separate work arrangement with the new client, they pay you, you supply your work product to them, etc., you have professional obligations to them, and not through a third party. This is not unlike the arrangement you have with the railing manufacturer. You should explain to the railing people your professional, legal, liability obligations, etc. There are some potential advantages to this involvement also. Nobody knows the railing system better than you do, and you want to know what the new item might do to overload the railing or otherwise mistreat the railing. You should also have an edge at making the new items compatible with the railing. But, you shouldn’t be doing this no remuneration, and you should probably not be doing this work through the railing company.
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