Terms of Service
The WEBBER/SMITH Group® branded Companies: WEBBER/SMITH Associates, Inc., AE Design, Inc. and EA Design Concepts, Inc. (collectively, “WEBBER/SMITH”, “we”, “our”, or “us”) operate the Companies’ websites, including www.webbersmith.com, on which these terms of use (the “Terms of Use”) are posted (collectively, the “Site”). The Terms of Use govern your use of the Site, the content that appears on it and any functions or features of the Site. The Site is intended to provide online access to information about WEBBER/SMITH and the engineering and architectural services provided.
ACCEPTANCE OF TERMS OF USE
By using this Site, you accept and agree to be bound by and abide by these Terms and Use.
This Site is managed by WEBBER/SMITH from our offices in Lititz, Pennsylvania, USA. We make no representation that the content and engineering and architectural services offered are appropriate or available for use in all jurisdictions. If you choose to access this Site from another jurisdiction, you do so on you own initiative and are responsible for compliance with applicable local laws. Professional licensure and the authorizations for organizations to provide certain professional services are jurisdiction specific. The WEBBER/SMITH Group® branded companies only offer and provide engineering and/or architectural services in those jurisdictions where authorized.
CHANGES TO THE TERMS OF USE:
WEBBER/SMITH may revise and update these Terms of Use from time to time at its sole discretion. Any changes made are effective immediately after the updated Terms of Use are posted and apply to all access and use of the Site thereafter. If you wish to be notified of any changes to these Terms of Use, you must email privacy@webbersmith.com requesting notification. If your email address changes, you are responsible for notifying us of your new email address. If you choose not to be notified of any changes to these Terms of Use by not complying with the email notification requirements, you hereby waive your right to notification and agree that you are responsible for reviewing these Terms of Use each time you use this Site. Your use of the Site following any amendment of the Terms of Use signifies your acceptance and agreement to be bound by the revised Terms of Use.
ACCESSING THE SITE AND ACCOUNT SECURITY?
We reserve the right to disable or amend this Site, and any service or material we provide on the Site, in our sole discretion without notice. We will not be liable if for any reason all or any part of the Site is unavailable at any time or for any period. From time to time, we may restrict access to some parts of the Site, or the entire Site, to users, including registered users.
You are responsible for making all arrangements necessary for you to have access to the Site (including having appropriate hardware, software and internet connectivity). You are responsible for ensuring that all persons who access the Site through your internet connection are aware of these Terms of Use and comply with them.
You may be required to create an account to access parts of the Site or services offered on the Site. To do so, you will be asked to provide certain registration details and other information. It is a condition of your use of the Site that all information you provide on the Site is correct, current and complete. You agree that all information you provide to register with this Site or otherwise, including, but not limited to, through the use of any interactive features on the Site, is governed by our Privacy Policy , and you consent to all actions we take with respect to your information that are consistent with our Privacy Policy.
You will be solely responsible and liable for any activity that occurs under your user name. You are solely responsible for keeping your user name, password or any other piece of information secure. You should use particular caution when accessing your account from a public or shared computer so that others are not able to view or record your password or other personal information.
You agree to notify us immediately of any unauthorized access to or use of your user name or password or any other breach of security.
We have the right to disable any user name, password or other identifier, whether chosen by you or provided by us, at any time in our sole discretion for any or no reason, including if, in our opinion, you have violated any provision of these Terms of Use.
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS / USE OF SITE AND SITE CONTENT:
The Site and its entire contents, features and functionality, including, but not limited to: all information, software, text, displays, images, video and audio, and the design, selection and arrangement thereof, are owned by WEBBER/SMITH, its licensors or other providers of such material and are protected by United States and international copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret and other intellectual property or proprietary rights laws.
