1. Introduction and Acceptance of Terms
These Terms of Service govern your access to and use of the website located at https://www.jjcivil.buzz and any inquiry you submit through it regarding civil construction and site development services. The website is developed and operated by the developer JJCivil on behalf of J and J Civil Construction, LLC, a limited liability company organized under the laws of the state of Utah with its office at 4190 S Highland Dr Ste 114, Millcreek - 84124-2668, United States (US). Throughout these terms, the words we, us, our, and the company refer to J and J Civil Construction, LLC, and the word you refers to the visitor, client, or organization using the website or engaging our services.
By browsing this website, submitting a form, requesting a bid, or signing a proposal that references these terms, you agree to be bound by the terms stated here. If you do not agree, please do not use the website. These terms apply to the website itself and to the general business relationship; the technical and commercial details of any construction project are governed by the individual proposal, contract, and change orders executed for that project. If an executed project contract conflicts with these terms, the project contract controls for that project. Nothing in these terms makes us a party to any agreement between you and a third party.
2. Definitions
For clarity, the following terms have the meanings given here throughout this document. The term website means the pages, forms, text, graphics, and files made available at https://www.jjcivil.buzz and any subpages. The term services means the civil construction and site development work we perform, including sitework and earthwork, underground utilities, concrete and flatwork, roadway and asphalt paving, drainage and storm systems, and project management and permitting, together with estimating, scheduling, and related consulting.
The term client means the person or entity that engages us under a proposal or contract. The term proposal means a written offer we issue describing scope, price, schedule assumptions, and exclusions. The term contract means an accepted proposal, signed agreement, or purchase order under which we perform work. The term work means the specific construction activities described in a contract. The term authority having jurisdiction, sometimes shortened to AHJ, means the municipal, county, state, or federal agency that reviews, permits, or inspects the work. The term change order means a signed written document that modifies the scope, price, or schedule of a contract. The term force majeure means events beyond our reasonable control, including severe weather, floods, wildfires, earthquakes, labor disputes, supply chain failures, pandemics, and acts of government.
3. Eligibility and Authority to Contract
You must be at least eighteen years old to use this website and to submit inquiries through it. If you use the website on behalf of a company, partnership, public agency, or other organization, you represent that you have the authority to bind that organization, and references to you in these terms include that organization. You agree to provide accurate, current, and complete information in forms and correspondence, and to update it if it changes during a business relationship.
You may use the website only for lawful purposes connected with evaluating or obtaining our services. You agree not to interfere with the operation of the website, attempt to gain unauthorized access to our systems, scrape content at a scale that degrades performance, submit false or misleading inquiries, impersonate another person or company, or use the site to distribute unlawful, defamatory, or infringing material. We reserve the right to refuse service, decline an inquiry, or terminate access for conduct we reasonably believe violates these terms or applicable law.
4. Description of Our Services
J and J Civil Construction, LLC provides civil construction and site development services for developers, municipalities, general contractors, and private property owners. Our self-performed scopes include clearing and grubbing, mass excavation and grading, trenching and backfill, water, sewer, storm drain, and irrigation lines, footings, slabs, curb and gutter, sidewalks and ramps, aggregate base and asphalt paving, detention and retention basins, culverts, and storm water structures, along with the estimating, scheduling, permitting, and inspection coordination that surrounds that work.
Content on this website is provided for general information. Photographs, diagrams, project notes, and schedule ranges describe typical work and typical timelines, but they are illustrative only and do not promise that any particular result, schedule, or price will apply to your project. Every project is priced and scheduled from its own plans, geotechnical data, site conditions, and the requirements of the authority having jurisdiction. A description of services on the website, including any statement about capability or availability, does not by itself create a contract or a duty to perform work at a stated price.
5. Estimates, Proposals, and Pricing
Written estimates and proposals from our office state the scope we understood at the time, the price or pricing method, schedule assumptions, exclusions, and a validity period, which is typically thirty days unless the document states otherwise. Pricing is based on the plans and information you provide, on observed or reasonably anticipated site conditions, and on material, fuel, and labor costs quoted to us during estimating. If those underlying costs move materially after the validity period, we reserve the right to reprice before a contract is executed.
