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GENERAL CONDITIONS

OF THE

CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT

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TABLE OF CONTENTS TO THE GENERAL CONDITIONS

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ARTICLE 1 - DEFINITIONS AND TERMINOLOGY ....................................................................................................... GC-5

1.01 Defined Terms ........................................................................................................................................... GC-5

1.02 Terminology .............................................................................................................................................. GC-8

ARTICLE 2 - PRELIMINARY MATTERS ......................................................................................................................... GC-9

2.01 Delivery of Bonds ..................................................................................................................................... GC-9

2.02 Copies of Documents ................................................................................................................................ GC-9

2.03 Commencement of Contract Times; Notice to Proceed ............................................................................ GC-9

2.04 Starting the Work ...................................................................................................................................... GC-9

2.05 Before Starting Construction .................................................................................................................... GC-9

2.06 Preconstruction Conference ................................................................................................................... GC-10

2.07 Initial Acceptance of Schedules .............................................................................................................. GC-10

ARTICLE 3 - CONTRACT DOCUMENTS: INTENT, AMENDING, REUSE ................................................................ GC-10

3.01 Intent ....................................................................................................................................................... GC-10

3.02 Reference Standards ............................................................................................................................... GC-11

3.03 Reporting and Resolving Discrepancies ................................................................................................ GC-11

3.04 Amending and Supplementing Contract Documents............................................................................... GC-11

3.05 Reuse of Documents ................................................................................................................................ GC-12

ARTICLE 4 - AVAILABILITY OF LANDS; SUBSURFACE AND PHYSICAL CONDITIONS; REFERENCE

POINTS .................................................................................................................................................. GC-12

4.01 Availability of Lands ............................................................................................................................... GC-12

4.02 Subsurface and Physical Conditions ...................................................................................................... GC-12

4.03 Differing Subsurface or Physical Conditions ......................................................................................... GC-12

4.04 Underground Facilities........................................................................................................................... GC-13

4.05 Reference Points ..................................................................................................................................... GC-14

4.06 Hazardous Environmental Condition at Site .......................................................................................... GC-14

ARTICLE 5 - BONDS AND INSURANCE ....................................................................................................................... GC-15

5.01 Performance, Payment, and Other Bonds .............................................................................................. GC-15

5.02 Licensed Sureties and Insurers ............................................................................................................... GC-16

5.03 Certificates of Insurance ......................................................................................................................... GC-16

5.04 CONTRACTOR’s Liability Insurance ..................................................................................................... GC-16

5.05 Property Insurance ................................................................................................................................. GC-17

5.06 Waiver of Rights ..................................................................................................................................... GC-18

5.07 Receipt and Application of Insurance Proceeds ..................................................................................... GC-18

5.08 Acceptance of Bonds and Insurance; Option to Replace ........................................................................ GC-18

5.09 Partial Utilization, Acknowledgment of Property Insurer ...................................................................... GC-18

ARTICLE 6 - CONTRACTOR’S RESPONSIBILITIES ................................................................................................... GC-19

6.01 Supervision and Superintendence ........................................................................................................... GC-19

6.02 Labor; Working Hours ........................................................................................................................... GC-19

6.03 Services, Materials, and Equipment ....................................................................................................... GC-20

6.04 Progress Schedule .................................................................................................................................. GC-19

6.05 Substitutes and "Or-Equal" .................................................................................................................... GC-20

6.06 Concerning Subcontractors, Suppliers, and Others ............................................................................... GC-21

6.07 Patent Fees and Royalties....................................................................................................................... GC-22

6.08 Permits .................................................................................................................................................... GC-22

6.09 Laws and Regulations ............................................................................................................................. GC-22

6.10 Taxes ....................................................................................................................................................... GC-22

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6.11 Use of Site and Other Areas ................................................................................................................... GC-23

6.12 Record Documents .................................................................................................................................. GC-23

6.13 Safety and Protection .............................................................................................................................. GC-23

6.14 Safety Representative .............................................................................................................................. GC-24

6.15 Hazard Communication Programs ......................................................................................................... GC-24

6.16 Emergencies ............................................................................................................................................ GC-24

6.17 Shop Drawings and Samples .................................................................................................................. GC-24

6.18 Continuing the Work ............................................................................................................................... GC-25

6.19 CONTRACTOR’s General Warranty and Guarantee ............................................................................. GC-26

6.20 Indemnification ....................................................................................................................................... GC-26

ARTICLE 7 - OTHER WORK ........................................................................................................................................... GC-27