These Terms of Use permit you to use the Site for your personal, non-commercial use only. You must not reproduce, distribute, modify, create derivative works of, publicly display, publicly perform, republish, download, store or transmit any of the material on our Site, except as follows:
- Your computer may temporarily store copies of such materials in media storage, such as RAM, incidental to your accessing and viewing those materials;
- You may store files that are automatically cached by your Web browser;
- You may print or download one copy of a reasonable number of pages of the Site for your own personal, non-commercial use and not for further reproduction, publication or distribution;
- If we provide desktop, mobile or other applications for download, you may download a single copy to your computer or mobile device solely for your own personal, non-commercial use, provided you agree to be bound by our end user license agreement for such applications;
- If we provide social media features with certain content, you may take such actions as are enabled by such features.
You must not:
- Modify copies of any materials from this Site;
- Use any illustrations, photographs, video or audio sequences or any graphics separately from the accompanying text;
- Delete or alter any copyright, trademark or other proprietary rights notices from copies of materials from this Site.
You must not access or use for any commercial purposes any part of the Site or any services or materials available through the Site.
If you wish to make use of material on the Site in a way that is not set out in this section, please address your request to: privacy@webbersmith.com
If you print, copy, modify, download or otherwise use or provide any other person with access to any part of the Site in violation of the Terms of Use, your right to use the Site will cease immediately and you must, at our option, return or destroy any copies of the materials you have made. No right, title or interest in or to the Site or any content on the Site is transferred to you, and all rights not expressly granted are reserved by WEBBER/SMITH. Any use of the Site not expressly permitted by these Terms of Use is a breach of these Terms of Use and may violate copyright, trademark and other laws.
TRADEMARKS:
Our names, logos and tag lines are trademarks of WEBBER/SMITH or its Licensors. You must not use such marks without the prior written permission of WEBBER/SMITH or the Licensor, except as permitted by applicable law.
COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT:
If you believe that content on the site violates your copyright, please contact us to submit a notice of copyright infringement. It is our policy to terminate the user accounts of repeat infringers.
PROHIBITED USES:
You may use the Site only for lawful purposes and in accordance with these Terms of Use. You agree not to use the Site:
- In any way that violates any applicable federal, state, local or international law or regulation (including, without limitation, any laws regarding the export of data or software to and from the US or other countries);
- For the purpose of exploiting, harming or attempting to exploit or harm minors in any way by exposing them to inappropriate content, asking for personally identifiable information or otherwise;
- To send, knowingly receive, upload, download, use or re-use any material which does not comply with the Terms of Use;
- To transmit, or procure the sending of, any advertising or promotional material without our prior written consent, including any “junk mail”, “chain letter,” “spam” or any other similar solicitation;
- To impersonate or attempt to impersonate WEBBER/SMITH, a WEBBER/SMITH employee, another user or any other person or entity (including, without limitation, by using e-mail addresses or screen names associated with any of the foregoing);
- To solicit or otherwise induce, influence or encourage any user of the Site without our express written permission; or
- To engage in any other conduct that restricts or inhibits anyone’s use or enjoyment of the Site, or which, as determined by us, may harm Webber/Smith or users of the Site or expose them to liability.
Additionally, you agree not to:
- Use the Site in any manner that could disable, overburden, damage, or impair the Site or interfere with any other party’s use of the Site, including their ability to engage in real time activities through the Site;
- Disclose the sensitive personal data of others;
- Use any robot, spider or other automatic device, process or means to access the Site for any purpose, including monitoring or copying any of the material on the Site;
- Use any manual process to monitor or copy any of the material on the Site or for any other unauthorized purpose without obtaining our prior written consent;
- Use any device, software or routine that interferes with the proper working of the Site;
- Introduce any viruses, trojan horses, worms, logic bombs or other material which is malicious or technologically harmful;
- Attempt to gain unauthorized access to, interfere with, damage or disrupt any parts of the Site, the server on which the Site is stored, or any server, computer or database connected to the Site;
- Attack the Site via a denial-of-service attack or a distributed denial-of-service attack; or
- Otherwise attempt to interfere with the proper working of the Site.
RELIANCE ON INFORMATION POSTED:
The information presented on or through the Site is made available solely for general information purposes. We do not warrant the accuracy, completeness or usefulness of this information. Any reliance you place on such information is strictly at your own risk. We disclaim all liability and responsibility arising from any reliance placed on such materials by you or any other visitor to the Site, or by anyone who may be informed of any of its contents.
