Bid Package 08 North Well Field - Garney Construction

providing the property insurance shall consent by endorsement
on the policy or policies, but the property insurance
shall not be canceled or permitted to lapse on account of any
such partial use or occupancy.
ARTICLE 6 - CONTRACTOR’S RESPONSIBILITIES
6.01 Supervision and Superintendence
A. CONTRACTOR shall supervise, inspect, and direct
the Work competently and efficiently, devoting such attention
thereto and applying such skills and expertise as may be
necessary to perform the Work in accordance with the
Contract Documents. CONTRACTOR shall be solely
responsible for the means, methods, techniques, sequences,
and procedures of construction, but CONTRACTOR shall not
be responsible for the negligence of OWNER or ENGINEER
in the design or specification of a specific means, method,
technique, sequence, or procedure of construction which is
shown or indicated in and expressly required by the Contract
Documents. CONTRACTOR shall be responsible to see that
the completed Work complies accurately with the Contract
Documents.
B. At all times during the progress of the Work,
CONTRACTOR shall assign a competent resident superintendent
thereto who shall not be replaced without written
notice to OWNER and ENGINEER except under
extraordinary circumstances. The superintendent will be
CONTRACTOR’s representative at the Site and shall have
authority to act on behalf of CONTRACTOR. All
communications given to or received from the superintendent
shall be binding on CONTRACTOR.
6.02 Labor; Working Hours
A. CONTRACTOR shall provide competent, suitably
qualified personnel to survey, lay out, and construct the Work
as required by the Contract Documents. CONTRACTOR
shall at all times maintain good discipline and order at the
Site.
B. Except as otherwise required for the safety or
protection of persons or the Work or property at the Site or
adjacent thereto, and except as otherwise stated in the
Contract Documents, all Work at the Site shall be performed
during regular working hours, and CONTRACTOR will not
permit overtime work or the performance of Work on
Saturday, Sunday, or any legal holiday without OWNER’s
written consent (which will not be unreasonably withheld)
given after prior written notice to ENGINEER.
6.03 Services, Materials, and Equipment
A. Unless otherwise specified in the General Requirements,
CONTRACTOR shall provide and assume full
responsibility for all services, materials, equipment, labor,
transportation, construction equipment and machinery, tools,
appliances, fuel, power, light, heat, telephone, water, sanitary
facilities, temporary facilities, and all other facilities and
incidentals necessary for the performance, testing, start-up,
and completion of the Work.
B. All materials and equipment incorporated into the
Work shall be as specified or, if not specified, shall be of good
quality and new, except as otherwise provided in the Contract
Documents. All warranties and guarantees specifically called
for by the Specifications shall expressly run to the benefit of
OWNER. If required by ENGINEER, CONTRACTOR shall
furnish satisfactory evidence (including reports of required
tests) as to the source, kind, and quality of materials and
equipment. All materials and equipment shall be stored,
applied, installed, connected, erected, protected, used,
cleaned, and conditioned in accordance with instructions of
the applicable Supplier, except as otherwise may be provided
in the Contract Documents.
6.04 Progress Schedule
A. CONTRACTOR shall adhere to the progress schedule
established in accordance with paragraph 2.07 as it may be
adjusted from time to time as provided below.
1. CONTRACTOR shall submit to ENGINEER for
acceptance (to the extent indicated in paragraph 2.07)
proposed adjustments in the progress schedule that will
not result in changing the Contract Times (or Milestones).
Such adjustments will conform generally to the progress
schedule then in effect and additionally will comply with
any provisions of the General Requirements applicable
thereto.
2. Proposed adjustments in the progress schedule
that will change the Contract Times (or Milestones) shall
be submitted in accordance with the requirements of
Article 12. Such adjustments may only be made by a
Change Order or Written Amendment in accordance with
Article 12.
6.05 Substitutes and “Or-Equals”
A. Whenever an item of material or equipment is
specified or described in the Contract Documents by using the
name of a proprietary item or the name of a particular
Supplier, the specification or description is intended to
establish the type, function, appearance, and quality required.
Unless the specification or description contains or is followed
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