An estimate is not a fixed price commitment until it is accepted in writing and a contract is signed. Budget figures given verbally, in early email exchanges, or through the website are planning aids only. Proposals may list exclusions, such as dewatering, rock excavation, contaminated soils, off-site improvements, permit fees, and utility provider charges, and any of those items that later become necessary are handled through the change order process described in these terms. You are responsible for the accuracy and completeness of documents you give us, and pricing assumes the information you supply, including utility locates, surveys, and plans, is reliable.
6. Contracts, Scope of Work, and Schedules
Work is performed under a written contract that identifies the scope, price, payment schedule, start assumptions, and completion standard. The written scope controls over any brochure, website page, or verbal description, and work outside the written scope is performed only under a signed change order. Schedules are prepared in good faith and depend on timely approvals, permit release, weather windows, material lead times, site access, and coordination with other trades. We will notify you promptly when an event outside our control affects the schedule, and qualifying delays extend completion dates by a fair amount without penalty.
Substantial completion occurs when the work is complete enough to be used for its intended purpose, subject to minor punch list items, and it starts warranty periods as described in the contract. If conditions at the site differ materially from what the contract assumed, such as unsuitable soils, buried structures, conflicting utilities, or groundwater, we will stop the affected activity, document the condition, and propose an equitable adjustment through a change order before proceeding. You agree to provide the site access, staging areas, and utility points of connection described in the contract, because delays in those items can shift both the schedule and the cost.
7. Payments, Invoicing, and Late Amounts
Invoices are issued according to the payment schedule in the contract, which may include a mobilization payment, monthly progress payments tied to percent complete, and a final payment at closeout. Unless the contract states otherwise, invoices are due within thirty days of the invoice date. Payments should reference the project name and invoice number so they are applied correctly.
Amounts not paid when due may accrue a service charge of one and one half percent per month, or the maximum rate permitted by law, whichever is lower, from the due date until paid. We may suspend work, slow mobilization of crews, or decline to order materials if payments fall materially behind, and any such suspension is not a waiver of our rights. Where the contract allows, retainage is withheld and released according to the contract terms and Utah mechanics lien law. You remain responsible for disputed amounts that are not resolved in your favor, and we both agree to work in good faith through the dispute process before either side escalates. Sales and use taxes, permit fees, and utility charges are handled as the contract states.
8. Change Orders and Modified Work
Construction is iterative, and scopes evolve. Any request that changes the work, whether it adds, removes, or modifies an activity, or changes an assumption about grade, schedule, or access, is documented in a written change order that states the price and schedule impact. The change order must be signed by authorized representatives of both parties before the changed work proceeds, except that in an emergency affecting safety or property, we may act immediately to protect people and the site and will paper the change afterward.
Oral instructions, marked-up plans without a signed change order, and instructions given directly to our field crews are not authorized changes, and our crews are trained to route such requests back to the project manager for documentation. When you request changed work, we will provide a fair price based on our contract rates for labor, equipment, and materials, plus reasonable overhead where the contract provides it. Concealed conditions discovered during changed work are handled under the differing site conditions process in the contracts section of these terms.
9. Site Access, Safety, and Conduct
You agree to provide safe, timely, and legally sufficient access to the project site, including laydown and staging areas agreed in the contract, and to disclose known hazards such as buried tanks, asbestos-containing materials, unstable slopes, live electrical lines, or confined spaces. Our crews follow the Occupational Safety and Health Administration requirements, our own written safety program, and any owner or general contractor safety rules communicated to us in advance. We maintain the insurance coverage described in the contract and can provide certificates on request.
While our crews are on site, unauthorized persons must stay clear of active work zones, open trenches, and equipment swing radii. If you, your consultants, or your guests enter the site during construction, they do so at their own risk and must follow the directions of our superintendent and the posted safety rules. We may stop work, without liability for delay, whenever a condition presents an imminent danger to people or property until the danger is corrected. Vandalism, theft, or damage caused by others after our normal protections are in place is not our responsibility, and you should carry builder risk or property insurance appropriate to the project.
10. Permits, Codes, and Regulatory Compliance
Responsibility for permits, fees, and approvals is allocated in each contract. Where we act as the permitting contractor, we prepare and submit application packages, storm water pollution prevention documents, traffic control plans, and right of way requests to the authority having jurisdiction, and we coordinate inspections. Where the contract makes permitting your responsibility, we will supply the technical documentation reasonably needed for your submissions, and delays caused by permit review fall outside our control.
