Professional boundaries
Arid is not an engineering firm.
What the validation study is
A high-level discussion about how AEC funding teams scope, assign, and quality-check evidence work. The purpose is to learn about workflow—not to analyze a project, determine compliance, or provide a professional opinion.
What the validation study is not
- An engineering, consulting, legal, financial, environmental, accounting, or other professional-services engagement.
- A review of a municipality’s, utility’s, firm’s, or client’s live project.
- A funding-program eligibility, feasibility, compliance, safety, capacity, design, cost, or procurement determination.
- Representation before a municipality, agency, regulator, funder, or other public official.
- A proposal, quote, contract, product order, or promise of delivery.
Information that should not be shared
Do not provide client documents, project files, privileged or confidential material, personal information, account credentials, controlled information, vulnerability assessments, emergency-response materials, or sensitive infrastructure-security information.
Who retains authority
Each participant and organization retains responsibility for its projects, records, decisions, and professional advisers. Any future commercial scope would require separate review, written terms, and explicit authorization.
No legal determination here
This page states Arid’s intended operating boundary. It is not a legal opinion about the application of professional-licensing, procurement, public-records, lobbying, contracting, or municipal law to a particular situation.