See below for PPI Quality & Engineering, LLC’s Terms of Use and other compliance commitments.
The information on this website is intended to provide users with general information on matters that they may find to be of interest. PPI Quality & Engineering, LLC and affiliated companies (collectively “PPI”) provide this website (“the Site”) to the public subject to the following Terms of Use (“TOU”). By using the Site, you accept and agree to be bound and abide by these TOU. If you do not want to agree to these TOU, do not access or use the Site.
PPI may revise the TOU at any time without notice. Your use of the Site or Services after such changes constitutes your agreement to such changes.
Please review our Privacy Statement, which explains how we collect and use personal information about you. By using the Site, you accept and agree to the terms of our Privacy Statement. If you do not want to agree to the terms of the Privacy Statement, do not access or use the Site.
This Site and material contained on the Site is owned or licensed by PPI and protected by United States and international copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret, and other intellectual property or proprietary rights laws. 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 PPI. Any use of the Website not expressly permitted by these TOU is a breach of these Terms of Use and may violate copyright, trademark, and other laws.
The logo and tagline are registered trademarks of PPI Quality & Engineering in Australia and the United States.
You are prohibited from using the Site to infringe on PPI’s or any person’s or other entity’s copyright, trademark, patent or other intellectual property rights. You may be ordered by a court to pay money damages to PPI and to the rightful owner of any intellectual property rights you violate. You agree that you will not link to Site content in a way that suggests association, approval, or endorsement of PPI without PPI’s written approval, and you will not cause the Site or portions of it to be displayed on, or appear to be displayed by, any other site, for example, framing, deep linking, or in-line linking. You may link to the Site, 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 such a way as to suggest any form of association, approval, or endorsement on our part without our express written consent.
The PPI name, the PPI logo, and all related names, logos, product and service names, designs, and slogans are trademarks of PPI or its affiliates or licensors. You must not use such marks without the prior written permission of PPI. All other names, logos, product and service names, designs, and slogans on this Site are the trademarks of their respective owners.
You agree you will not 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, but not limited to:
PPI makes no representations about the completeness, suitability, accuracy or timeliness of the contents and information contained in the Site and associated documents and related graphics. PPI may update the content on the Site from time to time, but You understand that any the material on the Site may be out of date at any given time, and PPI is under no obligation to update such material. All Site content and information, documents and related graphics are provided “as is” without warranty of any kind, and PPI disclaims all warranties with regard to this information, including all warranties and conditions of merchantability, whether express, implied or statutory, fitness for a particular purpose, title and non-infringement. Use of the Site is at your own risk.
The information presented on this Site should not be construed as civil, structural or consulting engineering advice. You should consult with PPI professional advisors before making any decision.
You understand that PPI cannot and does not guarantee or warrant that files available for downloading from the Site will be free of viruses or other destructive code. You are responsible for implementing sufficient procedures and checkpoints 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.
Certain links on the Site lead to servers maintained by individuals or organizations over whom PPI has no control. PPI makes no representations or warranties regarding the accuracy or any other aspect of the information located on such servers.
Portions of this Site may be controlled and operated by PPI from various offices in the United States. PPI makes no representation that the Site or materials accessed or described on the Site are appropriate or available for use in other locations, and access to them from other countries where these contents are illegal or penalized is prohibited. Access to or use of the Site or materials accessed on or described on the Site by persons or from countries who are sanctioned by the United States is specifically prohibited.
Those who access the Sites do on their own and are responsible for compliance with all applicable US and local laws. You may not export or re-export any information or materials accessed on or described on this Site except in full compliance with all United States laws and regulations. In particular, you may not export or re-export into (or to a national or resident of) any country to which the United States embargoes or sanctions goods, services or technology, to any person or entity on the U.S. Treasury Department’s List of Specially Designated Nationals, the U.S. Bureau of Export Administration Entity List, the U.S. Bureau of Export Administration Denied Persons List or the U.S. Commerce Department’s Table of Denial Orders. In addition, you are responsible for complying with any local laws in your country which may impact your right to import, export or use the Site, Services, information, or materials accessed or described on the Site.
All matters relating to the Site and these Terms of Use, and any dispute or claim arising therefrom or related thereto shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of Texas without giving effect to any choice or conflict of law provision or rule. Any legal suit, action, or proceeding arising out of, or related to, these Terms of Use or the Website shall be instituted exclusively in the federal courts of the United States or the courts of the State of Texas, in each case located in the City of Houston and County of Harris. You waive any and all objections to the exercise of jurisdiction over you by such courts and to venue in such courts.
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.
It is the policy of PPI Quality & Engineering, LLC, to comply with the regulations of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended and other nondiscrimination laws and authorities, that include regulations relative to nondiscrimination in federally-assisted programs of the Department of Transportation (DOT) Title 49, Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) and the Federal Highway Administration’s Title 23 Code of Federal Regulations 200. PPI Quality & Engineering, LLC, does not discriminate against any person on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age, disability, or low-income.
PPI Quality & Engineering, LLC, will not discriminate on the grounds of race, religion, color, sex, national origin, age, or disability in the selection and retention of subconsultants, including procurements of materials and leases of equipment. PPI Quality & Engineering, LLC, will not participate either directly or indirectly in the discrimination prohibited by 49 CFR, Part 21.5.
In all solicitations, either by competitive bidding or negotiation made by PPI Quality & Engineering, LLC, for work to be performed under a subcontract, including procurements of materials or equipment, each potential subcontractor or supplier shall be notified of their obligations under the contract and the Regulations relative to nondiscrimination on the grounds of race, color, national origin, sex, age, disability, and low income. PPI Quality & Engineering, LLC, will include the necessary provisions in every subcontract; including procurements of materials and leases of equipment, unless exempt by the Regulations, or directives issued pursuant thereto.
PPI Quality & Engineering, LLC, ensures nondiscrimination and equal employment opportunity in all programs and activities in accordance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. If you need more information or special assistance for persons with disabilities or limited English proficiency, contact Victoria Nemeth, Legal at 713-464-2200.