The work is performed to comply with applicable building codes, municipal and county standards, Utah Department of Transportation requirements where they apply, environmental regulations including dust control and storm water rules, and utility provider standards. All underground work is preceded by utility locates through the statewide one call system, and we respect locate marks and hand-dig zones. You agree that design documents, surveys, and geotechnical reports prepared by others remain the responsibility of their authors, and we will flag discrepancies we find rather than silently build through them.
11. Materials, Subcontractors, and Suppliers
We order materials that meet the specifications in the contract and the standards of the authority having jurisdiction. Where a specified product is unavailable, we will propose a substitution of equal or better performance and will not install it without your written approval. Title to materials and equipment typically passes as the contract states, and risk of loss during construction is handled through the insurance arrangements described in the contract.
We self-perform the majority of our scopes and engage subcontractors and suppliers for specialty work such as striping, fencing, surveying, specialized testing, or trucking. We select those firms carefully and manage their work as part of the project, but each trade remains responsible for the quality of its own labor. Warranties provided by manufacturers and subcontractors pass through to you to the extent the manufacturers and subcontractors grant them. We are not responsible for labor or material markets that develop after contract execution except as the contract expressly addresses price escalation.
12. Warranties and Limitations
We warrant that construction performed by our own crews will be free from defects in workmanship for one year after substantial completion, and that the work will conform to the contract documents and to applicable codes at the time of installation. Manufacturer warranties on products we install pass through to you, and we will provide the warranty documents in the closeout package. If a defect in our workmanship appears during the warranty period, notify us in writing and we will repair or correct it at our cost within a reasonable time, weather permitting.
The workmanship warranty does not cover damage or failure caused by misuse, negligence, or accident after completion, by alterations made by others, by freezing, drought, settlement of ground outside the areas we compacted, by groundwater conditions we did not create, by third-party utility failures, or by normal wear and tear such as surface crazing of concrete. The warranty also does not cover items designed, supplied, or installed by others, or repairs attempted by anyone without our involvement. Making a warranty claim requires prompt written notice, and discovering a defect does not excuse your payment obligations for non-defective work.
13. Disclaimer of Website Warranties
The website and its content are provided on an as is and as available basis. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we disclaim all warranties of any kind, whether express or implied, regarding the website and its content, including implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement. We do not warrant that the website will be uninterrupted, error free, or free of harmful components, or that schedule ranges, cost ranges, or project descriptions published here will match the conditions of any particular project.
Content on the website, including articles, diagrams, and typical timelines, is general information and is not engineering, legal, financial, or insurance advice for your specific site. You should have qualified professionals review your plans and conditions before relying on any general statement from this website. Some jurisdictions do not allow certain warranty disclaimers, so parts of this section may not apply to you, and nothing here limits warranties that cannot be excluded under applicable law.
14. Limitation of Liability
To the maximum extent permitted by law, neither party is liable to the other for indirect, incidental, special, punitive, or consequential damages, including lost profits, lost revenue, loss of use, or loss of business opportunity, arising out of or related to the website or the services, even if advised of the possibility of those damages. This limitation applies to claims in contract, tort, negligence, strict liability, or otherwise.
To the extent any claim is allowed despite the previous paragraph, our total aggregate liability arising out of or related to the website is limited to one hundred dollars, and our total aggregate liability arising out of or related to a specific project is limited to the amounts paid or payable to us under the contract for that project, or to the limits of the insurance coverage we are required to carry under that contract, whichever is greater. These limits do not apply to amounts you actually owe us for work performed, to our indemnity obligations stated in the contract, or to liability that cannot lawfully be limited. You agree to assert any claim related to the work within the period stated in the contract or, if none, within two years after you first knew or should have known of the facts supporting the claim.
15. Indemnification
You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless J and J Civil Construction, LLC, its members, managers, employees, and agents from claims, damages, losses, and reasonable expenses, including attorney fees, arising out of information you provide to us that proves inaccurate, your breach of these terms, your violation of law, or the acts or omissions of your other contractors, consultants, or invitees on a project where we are not at fault.
