Video: Tips for engineering maintenance and service contracts

Brief video outlines key advice for engineering maintenance and service contracts for automation, controls, or operations engineering, offered by Mark Voigtmann, general counsel for Control System Integrator Association (CSIA), and attorney with Faegre Baker Daniels.

By Mark T. Hoske May 7, 2012

Service and maintenance agreements are important for engineers and system integrators who can provide those services. Those involved should carefully define warranties, scope, deadlines, and payment structure.

Mark Voigtmann, general counsel for Control System Integrator Association (CSIA), and attorney with Faegre Baker Daniels, outlines key points to remember when considering maintenance and service contracts for automation, controls, or operations engineering. Voigtmann made the comments after a presentation on the same topic at CSIA 2012 Executive Conference, the 19th Annual Executive Conference, in May, in Scottsdale, Ariz.

(Video is about 3:00 minutes.)

– Mark T. Hoske is content manager, CFE Media, Control Engineering, Plant Engineering, and Consulting-Specifying Engineer.

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Author Bio: Mark Hoske has been Control Engineering editor/content manager since 1994 and in a leadership role since 1999, covering all major areas: control systems, networking and information systems, control equipment and energy, and system integration, everything that comprises or facilitates the control loop. He has been writing about technology since 1987, writing professionally since 1982, and has a Bachelor of Science in Journalism degree from UW-Madison.