7.01 Related Work at Site ............................................................................................................................... GC-27

7.02 Coordination ........................................................................................................................................... GC-27

ARTICLE 8 - OWNER’S RESPONSIBILITIES ................................................................................................................ GC-28

8.01 Communications to CONTRACTOR ....................................................................................................... GC-28

8.02 Replacement of ENGINEER ................................................................................................................... GC-28

8.03 Furnish Data ........................................................................................................................................... GC-28

8.04 Payment .................................................................................................................................................. GC-28

8.05 Lands and Easements ............................................................................................................................. GC-28

8.06 Change Orders........................................................................................................................................ GC-28

8.07 Inspections, Tests, and Approvals ........................................................................................................... GC-29

8.08 Limitations on OWNER’s Responsibilities ............................................................................................. GC-28

8.09 Undisclosed Hazardous Environmental Condition ................................................................................. GC-29

8.10 Evidence of Financial Arrangements ...................................................................................................... GC-29

ARTICLE 9 - ENGINEER’S STATUS DURING CONSTRUCTION .............................................................................. GC-29

9.01 OWNER’s Representative ....................................................................................................................... GC-29

9.02 Visits to Site ............................................................................................................................................ GC-29

9.03 Project Representative ............................................................................................................................ GC-29

9.04 Clarifications and Interpretations .......................................................................................................... GC-29

9.05 Authorized Variations in Work ............................................................................................................... GC-29

9.06 Rejecting Defective Work ........................................................................................................................ GC-30

9.07 Shop Drawings, Change Orders and Payments ...................................................................................... GC-30

9.08 Determinations for Unit Price Work ....................................................................................................... GC-30

9.09 Decisions on Requirements of Contract Documents and Acceptability of Work .................................... GC-30

9.10 Limitations on ENGINEER’s Authority and Responsibilities ................................................................. GC-30

ARTICLE 10 - CHANGES IN THE WORK; CLAIMS ..................................................................................................... GC-31

10.01 Authorized Changes in the Work ............................................................................................................ GC-32

10.02 Unauthorized Changes in the Work ........................................................................................................ GC-31

10.03 Execution of Change Orders ................................................................................................................... GC-31

10.04 Notification to Surety .............................................................................................................................. GC-31

10.05 Claims and Disputes ............................................................................................................................... GC-32

ARTICLE 11 - COST OF THE WORK; CASH ALLOWANCES; UNIT PRICE WORK ................................................ GC-33

11.01 Cost of the Work ..................................................................................................................................... GC-32

11.02 Cash Allowances ..................................................................................................................................... GC-34

11.03 Unit Price Work ...................................................................................................................................... GC-34

ARTICLE 12 - CHANGE OF CONTRACT PRICE; CHANGE OF CONTRACT TIMES .............................................. GC-36

12.01 Change of Contract Price ....................................................................................................................... GC-35

12.02 Change of Contract Times ...................................................................................................................... GC-36

12.03 Delays Beyond CONTRACTOR’s Control .............................................................................................. GC-36

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12.04 Delays Within CONTRACTOR’s Control ............................................................................................... GC-36

12.05 Delays Beyond OWNER’s and CONTRACTOR’s Control ..................................................................... GC-37

12.06 Delay Damages ....................................................................................................................................... GC-36

ARTICLE 13 - TESTS AND INSPECTIONS; CORRECTION, REMOVAL OR ACCEPTANCE OF DEFECTIVE

WORK .................................................................................................................................................... GC-37

13.01 Notice of Defects ..................................................................................................................................... GC-37

13.02 Access to Work ........................................................................................................................................ GC-37

13.03 Tests and Inspections .............................................................................................................................. GC-37

13.04 Uncovering Work .................................................................................................................................... GC-37

13.05 OWNER May Stop the Work ................................................................................................................... GC-38

13.06 Correction or Removal of Defective Work .............................................................................................. GC-38

13.07 Correction Period ................................................................................................................................... GC-38

13.08 Acceptance of Defective Work ................................................................................................................ GC-39

13.09 OWNER May Correct Defective Work.................................................................................................... GC-39

ARTICLE 14 - PAYMENTS TO CONTRACTOR AND COMPLETION ........................................................................ GC-40

14.01 Schedule of Values .................................................................................................................................. GC-39

14.02 Progress Payments ................................................................................................................................. GC-40

14.03 CONTRACTOR’s Warranty of Title ....................................................................................................... GC-41