This Site may include content provided by third parties, including materials provided by other users, bloggers and third-party licensors, syndicators, aggregators and/or reporting services. All statements and/or opinions expressed in these materials, and all articles and responses to questions and other content, other than the content provided by WEBBER/SMITH, are solely the opinions and the responsibility of the person or entity providing those materials. These materials do not necessarily reflect the opinion of WEBBER/SMITH. We are not responsible, or liable to you or any third party, for the content or accuracy of any materials provided by any third parties.
LINKING TO THE SITE AND SOCIAL MEDIA FEATURES:
You may link to our homepage, provided you do so in a way that is fair and legal and does not damage our reputation or take advantage of it, but you must not establish a link in any way that suggests any form of association, approval or endorsement on our part without our express written consent.
This Site may provide certain social media features that enable you to:
- Link to certain content on this Site through your own or certain third-party websites;
- Send e-mails or other communications that contain certain content, or links to certain content, on this Site; or
- Cause limited portions of content on this Site to be displayed or appear to be displayed on your own or certain third-party websites.
You may use social media features only as provided, with respect to the content displayed and otherwise in accordance with any related terms. Subject to the foregoing, you must not:
- Post a link from any website that is not owned by you.
- Cause the Site or portions of it to be displayed, or appear to be displayed by, for example, framing, deep linking or in-line linking, on any other site.
- Link to any part of the Site other than the homepage.
- Otherwise take any action with respect to the materials on this Site that is inconsistent with any other provision of these Terms of Use.
You agree to cooperate with us in terminating any unauthorized frame or link. We reserve the right to withdraw linking permission without notice.
We may disable all or any social media features and any links at any time without notice for any reason.
LINKS FROM THE SITE:
If the Site contains links to any other third-party sites, these links are provided only for your convenience only. We have no control over the contents of third-party sites or resources and accept no responsibility for them or for any loss or damage that may arise from your use of them. If you access any of the third-party Sites linked to this Site, you do so entirely at your own risk and subject to their Terms of Use.
DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES:
You understand that we cannot and do not guarantee or warrant that files available for downloading from the internet or the Site will be free of viruses or other destructive code. You are responsible for implementing sufficient procedures to satisfy your particular requirements for anti-virus protection and accuracy of data input and output, and for maintaining a means external to our Site for any reconstruction of any lost data. WE WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE CAUSED BY A DISTRIBUTED DENIAL-OF-SERVICE ATTACK, VIRUSES OR OTHER TECHNOLOGICALLY HARMFUL MATERIAL THAT MAY INFECT YOUR COMPUTER EQUIPMENT, COMPUTER PROGRAMS, DATA OR OTHER PROPRIETARY MATERIAL DUE TO YOUR USE OF THE SITE OR ANY SERVICES OR ITEMS OBTAINED THROUGH THE SITE OR TO YOUR DOWNLOADING OF ANY MATERIAL POSTED ON THE SITE, OR ON ANY WEBSITE LINKED TO IT.
YOUR USE OF THE SITE, ITS CONTENT AND ANY SERVICES OR ITEMS OBTAINED THROUGH THE SITE IS AT YOUR OWN RISK. THE SITE, ITS CONTENT AND ANY SERVICES OR ITEMS OBTAINED THROUGH THE SITE ARE PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS, WITHOUT ANY WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. NEITHER WEBBER/SMITH NOR ANY PERSON ASSOCIATED WITH WEBBER/SMITH MAKES ANY WARRANTY OR REPRESENTATION WITH RESPECT TO THE COMPLETENESS, SECURITY, RELIABILITY, QUALITY, ACCURACY OR AVAILABILITY OF THE SITE. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, NEITHER WEBBER/SMITH NOR ANYONE ASSOCIATED WITH WEBBER/SMITH REPRESENTS OR WARRANTS THAT THE SITE, ITS CONTENT OR ANY SERVICES OR ITEMS OBTAINED THROUGH THE SITE WILL BE ACCURATE, RELIABLE, ERROR-FREE OR UNINTERRUPTED, THAT DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED, THAT OUR SITE OR THE SERVER THAT MAKES THE SITE AVAILABLE ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS OR THAT THE SITE OR ANY SERVICES OR ITEMS OBTAINED THROUGH THE SITE WILL OTHERWISE MEET YOUR NEEDS OR EXPECTATIONS.
