Chapter 1: Subcontractor Role Collaboration System

The GOIS Outage Tracker supports **Authorized Role Permissions** to model how owners and subcontractors interact in refinery corridors:

Chapter 2: Parametric Geometry Calculations

Refinery cost estimators use **physical tank geometry parameters** to establish direct scope amounts. The math engine computes:

Chapter 3: Calibrated Outage Scaling Formulas

Rather than hardcoding arbitrary budgets, GOIS embeds **Louisiana refinery calibration multipliers** (which can be customized under **Cost Logic Settings**):

Chapter 4: Chronological Change Control & Audits

To satisfy internal auditors, owner/operators require clear justification for cost deltas:

• Cost Deltas: The math engine compares the current Grand Total against the **Total Authorized Budget** (Base + Supplemental).
• Reason Codes: Modifications to quantities, statuses, rates, or project budgets trigger the change authorization interceptor. Select from standard codes (e.g. *Field Condition*, *Scope Growth*, *Budget Realignment*).
• Chronological Ledger: Approved realignments write permanently to the revision chain displayed on the dashboard, complete with the user's active role, exact dollar delta, and engineering justification logs.

Chapter 5: Deployment & ShareFile Guide

The GOIS Outage Tracker is built as a self-contained client-side application requiring **no database server setup**:

• ShareFile/SharePoint: Package the calculator directory and upload it to a corporate shared drive. Field engineers, contractors, and inspectors can launch `index.html` locally inside their browsers.
• Local Persistence: The tracker leverages HTML5 `localStorage` in each collaborator's browser to save current progress, directory lists, and change logs.
• Export Suite: Collaborators can run progress reporting and export details to Excel/CSV or save executive reports directly as PDF prints (Ctrl+P) to upload to primary operational servers.

Article 1: Proprietary Information & Trade Secret Protection

All data, unit prices, loaded labor rates, contractor multipliers, material cost baselines (such as the standard Baton Rouge $378,842 outage project structure), parametric cost scaling formulas, dynamic algorithms, and the underlying standalone GUI wrapper binary served on port 56789 are proprietary assets and trade secrets of the GulfCoast Outage Intelligence System (GOIS).

The Licensee agrees that the localized Gulf Coast rates and cost modeling parameters represent proprietary engineering data. Exportation, distribution, transmission, or disclosure of these rates or cost structures to any third-party estimating firm, competitor software agency, or un-affiliated refinery facility is strictly prohibited. The rates library must remain exclusively within authorized corporate intranet networks.

Article 2: Scope of License Grant & Site-Wide Restrictions

Under this Platform Agreement, GOIS grants the corporate subscriber a limited, non-transferable, non-exclusive site license to install, launch, and utilize the outage tracker natively within specified refining facilities.

This license is strictly bound to the designated refining complex (specifically authorized for the Baton Rouge Refinery complex under key GOIS-BTR-2026-9E2A-4F8C-9B3E). Installation or network staging on shared drives accessible by personnel in unlicensed refinery corridors or external corporate subsidiaries is a material violation of this agreement and will trigger site-wide authentication lockdowns.

Article 3: Parametric Cost Modeling & AACE Class Accuracy Disclaimer

All cost worksheets, direct subtotals, contingency allocations, and tax calculations compiled within GOIS are parametric forecasts aligned with AACE International guidelines:

• Class 3 Estimate: Budget Authorization target scope, typical accuracy tolerance of ±15% to -20%. Highly dependent on stable physical variables (Diameter, Height, Manways).
• Class 4 Estimate: Equipment study baseline, typical accuracy tolerance of ±20% to -30%.
• Class 5 Estimate: Parametric screening level, typical accuracy tolerance of ±30% to -50%.

The software outputs, reports, and generated summaries are compiled strictly for decision-support, budgeting, and planning. They represent engineering-grade approximations and **do not constitute fixed-price contracting bids**, binding vendor quotes, or performance guarantees. Collaborators must execute physical field validations and formal vendor RFQ negotiations.

Article 4: Collaborator Integrity & Decentralized Role Responsibility

To maintain defensible audit integrity, GOIS locks down interactive worksheets based on active credentials. Subcontractors, inspectors, and coordinators logged in through URL email tokens are personally accountable for the accuracy of their entries.

Restricted roles (e.g. Scaffold Contractor, API 653 Inspector) must ensure that progress updates (0% to 100%), welder certifications, NDE verification comments, and material staging records represent real-world, verified field progress. Proposing alterations to active direct costs or standard loaded unit prices without valid, logged engineering justification reason codes is a violation of site audit protocols.

Article 5: Subscription Billing, PO net-30 Terms & Expiry Gates

Active site subscriptions are billed on an annual cycle of $50,000 per refinery location. Billing transactions are processed through formal corporate Purchase Orders (PO) under standard NET-30 billing cycle terms.

If the corporate site license key expires without an approved Purchase Order renewal, the system will automatically engage the **Premium Subscription Gate Screen Overlay** and block all cost modules, geometry calculations, and project tracking access. To prevent outage estimation delays, procurement leads should initiate renewal keys via PO invoice at least 15 days prior to key expiration.

Article 6: Limitation of Engineering Liability & Absolute Indemnification

"AS-IS" WARRANTY DISCLAIMER: GOIS is provided strictly on an "as is" and "as available" basis, without warranties of any kind, either express or implied, including but not limited to implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular engineering purpose, or the absolute accuracy of cost estimation and parametric scaling algorithms.

LIMITATION OF LIABILITY & DAMAGES: In no event shall the platform creators, developers, copyright owners, or distributors of the GulfCoast Outage Intelligence System (GOIS) be liable for any direct, indirect, special, incidental, or consequential damages resulting from the use, misuse, or inability to use this software. This includes, without limitation, physical refinery project cost overruns, outage schedule delays, material procurement errors, structural inspection oversights, safety incidents, refinery downtime, loss of profits, or loss of local storage persistence data.

INDEMNIFICATION & MAXIMUM REMEDY: The Licensee agrees to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless the developers and creators of GOIS from any third-party claims, legal actions, or financial losses arising from estimates compiled using this platform. Under no circumstances shall the platform creator’s total cumulative liability for any breach, negligence, error, or omission exceed the total amount of licensing fees actually paid by the Licensee during the preceding 12-month period (capped at a maximum of $50,000 USD).