14.04 Substantial Completion ........................................................................................................................... GC-41

14.05 Partial Utilization ................................................................................................................................... GC-43

14.06 Final Inspection ...................................................................................................................................... GC-42

14.07 Final Payment ........................................................................................................................................ GC-42

14.08 Final Completion Delayed ...................................................................................................................... GC-43

14.09 Waiver of Claims .................................................................................................................................... GC-43

ARTICLE 15 - SUSPENSION OF WORK AND TERMINATION .................................................................................. GC-43

15.01 OWNER May Suspend Work ................................................................................................................... GC-43

15.02 OWNER May Terminate for Cause......................................................................................................... GC-44

15.03 OWNER May Terminate for Convenience .............................................................................................. GC-46

15.04 CONTRACTOR May Stop Work or Terminate ..................................................................................... GC-436

ARTICLE 16 - DISPUTE RESOLUTION ......................................................................................................................... GC-45

16.01 Methods and Procedures ........................................................................................................................ GC-46

ARTICLE 17 - MISCELLANEOUS ................................................................................................................................... GC-45

17.01 Giving Notice .......................................................................................................................................... GC-45

17.02 Computation of Times ............................................................................................................................. GC-45

17.03 Cumulative Remedies .............................................................................................................................. GC-45

17.04 Survival of Obligations ........................................................................................................................... GC-46

17.05 Controlling Law ...................................................................................................................................... GC-46

17.06 Addresses ................................................................................................................................................ GC-46

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GENERAL CONDITIONS

ARTICLE 1 - DEFINITIONS AND TERMINOLOGY

1.01 Defined Terms

A. Wherever used in the Contract Documents and printed with initial or all capital letters, the terms listed below will have the meanings indicated which are applicable to both the singular and plural thereof.

1. Addenda--Written or graphic instruments issued prior to the opening of Bids which clarify, correct, or change the Bidding Requirements or the Contract Documents.

2. Agreement--The written instrument which is evidence of the agreement between OWNER and CONTRACTOR covering the Work.

3. Application for Payment--The form acceptable to ENGINEER which is to be used by CONTRACTOR during the course of the Work in requesting progress or final payments and which is to be accompanied by such supporting documentation as is required by the Contract Documents.

4. Asbestos--Any material that contains more than one percent asbestos and is friable or is releasing asbestos fibers into the air above current action levels established by the United States Occupational Safety and Health Administration.

5. Bid--The offer or proposal of a bidder submitted on the prescribed form setting forth the prices for the Work to be performed.

6. Bidding Documents--The Bidding Requirements and the proposed Contract Documents (including all Addenda issued prior to receipt of Bids).

7. Bidding Requirements--The Advertisement or Invitation to Bid, Instructions to Bidders, Bid security form, if any, and the Bid form with any supplements.

8. Bonds--Those performance or payment bonds which CONTRACTOR is obligated to obtain pursuant to Article 5 of these General Conditions.

9. Change Order--A document recommended by ENGINEER which is signed by CONTRACTOR and OWNER and authorizes an addition, deletion, or revision in the Work or an adjustment in the Contract Price or the Contract Times, issued on or after the Effective Date of the Agreement.

10. Claim--A demand or assertion by OWNER or CONTRACTOR seeking an adjustment of Contract Price or

Contract Times, or both, or other relief with respect to the terms of the Contract. A demand for money or services by a third party is not a Claim.

11. Contract--The entire and integrated written agreement between the OWNER and CONTRACTOR concerning the Work. The Contract supersedes prior negotiations, representations, or agreements, whether written or oral.

12. Contract Documents--The Contract Documents establish the rights and obligations of the parties and include the Agreement, Addenda (which pertain to the Contract Documents), CONTRACTOR’s Bid (including documentation accompanying the Bid and any post Bid documentation submitted prior to the Notice of Award) when attached as an exhibit to the Agreement, the Notice to Proceed, the Bonds, these General Conditions, the Supplementary Conditions, the Specifications and the Drawings as the same are more specifically identified in the Agreement, together with all Written Amendments, Change Orders, Work Change Directives, Field Orders, and ENGINEER’s written interpretations and clarifications issued on or after the Effective Date of the Agreement. Approved Shop Drawings and the reports and drawings of subsurface and physical conditions are not Contract Documents. Only printed or hard copies of the items

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listed in this paragraph are Contract Documents. Files in electronic media format of text, data, graphics, and the like that may be furnished by OWNER to CONTRACTOR are not Contract Documents.

