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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 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.
General Conditions
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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--The individual or entity named
as such in the Agreement.
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. Liens--Charges, security interests, or
encumbrances upon Project funds, real property, or personal
property.
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.
30. OWNER--The individual, entity, public body,
or authority 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. Praject 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.
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 CON-
TRACTOR 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
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by OWNER which are designated for the use of
CONTRACTOR.
Al. 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” as 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, suppli-
er, 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.
46. Underground Feacilities-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 functioning 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
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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).
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
