Terms of Use
These Terms govern access to ocbdc.com, OC Knowledge, and the OC project-planning platform (the “Services”). By using the Services, creating an account, or accepting an order, you agree to these Terms. An executed institutional agreement or order controls if it conflicts with these Terms.
1. Professional and educational purpose
The Services support healthcare capital planning, collaboration, research, workflow analysis, programming, coordination, and decision documentation. They do not replace the professional judgment of licensed architects, engineers, clinicians, infection-prevention specialists, code consultants, cost professionals, attorneys, or other qualified advisers.
Knowledge articles, calculators, simulations, benchmarks, generated reports, and Platform suggestions are general educational and planning resources. They are not architectural, engineering, clinical, legal, regulatory, safety, code, financial, or investment advice and do not create an architect-client or other professional relationship. Professional architectural services, if offered, require a separate written agreement.
2. Eligibility and accounts
You must be at least 18 and legally able to accept these Terms. Provide accurate information, protect credentials, and report suspected unauthorized access promptly. Accounts are personal and may not be shared. Do not access another institution, project, or account without authorization.
3. Institutional administration
Institution administrators may add and remove users, assign roles, configure services, review authorized activity, access institutional Workspace Data, and suspend institution-managed accounts. If an institution provides your account, its administrator may control your access and information.
4. Subscriptions and cancellation
Paid features are governed by the price, billing period, usage limits, renewal terms, and cancellation method shown before purchase or stated in an order. If a subscription renews automatically, the renewal frequency and cancellation method will be disclosed before billing information is collected. Unless otherwise stated, cancellation prevents the next renewal and access continues through the paid term.
5. User Content and Workspace Data
You or your institution retain ownership of information, files, comments, workflows, project data, and branding submitted through the Services. You grant OC a limited license to host, copy, transmit, display, process, back up, and use that content only as reasonably necessary to provide, secure, support, and improve the Services, comply with law, and fulfill the applicable agreement. You represent that you have the rights and permissions needed to submit it.
6. OC materials
OC and its licensors own the Services, software, interfaces, methods, general templates, visual systems, trademarks, and research presentation, excluding User Content. Subject to payment and these Terms, you receive a limited, revocable, nonexclusive right to use the Services for authorized internal professional and project purposes. You may not resell, scrape, systematically extract, reverse engineer, or use OC materials to create a competing platform except where prohibited by law.
7. Acceptable use
You may not violate law or another person’s rights; upload malware; probe or bypass security; access unauthorized projects or accounts; impersonate others; send spam or phishing; use outputs as the sole basis for clinical care, life-safety decisions, regulatory certification, or professional seals; or help another person perform prohibited conduct.
8. Generated and simulation outputs
Calculations, simulations, generated briefs, reports, and recommendations depend on inputs, assumptions, available evidence, and software limitations. Review and validate all outputs before reliance, approval, procurement, construction, or operational use.
9. Third-party services
The Services may link to third parties whose terms and privacy practices govern their products. OC is not responsible for a third-party service merely because a link or integration is available.
10. Availability, suspension, and termination
We work to keep the Services available and secure but do not promise uninterrupted or error-free operation. We may reasonably suspend access for material breach, nonpayment, security risk, unlawful activity, or legal requirements. Where practical, we will provide notice and an opportunity to cure.
11. Disclaimers and liability
To the maximum extent permitted by law, the Services are provided “as is” and “as available,” without implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title, or noninfringement. Nothing excludes a right that cannot legally be excluded. Liability terms in an executed institutional or professional-services agreement control for those services.
12. Governing law
Except where applicable law provides otherwise, Texas law governs these Terms, and state and federal courts located in Harris County, Texas have jurisdiction.
13. Changes
We may update these Terms prospectively. We will post the updated date and provide additional notice for material changes when required.
14. Contact
OC Architects / OCBDC5202 Jackson Street
Houston, Texas 77004
info@ocbdc.com