13. Contract Price--The moneys payable by OWNER to CONTRACTOR for completion of the Work in accordance with the Contract Documents as stated in the Agreement (subject to the provisions of paragraph 11.03 in the case of Unit Price Work).

14. Contract Times--The number of days or the dates stated in the Agreement to: (i) achieve Substantial Completion;

and (ii) complete the Work so that it is ready for final payment as evidenced by ENGINEER’s written recommendation of final payment.

15. CONTRACTOR--The individual or entity with whom OWNER has entered into the Agreement.

16. Cost of the Work--See paragraph 11.01.A for definition.

17. Drawings--That part of the Contract Documents prepared or approved by ENGINEER which graphically shows the scope, extent, and character of the Work to be performed by CONTRACTOR. Shop Drawings and other CONTRACTOR submittals are not Drawings as so defined.

18. Effective Date of the Agreement--The date indicated in the Agreement on which it becomes effective, but if no such date is indicated, it means the date on which the Agreement is signed and delivered by the last of the two parties to sign and deliver.

19. ENGINEER—Drawings Engineer of Record, or OWNER duly designated representative.

20. ENGINEER’s Consultant--An individual or entity having a contract with ENGINEER to furnish services as

ENGINEER’s independent professional associate or consultant with respect to the Project and who is identified as such in the Supplementary Conditions.

21. Field Order--A written order issued by ENGINEER which requires minor changes in the Work but which does not involve a change in the Contract Price or the Contract Times.

22. General Requirements--Sections of Division 1 of the Specifications. The General Requirements pertain to all sections of the Specifications.

23. Hazardous Environmental Condition--The presence at the Site of Asbestos, PCBs, Petroleum, Hazardous Waste, or Radioactive Material in such quantities or circumstances that may present a substantial danger to persons or property exposed thereto in connection with the Work.

24. Hazardous Waste--The term Hazardous Waste shall have the meaning provided in Section 1004 of the Solid

Waste Disposal Act (42 USC Section 6903) as amended from time to time.

25. Laws and Regulations; Laws or Regulations--Any and all applicable laws, rules, regulations, ordinances, codes, and orders of any and all governmental bodies, agencies, authorities, and courts having jurisdiction.

26. Lien—Verified statements of claim filed with OWNER pursuant to the Colorado Revised Statutes.

27. Milestone--A principal event specified in the Contract Documents relating to an intermediate completion date or time prior to Substantial Completion of all the Work.

28. Notice of Award--The written notice by OWNER to the apparent successful bidder stating that upon timely compliance by the apparent successful bidder with the conditions precedent listed therein, OWNER will sign and deliver the Agreement.

29. Notice to Proceed--A written notice given by OWNER to CONTRACTOR fixing the date on which the Contract

Times will commence to run and on which CONTRACTOR shall start to perform the Work under the Contract Documents.

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30. OWNER—The City of Woodland Park, a home rule municipality of the State of Colorado and the entity with whom CONTRACTOR has entered into the Agreement and for whom the Work is to be performed.

31. Partial Utilization--Use by OWNER of a substantially completed part of the Work for the purpose for which it is intended (or a related purpose) prior to Substantial Completion of all the Work.

32. PCBs--Polychlorinated biphenyls.

33. Petroleum--Petroleum, including crude oil or any fraction thereof which is liquid at standard conditions of temperature and pressure (60 degrees Fahrenheit and 14.7 pounds per square inch absolute), such as oil, petroleum, fuel oil, oil sludge, oil refuse, gasoline, kerosene, and oil mixed with other non-Hazardous Waste and crude oils.

34. Project--The total construction of which the Work to be performed under the Contract Documents may be the whole, or a part as may be indicated elsewhere in the Contract Documents.

35. Project Manual--The bound documentary information prepared for bidding and constructing the Work. A listing of the contents of the Project Manual, which may be bound in one or more volumes, is contained in the table(s) of contents. Includes Bidding requirements, Contract Forms, General Conditions of the Contract and Technical Specifications.

36. Radioactive Material--Source, special nuclear, or byproduct material as defined by the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 USC Section 2011 et seq.) as amended from time to time.

37. Resident Project Representative--The authorized representative of ENGINEER who may be assigned to the Site or any part thereof.

38. Samples--Physical examples of materials, equipment, or workmanship that are representative of some portion of the Work and which establish the standards by which such portion of the Work will be judged.

