Section 65 Owner's Representative 4

          Said section 15½ of said chapter 149A, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by striking out the definitions of "Oversight cost estimate" and "Owner's representative" and inserting in place thereof the following 2 definitions:-

          "Oversight cost estimate", an estimate developed by the commonwealth or any agency thereof, prior to the engagement of an owner's representative, of the anticipated total cost of the services of that representative.

          "Owner's representative", an individual who has not less than 5 years of experience in the construction and supervision of construction of the type which is the subject of the pertinent major contract in nature, scope and complexity.

This section, together with related sections, increases the threshold for contracts requiring an owner's representative in transportation projects from $50,000,000 to $100,000,000 and removes the requirement that an owner's representative be a professional engineer.