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the provisions of the Contract Documents are
binding upon the parties, their employees, agents, heirs, successors and assigns.
13.4 Governing Law.
13.4.1 The Agreement and all Contract Documents shall be governed by the laws of the place of
the Project, without giving effect to its conflict of law principles.
13.5 Severability.
13.5.1 If any provision or any part of a provision of the Contract Documents shall be finally
determined to be superseded, invalid, illegal, or otherwise unenforceable pursuant to any
applicable Legal Requirements, such determination shall not impair or otherwise affect the
validity, legality, or enforceability of the remaining provision or parts of the provision of the
Contract Documents, which shall remain in full force and effect as if the unenforceable provision
or part were deleted.
13.6 No Waiver.
13.6.1 The failure of either Design-Builder or Owner to insist, in any one or more instances, on
the performance of any of the obligations required by the other under the Contract Documents
shall not be construed as a waiver or relinquishment of such obligation or right with respect to
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future performance.
13.7 Headings.
13.7.1 The headings used in these General Conditions of Contract, or any other Contract
Document, are for ease of reference only and shall not in any way be construed to limit or alter
the meaning of any provision.
13.8 Notice.
13.8.1 Whenever the Contract Documents require that notice be provided to the other party,
notice will be deemed to have been validly given (i) if delivered in person to the individual
intended to receive such notice, (ii) four (4) days after being sent by registered or certified mail,
postage prepaid to the address indicated in the Agreement, or (iii) if transmitted by facsimile, by
the time stated in a machine generated confirmation that notice was received at the facsimile
number of the intended recipient.
13.9 Amendments.
13.9.1 The Contract Documents may not be changed, altered, or amended in any way except in
writing signed by a duly authorized representative of each party.
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Standard Form of General Conditions of Contract Between Owner and Design-Builder
© 2010 Design-Build Institute of America