39. Shop Drawings--All drawings, diagrams, illustrations, schedules, and other data or information which are specifically prepared or assembled by or for CONTRACTOR and submitted by CONTRACTOR to illustrate some portion of the Work.

40. Site--Lands or areas indicated in the Contract Documents as being furnished by OWNER upon which the Work is to be performed, including rights-of-way and easements for access thereto, and such other lands furnished by OWNER which are designated for the use of CONTRACTOR.

41. Specifications--That part of the Contract Documents consisting of written technical descriptions of materials, equipment, systems, standards, and workmanship as applied to the Work and certain administrative details applicable thereto.

42. Subcontractor--An individual or entity having a direct contract with CONTRACTOR or with any other

Subcontractor for the performance of a part of the Work at the Site.

43. Substantial Completion--The time at which the Work (or a specified part thereof) has progressed to the point where, in the opinion of ENGINEER, the Work (or a specified part thereof) is sufficiently complete, in accordance with the Contract Documents, so that the Work (or a specified part thereof) can be utilized for the purposes for which it is intended. The terms “substantially complete” and “substantially completed” applied to all or part of the Work refer to Substantial Completion thereof.

44. Supplementary Conditions--That part of the Contract Documents which amends or supplements these General

Conditions.

45. Supplier--A manufacturer, fabricator, supplier, distributor, materialman, or vendor having a direct contract with CONTRACTOR or with any Subcontractor to furnish materials or equipment to be incorporated in the Work by CONTRACTOR or any Subcontractor.

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46. Underground Facilities--All underground pipelines, conduits, ducts, cables, wires, manholes, vaults, tanks, tunnels, or other such facilities or attachments, and any encasements containing such facilities, including those that convey electricity, gases, steam, liquid petroleum products, telephone or other communications, cable television, water, wastewater, storm water, other liquids or chemicals, or traffic or other control systems.

47. Unit Price Work--Work to be paid for on the basis of unit prices.

48. Work--The entire completed construction or the various separately identifiable parts thereof required to be provided under the Contract Documents. Work includes and is the result of performing or providing all labor, services, and documentation necessary to produce such construction, and furnishing, installing, and incorporating all materials and equipment into such construction, all as required by the Contract Documents.

49. Work Change Directive--A written statement to CONTRACTOR issued on or after the Effective Date of the

Agreement and signed by OWNER and recommended by ENGINEER ordering an addition, deletion, or revision in the Work, or responding to differing or unforeseen subsurface or physical conditions under which the Work is to be performed or to emergencies. A Work Change Directive will not change the Contract Price or the Contract Times but is evidence that the parties expect that the change ordered or documented by a Work Change Directive will be incorporated in a subsequently issued Change Order following negotiations by the parties as to its effect, if any, on the Contract Price or Contract Times.

50. Written Amendment--A written statement modifying the Contract Documents, signed by OWNER and

CONTRACTOR on or after the Effective Date of the Agreement and normally dealing with the nonengineering or nontechnical rather than strictly construction-related aspects of the Contract Documents.

1.02 Terminology

A. Intent of Certain Terms or Adjectives

1. Whenever in the Contract Documents the terms “as allowed” “as approved,” or terms of like effect or import are used, or the adjectives “reasonable,” “suitable,” “acceptable,” “proper,” “satisfactory,” or adjectives of like effect or import are used to describe an action or determination of ENGINEER as to the Work, it is intended that such action or determination will be solely to evaluate, in general, the completed Work for compliance with the requirements of and information in the Contract Documents and conformance with the design concept of the completed Project as a function-ing whole as shown or indicated in the Contract Documents (unless there is a specific statement indicating otherwise).

The use of any such term or adjective shall not be effective to assign to ENGINEER any duty or authority to supervise or direct the performance of the Work or any duty or authority to undertake responsibility contrary to the provisions of paragraph 9.10 or any other provision of the Contract Documents.

B. Day

1. The word “day” shall constitute a calendar day of 24 hours measured from midnight to the next midnight.

C. Defective

1. The word “defective,” when modifying the word “Work,” refers to Work that is unsatisfactory, faulty, or deficient in that it does not conform to the Contract Documents or does not meet the requirements of any inspection, reference standard, test, or approval referred to in the Contract Documents, or has been damaged prior to ENGINEER’s recommendation of final payment (unless responsibility for the protection thereof has been assumed by OWNER at Substantial Completion in accordance with paragraph 14.04 or 14.05).

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D. Furnish, Install, Perform, Provide

1. The word “furnish,” when used in connection with services, materials, or equipment, shall mean to supply and deliver said services, materials, or equipment to the Site (or some other specified location) ready for use or installation and in usable or operable condition.

