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Proposal for Façade Consulting The Gateway Center 228 Churton St. Hillsborough, NC 27278 BECS #20250551 August 27, 2025 BECS is now a Lerch Bates Company Firm License Number: P-2493 WeAreBECS.com · LerchBates.com Terms and Conditions 1. Invoice Payment, Interest on Unpaid Amount and Disputed Invoices 1.1. BECS will submit progress invoices which are due upon receipt and considered past due if not paid within thirty (30) days of invoice date. If BECS does not receive payment in full within sixty (60) calendar days of invoice date, invoices will bear i nterest at one-and-one-half (1.5) percent (or the maximum rate allowable by law, whichever is less) of the unpaid amount per month, which will be calculated from the invoice date. Furthermore, if the Client has not objected to the invoice, as provided for below, and the invoice is more the sixty (60) days outstanding, BECS may proceed immediately to collection of the invoice without mediation as a condition precedent. Payment thereafter will first be applied to accrued interest and then to the unpaid prin cipal. 1.2. BECS shall be compensated to the extent that BECS’s services are requested, directed, and provided regardless of project schedule or Client’s billing arrangement with Owner. 1.3. If the Client objects to any portion of an invoice, the Client shall notify BECS in writing within fifteen (15) calendar days of receipt of the invoice. The Client shall identify in writing the specific cause of the disagreement and the amount in dispute and sh all pay that portion of the invoice not in dispute in accordance with the other payment terms of this Agreement. 2. Any dispute over invoiced amounts due which the Client has objected to and cannot be resolved within twenty-five (25) calendar days after presentation of invoice by direct negotiation between the parties shall be resolved in accordance with the following D isputed Invoice Resolution process: 2.1. A demand for mediation shall be made in writing, delivered to the other party to the Agreement, and filed with the person or entity administering the mediation. 2.2. The other party shall deliver a written response to the party demanding mediation within seven (7) calendar days of receipt o f the demand for mediation indicating that the other party agrees to mediate. 2.3. Should the other party fail to provide a written response to the demand for mediation within the seven (7) daytime period, th e requirement of mediation as a condition precedent under Terms and Conditions paragraph A.17 shall be deemed waived, and BECS may proceed directly with the filing of a civil complaint in a court of competent jurisdiction. 3. Termination of Services 3.1. BECS reserves the right to terminate this agreement upon seven (7) days’ advance notice in the event Client fails to perform, including failure to make timely payment of invoices. BECS may, at its option, suspend work in the event payments are not received and will have no liability for any delay caused thereby. 4. Documents 4.1. All documents furnished by BECS are instruments of service and shall remain the sole property of BECS. BECS shall retain all common law, statutory, and other reserved rights, including the copyright thereto. They are to be used only for this project and are not to be modified, distributed, or used for any other project, in whole or in part, except with the written authorizatio n of BECS. BECS accepts no liability for any unauthorized use or modification of these documents. 5. Additional Services 5.1. BECS’s services exceeding the scope of the basic services will be considered additional services and will be provided based u pon a mutually agreeable fee and terms. 6. Insurance 6.1. See attached sample BECS Certificate of Insurance. Insurance Certificates for this project will be provided to the Client up on execution of this agreement. In the event of insurance cancellation, the Client will be given thirty (30) days’ written noti ce. 7. BECS Responsibilities 7.1. Confirmation of Verbal Authorization: Until such time that a written agreement is concluded, we will proceed based upon the terms of this proposal, including the Basic Services, Compensation, Reimbursable Expenses, and Terms and Conditions therein. If that process is not acceptable to you, please notify BECS Inc. immediately in writing. 7.2. Standard of Care: Services provided by BECS in connection with the Project will be performed consistent with that degree of care and skill ordinarily exercised by members of the same profession practicing simultaneously under similar circumstances. 7.3. Cost Estimates: BECS’s opinions of probable cost, if any, will be based on training and experience. However, BECS does not c ontrol contractors' labor or materials costs or other conditions affecting market pricing. Accordingly, BECS does not warrant its o pinions, nor will contractors’ actual or quoted costs vary from its opinions of probable cost. 7.4. Submittal Review: BECS review of shop drawings and other submittals will be for conformance with the general intent of the BECS documents, and action taken or comments made by BECS shall not create or transfer responsibility for the content of such submittals. Responsibility will remain with the contractor or the party preparing said submittals. 7.5. Review of Pay Applications: BECS’s review of the contractor’s applications for payment, if any, will constitute BECS’s opini on based on its review of the work in progress but will neither be a warranty nor a representation that the contractor has appropriately applied payments for any purpose of the contractor’s work. Docusign Envelope ID: FC887B74-13D0-4575-BB1C-E4A9D8E29E85