Okaloosa County BOCC — March 4, 2014 — reading text

Notice to Proceed. A Notice to Proceed may be given at any time within 30 days after the Effective Date of the 1. The word “furnish,” when used in Agreement. In no event will the Contract Times commence connection with services, materials, or equipment, to run later than the sixtieth day after the day of Bid shall mean to supply and deliver said services, opening or the thirtieth day after the Effective Date of the materials, or equipment to the Site (or some other Agreement, whichever date is earlier. specified location) ready for use or installation and in usable or operable condition. 2.04 Starting the Work 2. The word “install,” when used in SEE SUPPLEMENTARY CONDITIONS (SECTION connection with services, materials, or equipment, 00800) shall mean to put into use or place in final position said services, materials, or equipment complete and A. CONTRACTOR shall start to perform the Work ready for intended use. on the date when the Contract Times commence to run. No Work shall be done at the Site prior to the date on which 3. The words “perform” or “provide,” when the Contract Times commence to run. used in connection with services, materials, or equipment, shall mean to furnish and install said 2.05 Before Starting Construction services, materials, or equipment complete and ready for intended use. A. CONTRACTOR’s Review of Contract Documents: Before undertaking each part of the Work, 4. When “furnish,” “install,” “perform,” or CONTRACTOR shall carefully study and compare the “provide” is not used in connection with services, Contract Documents and check and verify pertinent figures materials, or equipment in a context clearly requiring an therein and all applicable field measurements. obligation of CONTRACTOR, “provide” is implied. CONTRACTOR shall promptly report in writing to ENGINEER any conflict, error, ambiguity, or discrepancy E. Unless stated otherwise in the Contract Docu- which CONTRACTOR may discover and shall obtain a ments, words or phrases which have a well-known written interpretation or clarification from ENGINEER technical or construction industry or trade meaning are used before proceeding with any Work affected thereby; in the Contract Documents in accordance with such however, CONTRACTOR shall not be liable to OWNER recognized meaning. or ENGINEER for failure to report any conflict, error, ambiguity, or discrepancy in the Contract Documents unless CONTRACTOR knew or reasonably should have ARTICLE 2 - PRELIMINARY MATTERS known thereof. 2.01 Delivery of Bonds B. Preliminary Schedules: Within ten days after the Effective Date of the Agreement (unless otherwise A. When CONTRACTOR delivers the executed specified in the General Requirements), CONTRACTOR Agreements to OWNER, CONTRACTOR shall also shall submit to ENGINEER for its timely review: deliver to OWNER such Bonds as CONTRACTOR may be required to furnish. 1. a preliminary progress schedule indicating the times (numbers of days or dates) for 2.02 Copies of Documents starting and completing the various stages of the Work, including any Milestones specified in the SEE SUPPLEMENTARY CONDITIONS (SECTION Contract Documents; 00800) 2. a preliminary schedule of Shop Drawing A. OWNER shall furnish to CONTRACTOR up to and Sample submittals which will list each required ten copies of the Contract Documents. Additional copies submittal and the times for submitting, reviewing, will be furnished upon request at the cost of reproduction. and processing such submittal; and General Conditions Page 00700-9 Packet Pg. 192  3. a preliminary schedule of values for all responsibility for the progress schedule, for of the Work which includes quantities and prices of sequencing, scheduling, or progress of the Work nor items which when added together equal the Contract interfere with or relieve CONTRACTOR from Price and subdivides the Work into component parts CONTRACTOR’s full responsibility therefore. in sufficient detail to serve as the basis for progress payments during performance of the Work. Such 2. CONTRACTOR’s schedule of Shop prices will include an appropriate amount of Drawing and Sample submittals will be acceptable overhead and profit applicable to each item of to ENGINEER if it provides a workable Work. arrangement for reviewing and processing the required submittals. SEE SUPPLEMENTARY CONDITIONS (SECTION 00800) 3. CONTRACTOR’s schedule of values C. Evidence of Insurance: Before any Work at the will be acceptable to ENGINEER as to form and Site is started, CONTRACTOR and OWNER shall each substance if it provides a reasonable allocation of deliver to the other, with copies to each additional insured the Contract Price to component parts of the Work. identified in the Supplementary Conditions, certificates of insurance (and other evidence of insurance which either of ARTICLE 3 - CONTRACT DOCUMENTS: INTENT, them or any additional insured may reasonably request) AMENDING, REUSE which CONTRACTOR and OWNER respectively are required to purchase and maintain in accordance with 3.01 Intent Article 5. SEE ALSO SUPPLEMENTARY CONDITIONS (SECTION 2.06 Preconstruction Conference 00800) SEE SUPPLEMENTARY CONDITIONS (SECTION A. The Contract Documents are complementary; 00800) what is called for by one is as binding as if called for by all. A. Within 20 days after the Contract Times start to run, but before any Work at the Site is started, a conference B. It is the intent of the Contract Documents to attended by CONTRACTOR, ENGINEER, and others as describe a functionally complete Project (or part thereof) to appropriate will be held to establish a working be constructed in accordance with the Contract Documents. understanding among the parties as to the Work and to Any labor, documentation, services, materials, or discuss the schedules referred to in paragraph 2.05.B, equipment that may reasonably be inferred from the procedures for handling Shop Drawings and other Contract Documents or from prevailing custom or trade submittals, processing Applications for Payment, and usage as being required to produce the intended result will maintaining required records. be provided whether or not specifically called for at no additional cost to OWNER. 2.07 Initial Acceptance of Schedules C. Clarifications and interpretations of the Contract SEE SUPPLEMENTARY CONDITIONS (SECTION 00800) Documents shall be issued by ENGINEER as provided in Article 9. A. Unless otherwise provided in the Contract Documents, at least ten days before submission of the first 3.02 Reference Standards Application for Payment a conference attended by CONTRACTOR, ENGINEER, and others as appropriate A. Standards, Specifications, Codes, Laws, and will be held to review for acceptability to ENGINEER as Regulations provided below the schedules submitted in accordance with paragraph 2.05.B. CONTRACTOR shall have an 1. Reference to standards, specifications, additional ten days to make corrections and adjustments manuals, or codes of any technical society, and to complete and resubmit the schedules. No progress organization, or association, or to Laws or payment shall be made to CONTRACTOR until acceptable Regulations, whether such reference be specific or schedules are submitted to ENGINEER. by implication, shall mean the standard, specification, manual, code, or Laws or Regulations 1. The progress schedule will be acceptable in effect at the time of opening of Bids (or on the to ENGINEER if it provides an orderly progression Effective Date of the Agreement if there were no of the Work to completion within any specified Bids), except as may be otherwise specifically stated Milestones and the Contract Times. Such in the Contract Documents. acceptance will not impose on ENGINEER General Conditions Page 00700-10 Packet Pg. 193  2. No provision of any such standard, specification, manual or code, or any instruction of 3.04 Amending and Supplementing Contract a Supplier shall be effective to change the duties or Documents responsibilities of OWNER, CONTRACTOR, or ENGINEER, or any of their subcontractors, A. The Contract Documents may be amended to consultants, agents, or employees from those set provide for additions, deletions, and revisions in the Work forth in the Contract Documents, nor shall any such or to modify the terms and conditions thereof in one or provision or instruction be effective to assign to more of the following ways: (i) a Written Amendment; (ii) OWNER, ENGINEER, or any of ENGINEER’s a Change Order; or (iii) a Work Change Directive. Consultants,