2. The word “install,” when used in connection with services, materials, or equipment, shall mean to put into use or place in final position said services, materials, or equipment complete and ready for intended use.

3. The words “perform” or “provide,” when used in connection with services, materials, or equipment, shall mean to furnish and install said services, materials, or equipment complete and ready for intended use.

4. When “furnish,” “install,” “perform,” or “provide” is not used in connection with services, materials, or equipment in a context clearly requiring an obligation of CONTRACTOR, “provide” is implied.

E. Unless stated otherwise in the Contract Documents, words or phrases which have a well-known technical or construction industry or trade meaning are used in the Contract Documents in accordance with such recognized meaning.

ARTICLE 2 - PRELIMINARY MATTERS

2.01 Delivery of Bonds

A. When CONTRACTOR delivers the executed Agreements to OWNER, CONTRACTOR shall also deliver to OWNER such Bonds as CONTRACTOR may be required to furnish.

2.02 Copies of Documents

A. OWNER shall furnish to CONTRACTOR complete sets of the Contract Documents for use in the execution of the Work. Additional copies will be furnished, upon request, at the cost of the reproduction, which is $50.00 per project manual and complete set of project drawings.

2.03 Commencement of Contract Times; Notice to Proceed

A. The Contract Times will commence to run on the thirtieth day after the Effective Date of the Agreement or, if a Notice to Proceed is given, on the day indicated in the Notice to Proceed. A Notice to Proceed may be given at any time within 30 days after the Effective Date of the Agreement. In no event will the Contract Times commence to run later than the sixtieth day after the day of Bid opening or the thirtieth day after the Effective Date of the Agreement, whichever date is earlier.

2.04 Starting the Work

A. CONTRACTOR shall start to perform the Work on the date when the Contract Times commence to run. No Work shall be done at the Site prior to the date on which the Contract Times commence to run.

2.05 Before Starting Construction

A. CONTRACTOR’s Review of Contract Documents: Before undertaking each part of the Work, CONTRACTOR shall carefully study and compare the Contract Documents and check and verify pertinent figures therein and all applicable field measurements. CONTRACTOR shall promptly report in writing to ENGINEER any conflict, error, ambiguity, or discrepancy which CONTRACTOR may discover and shall obtain a written interpretation or clarification from ENGINEER before proceeding with any Work affected thereby; however, CONTRACTOR shall not be liable to OWNER or ENGINEER for failure to report any conflict, error, ambiguity, or discrepancy in the Contract Documents unless CONTRACTOR knew or reasonably should have known thereof.

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B. Preliminary Schedules: Within ten days after the Effective Date of the Agreement (unless otherwise specified in the General Requirements), CONTRACTOR shall submit to ENGINEER for its timely review:

1. a preliminary progress schedule indicating the times (numbers of days or dates) for starting and completing the various stages of the Work, including any Milestones specified in the Contract Documents;

2. a preliminary schedule of Shop Drawing and Sample submittals which will list each required submittal and the times for submitting, reviewing, and processing such submittal; and

3. a preliminary schedule of values for all of the Work which includes quantities and prices of items which when added together equal the Contract Price and subdivides the Work into component parts in sufficient detail to serve as the basis for progress payments during performance of the Work. Such prices will include an appropriate amount of overhead and profit applicable to each item of Work.

C. Evidence of Insurance: Before any Work at the Site is started, CONTRACTOR shall deliver to OWNER, with copies to each additional insured identified in the supplementary conditions, certificates of insurance (and other evidence of insurance which OWNER or an additional insured may request) which CONTRACTOR is required to purchase and maintain in accordance with Article 5.

2.06 Preconstruction Conference

A. Within 20 days after the Contract Times start to run, but before any Work at the Site is started, a conference attended by CONTRACTOR, ENGINEER, and others as appropriate will be held to establish a working understanding among the parties as to the Work and to discuss the schedules referred to in paragraph 2.05.B, procedures for handling Shop Drawings and other submittals, processing Applications for Payment, and maintaining required records.

2.07 Initial Acceptance of Schedules

A. Unless otherwise provided in the Contract Documents, at least ten days before submission of the first Application for Payment a conference attended by CONTRACTOR, ENGINEER, and others as appropriate will be held to review for acceptability to ENGINEER as provided below the schedules submitted in accordance with paragraph 2.05.B. CONTRAC- TOR shall have an additional ten days to make corrections and adjustments and to complete and resubmit the schedules. No progress payment shall be made to CONTRACTOR until acceptable schedules are submitted to ENGINEER.

