Project Manual 11-210C - Ramapo College of New Jersey

intended use even though all permanent installations are not in place. The determination as to the date of substantial
completion shall be made pursuant to Article 10.4 of the General Conditions.
1.1.27 "Systems Assurance" shall mean the totality of all quality control and assurance requirements
specified in the contract documents.
1.1.28 "Unit Schedule Breakdown" comprises a detailed list of the work activities required for project
construction, other elements associated with fulfilling the requirements of the Contract (bonds, insurance, etc.), major
items of material or equipment and the prices associated therewith.
1.1.29 The term "Work" as used herein comprises all construction efforts required by the Contract
Documents and includes all supervision, labor, material and equipment necessary to complete such construction.
1.2 Intent of the Contract
1.2.1 The Drawings and Specifications of the Contract are intended to require the Contractor to provide for
everything reasonably necessary to accomplish the proper and complete finishing of the work. All Work and Materials
included in the Specifications and not shown on the Drawings, or shown on the Drawings and not in the Specifications,
shall be performed by the Contractor as if described in both. Any incidental material, and/or work not specified in the
Drawings and/or the Specifications which is, nevertheless, necessary for the true development thereof and reasonably
inferable therefrom, the Contractor shall understand the same to be implied and required, and he shall perform all such
Work and furnish all such materials as if particularly delineated or described therein at no additional cost to the College.
Should there be an obvious error or omission in the Drawings or Specifications, it shall be the Contractor's responsibility
to complete the Work as reasonably required at no additional cost to the College, consistent with the intent of such
Drawings and Specifications as may be interpreted by the Contracting Officer or authorized representative.
1.2.2 Each Contractor shall abide by and comply with the true intent and meaning of the Drawings, the
Specifications and other Contract Documents taken as a whole, and shall not avail himself of any unintentional error or
omission, should any exist. Should any error, omission or discrepancy appear, or should any doubt exist, or any dispute
arise as to the true intent and meaning of the Drawings, the Specifications or other Contract Documents, or should any
portion thereof be obscure, or capable of more than one interpretation, the Contractor shall immediately notify the
Contracting Officer and seek correction or interpretation thereof prior to commencement of affected Work. The
Contracting Officer or authorized representative shall issue its written Interpretation with reasonable promptness.
However, the Contractor shall make no claim against the College for expenses incurred or damages sustained on account
of any error, discrepancy, omission or conflict in the Contract Documents.
1.2.3 Each and every provision required by law to be inserted in the Contract Documents shall be deemed
to have been inserted therein. If any such provision has been omitted or has not been correctly inserted, then upon
application of either party, the Contract shall be physically amended to provide for such insertion or correction.
1.2.4 The organization of the Specifications into Divisions, Sections and Articles, and the arrangement of
Drawings shall not be construed by the Contractor as being intended to divide or allocate the Work among
Subcontractors in any manner or to establish the extent of the work to be performed by any trade. The Contractor is
solely responsible for allocation of the contracted work to each Subcontractor regardless if a trade designation is made in
the Contract Documents.
1.2.5 The Contracting Officer will furnish to the Contractor one electronic copy of the Contract Documents.
1.2.6 The Contractor shall do no Work without proper Drawings and instructions unless authorization to
proceed from the Contracting Officer or an authorized representative is received by the Contractor, in writing.
1.2.7 All Drawings referred to, together with such supplementary details as may be furnished and approved
from time to time as the Work progresses, are understood as being included as part of the Contract to which they relate.
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