WEBBER/SMITH HEREBY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, STATUTORY OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, NON-INFRINGEMENT AND FITNESS FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
THE FOREGOING DOES NOT AFFECT ANY WARRANTIES WHICH CANNOT BE EXCLUDED OR LIMITED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW.
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
IN NO EVENT WILL WEBBER/SMITH, ITS AFFILIATES OR THEIR LICENSORS, SERVICE PROVIDERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, OFFICERS OR DIRECTORS BE LIABLE FOR DAMAGES OF ANY KIND, UNDER ANY LEGAL THEORY, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR USE, OR INABILITY TO USE, THE SITE, ANY WEBSITES LINKED TO IT, ANY CONTENT ON THE SITE OR SUCH OTHER WEBSITES OR ANY SERVICES OR ITEMS OBTAINED THROUGH THE SITE OR SUCH OTHER WEBSITES, INCLUDING ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THOSE DAMAGES RELATED TO PERSONAL INJURY, PAIN AND SUFFERING, EMOTIONAL DISTRESS, LOSS OF REVENUE, LOSS OF PROFITS, LOSS OF BUSINESS OR ANTICIPATED SAVINGS, LOSS OF USE, LOSS OF GOODWILL, LOSS OF DATA, AND WHETHER CAUSED BY TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), BREACH OF CONTRACT OR OTHERWISE, EVEN IF FORESEEABLE. THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT WE MAY BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR DAMAGES RELATED TO THE USE OF THE SITE IS $100.
THE FOREGOING DOES NOT AFFECT ANY LIABILITY WHICH CANNOT BE EXCLUDED OR LIMITED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW.
INDEMNIFICATION:
You agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless WEBBER/SMITH, its affiliates, licensors and service providers, and its and their respective officers, directors, employees, contractors, agents, licensors, suppliers, successors and assigns from and against any claims, liabilities, damages, judgments, awards, losses, costs, expenses or fees (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) arising out of or relating to your violation of these Terms of Use or your use of the Site, including, but not limited to, any content you are permitted to post on the Site, any use of the Site’s content, services and products other than as expressly authorized in these Terms of Use or your use of any information obtained from the Site.
PRIVACY:
When you visit the Site, WEBBER/SMITH may collect information about you, your device and your browsing habits. Our collection and handling of this information is done in accordance with our Privacy Policy.
GOVERNING LAW AND JURISDICTION:
All matters relating to the Site and these Terms of Use and any dispute or claim arising therefrom or related thereto (including non-contractual disputes or claims) shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania without giving effect to any choice or conflict of law provision or rule (whether of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania or any other jurisdiction).
ARBITRATION:
EXCEPT AS STATED OTHERWISE IN THESE TERMS REGARDING INJUNCTIVE RELIEF, YOU AND WEBBER/SMITH HEREBY AGREE TO GIVE UP ANY RIGHTS TO LITIGATE CLAIMS IN A COURT OR BEFORE A JURY, OR TO PARTICIPATE IN A CLASS ACTION OR REPRESENTATIVE ACTION WITH RESPECT TO A CLAIM. OTHER RIGHTS THAT YOU WOULD HAVE IF YOU WENT TO COURT MAY ALSO BE UNAVAILABLE OR MAY BE LIMITED IN ARBITRATION.
