AGREEMENT between BROWARD COUNTY and Cummings ...

DIVISION 1 SPECIFICATIONS - SECTION 01400 QUALITY CONTROL SERVICES
1.03 TESTING BY THE CONTRACTOR
A. The CONTRACTOR may engage and will pay for the services of a Testing
Laboratory to perform inspections and quality assurance/quality control tests.
The COUNTY will ONLY engage and pay for the services of a Testing Laboratory
to perform quality acceptance inspections and tests.
1. Where the Consultant has engaged a testing laboratory or other entity for
testing and inspection of a part of the Work, and the CONTRACTOR is
also required to engage an entity for the same related element, the
CONTRACTOR shall not employ the entity engaged by the
CONSULTANT, unless otherwise agreed in writing with the CPM.
1.04 CONTRACTOR RESPONSIBILITIES
Exhibit 2
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A. CONTRACTOR Responsibilities: The CONTRACTOR shall provide inspections,
tests and similar quality assurance/quality control services, specified in individual
Specification Sections and required by governing authorities.
1. Retesting: When the Work installed by the CONTRACTOR does not
meet the requirements of the Specifications, as determined by the
COUNTY’s quality acceptance testing, the CONTRACTOR is responsible
for retesting costs for all required inspections, tests, or similar services.
2. Associated Services: The CONTRACTOR shall cooperate with the
laboratories performing required inspections, tests, and similar services,
and provide reasonable auxiliary services as requested. The
CONTRACTOR shall notify the CPM at least 24 hours in advance of
operations requiring testing by the COUNTY to permit assignment of
personnel. Auxiliary services required include but are not limited to:
a. Providing access to the Work and furnishing incidental labor and
facilities necessary to facilitate inspections and tests.
b. Taking adequate quantities of representative samples of materials
that require testing or assisting the laboratories in taking samples.
c. Providing facilities for storage and curing of test samples, and
delivery of samples to testing laboratories.
d. Providing the testing laboratory with preliminary design mix
proposed for use for materials mixes that require control by the
testing agency.
e. Providing security and protection of samples and test equipment
at the Project site.
B. Duties of the Testing Laboratory: The independent testing laboratory engaged
by the COUNTY, CONSULTANT or CONTRACTOR to perform inspections,
sampling and testing of materials and construction specified in individual
Specification Sections will cooperate with the CPM, CONSULTANT and
CONTRACTOR in performance of its duties, and provide qualified personnel to
perform required inspections and tests.
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