1. The progress schedule will be acceptable to ENGINEER if it provides an orderly progression of the Work to completion within any specified Milestones and the Contract Times. Such acceptance will not impose on ENGINEER responsibility for the progress schedule, for sequencing, scheduling, or progress of the Work nor interfere with or relieve CONTRACTOR from CONTRACTOR’s full responsibility therefor.

2. CONTRACTOR’s schedule of Shop Drawing and Sample submittals will be acceptable to ENGINEER if it provides a workable arrangement for reviewing and processing the required submittals.

3. CONTRACTOR’s schedule of values will be acceptable to ENGINEER as to form and substance if it provides a reasonable allocation of the Contract Price to component parts of the Work.

ARTICLE 3 - CONTRACT DOCUMENTS: INTENT, AMENDING, REUSE

3.01 Intent

A. The Contract Documents are complementary; what is called for by one is as binding as if called for by all.

B. It is the intent of the Contract Documents to describe a functionally complete Project (or part thereof) to be constructed in accordance with the Contract Documents. Any labor, documentation, services, materials, or equipment that may reasonably be inferred from the Contract Documents or from prevailing custom or trade usage as being required to produce the intended result will be provided whether or not specifically called for at no additional cost to OWNER.

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C. Clarifications and interpretations of the Contract Documents shall be issued by ENGINEER as provided in Article 9.

3.02 Reference Standards

A. Standards, Specifications, Codes, Laws, and Regulations

1. Reference to standards, specifications, manuals, or codes of any technical society, organization, or association, or to Laws or Regulations, whether such reference be specific or by implication, shall mean the standard, specification, manual, code, or Laws or Regulations in effect at the time of opening of Bids (or on the Effective Date of the Agreement if there were no Bids), except as may be otherwise specifically stated in the Contract Documents.

2. No provision of any such standard, specification, manual or code, or any instruction of a Supplier shall be effective to change the duties or responsibilities of OWNER, CONTRACTOR, or ENGINEER, or any of their subcontractors, consultants, agents, or employees from those set forth in the Contract Documents, nor shall any such provision or instruction be effective to assign to OWNER, ENGINEER, or any of ENGINEER’s Consultants, agents, or employees any duty or authority to supervise or direct the performance of the Work or any duty or authority to undertake responsibility inconsistent with the provisions of the Contract Documents.

3.03 Reporting and Resolving Discrepancies

A. Reporting Discrepancies

1. If, during the performance of the Work, CONTRACTOR discovers any conflict, error, ambiguity, or discrepancy within the Contract Documents or between the Contract Documents and any provision of any Law or Regulation applicable to the performance of the Work or of any standard, specification, manual or code, or of any instruction of any Supplier, CONTRACTOR shall report it to ENGINEER in writing at once. CONTRACTOR shall not proceed with the Work affected thereby (except in an emergency as required by paragraph 6.16.A) until an amendment or supplement to the Contract Documents has been issued by one of the methods indicated in paragraph 3.04; provided, however, that CONTRACTOR shall not be liable to OWNER or ENGINEER for failure to report any such conflict, error, ambiguity, or discrepancy unless CONTRACTOR knew or reasonably should have known thereof.

B. Resolving Discrepancies

1. Except as may be otherwise specifically stated in the Contract Documents, the provisions of the Contract

Documents shall take precedence in resolving any conflict, error, ambiguity, or discrepancy between the provisions of the Contract Documents and:

a. the provisions of any standard, specification, manual, code, or instruction (whether or not specifically incorporated by reference in the Contract Documents); or

b. the provisions of any Laws or Regulations applicable to the performance of the Work (unless such an interpretation of the provisions of the Contract Documents would result in violation of such Law or Regulation).

3.04 Amending and Supplementing Contract Documents

A. The Contract Documents may be amended to provide for additions, deletions, and revisions in the Work or to modify the terms and conditions thereof in one or more of the following ways: (i) a Written Amendment; (ii) a Change Order; or (iii) a Work Change Directive.

B. So long as no change to the Contract Price or the Contract Times results, the requirements of the Contract Documents may be supplemented, and minor variations and deviations in the work may be authorized, by one or more of the following ways: (i) a Field Order; (ii) ENGINEER’s approval of a Shop Drawing or Sample; or (iii) ENGINEER’s written interpretation or clarification.