We agree to defend, indemnify, and hold you harmless from claims to the extent caused by our negligence or willful misconduct in performing the work, subject to the limitations in the contract. Neither party is required to indemnify the other for a loss to the extent it is caused by the indemnified party. The duty to defend arises only after written notice describing the claim, and the indemnifying party may participate in the defense with counsel of its choice. The obligations in this section survive completion of the work and termination of these terms.
16. Intellectual Property and Website Content
The website, including its text, layout, graphics, diagrams, code, wordmark, and the arrangement of content, is owned by J and J Civil Construction, LLC or its licensors and is protected by copyright, trademark, and other intellectual property laws. You may view, download, and print pages for your personal or internal business use in evaluating or working with us. You may not republish, sell, sublicense, or use the content to train machine learning systems, create a competing directory, or misrepresent your relationship with us without our written permission.
The JJCIVIL name and the trade name J and J Civil Construction are marks of the company, and any use in press releases, signage, or marketing references to a project we built requires prior approval. Plans, specifications, and engineering documents prepared by designers remain the property of their authors, and our possession of them is limited to building the project. If you send us drawings, data, or photographs so we can estimate or perform work, you grant us a limited license to use, reproduce, and share them with our consultants and subcontractors for that purpose, and we will handle them with the care described in our Privacy Policy.
17. Suspension and Termination
You may stop using the website at any time. For projects, each party may terminate a contract for cause if the other party materially breaches it and fails to cure the breach within the notice period stated in the contract, or immediately where the breach involves safety, nonpayment of mobilization and progress payments where required, or illegal conduct on site. We may suspend performance, without liability, while a payment dispute or a safety hazard remains unresolved, and we will give you notice describing the reason and the cure required.
Upon termination for any reason, you agree to pay us for work properly performed, materials properly ordered and committed, and reasonable demobilization costs through the termination date, and we will deliver the project records, warranties, and materials that the contract requires us to hand over. Termination does not cancel sections of these terms that by their nature should survive, including payment for completed work, warranty terms for work already completed, indemnification, limitation of liability, intellectual property, and dispute resolution.
18. Governing Law and Dispute Resolution
These terms and any dispute arising out of the website or the services are governed by the laws of the state of Utah, without regard to conflict of laws principles, and by applicable federal law. The exclusive venue for litigation is the state or federal courts located in Salt Lake County, Utah, and you consent to the jurisdiction of those courts.
Before filing suit, the parties agree to attempt a good faith resolution through direct discussion between project principals for a period of thirty days from written notice of the dispute, and, if that fails, through a single session of mediation before a mutually acceptable mediator in Salt Lake County, with costs shared equally. Either party may seek immediate injunctive relief to protect safety, prevent lien foreclosure deadlines from passing, or stop infringement of intellectual property without first mediating. Claims must be brought in an individual capacity, and class or representative proceedings are waived to the extent permitted by law. If a court finds any part of these terms unenforceable, the remainder continues in effect, and the unenforceable part is reformed to the minimum extent needed to make it enforceable. The prevailing party in a dispute is entitled to reasonable attorney fees and costs as permitted by law and the contract.
19. Changes to These Terms
We may update these Terms of Service to reflect changes in our business, our contracts, or applicable law. The current version is posted on this page with the last updated date shown near the top. Material changes will be highlighted on the homepage or communicated directly to active clients, and continued use of the website after the new version takes effect constitutes acceptance.
The version of these terms in effect on the date you submit an inquiry or sign a proposal governs that inquiry or contract, unless the contract expressly adopts a later version. We keep prior versions on file so the parties can always identify which text governed a given transaction. Questions about a change are welcome at any time through the contact details below, and we will explain the intent behind any revision.
20. Contact Information
Questions, notices, and requests under these terms are directed to our office at the address below. We respond to written notices, typically within five business days, and to urgent safety or site matters immediately by phone.
J and J Civil Construction, LLC, Attn: Terms of Service, 4190 S Highland Dr Ste 114, Millcreek - 84124-2668, United States (US). Email: agent@jjcivil.buzz. Telephone: +14632717119. Website: https://www.jjcivil.buzz.
Thank you for reading these terms carefully. Clear terms build strong projects, and we look forward to building with you.