EXCEPT FOR SEEKING INJUNCTIVE RELIEF, ANY CLAIM, DISPUTE OR CONTROVERSY (WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, WHETHER PRE-EXISTING, PRESENT OR FUTURE, AND INCLUDING STATUTORY, CONSUMER PROTECTION, COMMON LAW, INTENTIONAL TORT AND EQUITABLE CLAIMS) BETWEEN YOU AND US ARISING FROM OR RELATING IN ANY WAY TO YOUR USE OF OR PURCHASE OF PRODUCTS OR SERVICES THROUGH THE SITES, WILL BE RESOLVED EXCLUSIVELY AND FINALLY BY BINDING ARBITRATION.
The arbitration will be administered by the American Arbitration Association (“AAA”) in accordance with the Consumer Arbitration Rules (the “AAA Rules”) then in effect, except as modified by this section. (The AAA Rules are available at www.adr.org/arb_med or by calling the AAA at 1-800-778-7879.) The Federal Arbitration Act will govern the interpretation and enforcement of this section.
The arbitrator will have exclusive authority to resolve any dispute relating to arbitrability and/or enforceability of this arbitration provision, including any unconscionability challenge or any other challenge that the arbitration provision or these Terms of Use are void, voidable or otherwise invalid. The arbitrator will be empowered to grant whatever relief would be available in court under law or in equity. Any award of the arbitrator(s) will be final and binding on each of the parties and may be entered as a judgment in any court of competent jurisdiction.
You agree to an arbitration on an individual basis. In any dispute, NEITHER YOU NOR WEBBER/SMITH WILL BE ENTITLED TO JOIN OR CONSOLIDATE CLAIMS BY OR AGAINST OTHER CUSTOMERS IN COURT OR IN ARBITRATION OR OTHERWISE PARTICIPATE IN ANY CLAIM AS A CLASS REPRESENTATIVE, CLASS MEMBER OR IN A PRIVATE ATTORNEY GENERAL CAPACITY. The arbitral tribunal may not consolidate more than one person’s claims, and may not otherwise preside over any form of a representative or class proceeding. The arbitral tribunal has no power to consider the enforceability of this class arbitration waiver and any challenge to the class arbitration waiver may only be raised in a court of competent jurisdiction.
If any provision of this arbitration agreement is found unenforceable, the unenforceable provision will be severed, and the remaining arbitration terms will be enforced.
LIMITATION ON TIME TO FILE CLAIMS:
ANY CAUSE OF ACTION OR CLAIM YOU MAY HAVE ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THESE TERMS OF USE OR THE SITE MUST BE COMMENCED WITHIN ONE (1) YEAR AFTER THE CAUSE OF ACTION ACCRUES, OTHERWISE, SUCH CAUSE OF ACTION OR CLAIM IS PERMANENTLY BARRED.
WAIVER/SEVERABILITY:
No waiver by WEBBER/SMITH of any term or condition set forth in these Terms of Use shall be deemed a further or continuing waiver of such term or condition or a waiver of any other term or condition, and any failure of WEBBER/SMITH to assert a right or provision under these Terms of Use shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision.
If any provision of these Terms of Use is held by a court or other tribunal of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable for any reason, such provision shall be eliminated or limited to the minimum extent such that the remaining provisions of the Terms of Use will continue in full force and effect.
ENTIRE AGREEMENT:
The Terms of Use and our Privacy Policy constitute the sole and entire agreement between you and WEBBER/SMITH Associates, Inc., AE Design, Inc. and EA Design Concepts, Inc. with respect to the Site and supersede all prior and contemporaneous understandings, agreements, representations and warranties, both written and oral, with respect to the Site.
CONTACTING INFORMATION:
All notices of copyright infringement claims should be sent to privacy@webbersmith.com in the manner and by the means set forth therein.
All other feedback, comments, requests for technical support and other communications relating to the Site should be directed to: info@webbersmith.com or;
- Use the Contact Us feature on the Site at https://www.webbersmith.com/;
- Call WEBBER/SMITH Associates., Inc @ 1-717-625-4140; AE Design, Inc. @ 1-717-625-4141 or EA Design Concepts, Inc. @ 1-717-625-4142;
- Send mail to
WEBBER/SMITH, Associates Inc., AE Design, Inc or EA Design Concepts, Inc.
20 Wright Ave
Lititz, PA 17543