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3.05 Reuse of Documents

A. CONTRACTOR and any Subcontractor or Supplier or other individual or entity performing or furnishing any of the Work under a direct or indirect contract with OWNER: (i) shall not have or acquire any title to or ownership rights in any of the Drawings, Specifications, or other documents (or copies of any thereof) prepared by or bearing the seal of ENGINEER or ENGINEER’s Consultant, including electronic media editions; and (ii) shall not reuse any of such Drawings, Specifications, other documents, or copies thereof on extensions of the Project or any other project without written consent of OWNER and ENGINEER and specific written verification or adoption by ENGINEER. This prohibition will survive final payment, completion, and acceptance of the Work, or termination or completion of the Contract. Nothing herein shall preclude CONTRACTOR from retaining copies of the Contract Documents for record purposes.

ARTICLE 4 - AVAILABILITY OF LANDS; SUBSURFACE AND PHYSICAL CONDITIONS; REFERENCE POINTS

4.01 Availability of Lands

A. OWNER shall furnish the Site.

B. CONTRACTOR shall provide for all additional lands and access thereto that may be required for temporary construction facilities or storage of materials and equipment.

4.02 Subsurface and Physical Conditions

A. Reports and Drawings: The Supplementary Conditions identify:

1. those reports of explorations and tests of subsurface conditions at or contiguous to the Site that ENGINEER has used in preparing the Contract Documents; and

2. those drawings of physical conditions in or relating to existing surface or subsurface structures at or contiguous to the Site (except Underground Facilities) that ENGINEER has used in preparing the Contract Documents.

B. Limited Reliance by CONTRACTOR on Technical Data Authorized: CONTRACTOR may rely upon the general accuracy of the “technical data” contained in such reports and drawings, but such reports and drawings are not Contract Documents. Such “technical data" is identified in the Supplementary Conditions. Except for such reliance on such “technical data,” CONTRACTOR may not rely upon or make any Claim against OWNER, ENGINEER, or any of ENGINEER’s Consultants with respect to:

1. the completeness of such reports and drawings for CONTRACTOR purposes, including, but not limited to, any aspects of the means, methods, techniques, sequences, and procedures of construction to be employed by CONTRACTOR, and safety precautions and programs incident thereto; or

2. other data, interpretations, opinions, and information contained in such reports or shown or indicated in such drawings; or

3. any CONTRACTOR interpretation of or conclusion drawn from any "technical data" or any such other data, interpretations, opinions, or information.

4.03 Differing Subsurface or Physical Conditions

A. Notice: If CONTRACTOR believes that any subsurface or physical condition at or contiguous to the Site that is uncovered or revealed either:

1. is of such a nature as to establish that any “technical data” on which CONTRACTOR is entitled to rely as provided in paragraph 4.02 is materially inaccurate; or

2. is of such a nature as to require a change in the Contract Documents; or

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3. differs materially from that shown or indicated in the Contract Documents; or

4. is of an unusual nature, and differs materially from conditions ordinarily encountered and generally recognized as inherent in work of the character provided for in the Contract Documents;

then CONTRACTOR shall, promptly after becoming aware thereof and before further disturbing the subsurface or physical conditions or performing any Work in connection therewith (except in an emergency as required by paragraph 6.16.A), notify OWNER and ENGINEER in writing about such condition. CONTRACTOR shall not further disturb such condition or perform any Work in connection therewith (except as aforesaid) until receipt of written order to do so.

B. ENGINEER’s Review: After receipt of written notice as required by paragraph 4.03.A, ENGINEER will promptly review the pertinent condition, determine the necessity of OWNER obtaining additional exploration or tests with respect thereto, and advise OWNER in writing (with a copy to CONTRACTOR) of ENGINEER’s findings and conclusions.

C. Possible Price and Times Adjustments

1. The Contract Price or the Contract Times, or both, will be equitably adjusted to the extent that the existence of such differing subsurface or physical condition causes an increase or decrease in CONTRACTOR’s cost of, or time required for, performance of the Work; subject, however, to the following:

a. such condition must meet any one or more of the categories described in paragraph 4.03.A; and

b. with respect to Work that is paid for on a Unit Price Basis, any adjustment in Contract Price will be subject to the provisions of paragraphs 9.08 and 11.03.

2. CONTRACTOR shall not be entitled to any adjustment in the Contract Price or Contract Times if:

a. CONTRACTOR knew or should, in the exercise of reasonable diligence, have known of the existence of such conditions at the time…