TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS for - City of West Palm Beach

B. It is the responsibility of the Contractor to ensure that all utility or other poles, the stability ofwhich may be endangered by the close proximity of excavation, are temporarily stayed inposition while the work proceeds in the vicinity of the pole and that the utility or othercompanies concerned be given reasonable advance notice of any such excavation by theContractor.1.20 CLEAN-UP:The Contractor shall maintain the site of the work in a neat condition. The Contractor shall remove allexcess materials, excess excavated materials and all debris resulting from his operations within atime frame approved by the Engineer.1.21 DESIGN PROFESSIONALS REPRESENTING OWNER:Various Design Professionals (i.e. Civil, Mechanical, Electrical, Groundwater Hydrologists, etc.) asconsultants to the Owner prepared the drawings and specifications for the project. The Owner mayhave the various Design Professionals provide services to the Owner during construction phase of theproject. The Design Professionals will be representatives of the Owner and visits to the site by theDesign Professionals will be on the basis of paragraph 1.22 of this section. Also paragraph 1.23 ofthis section includes the various Design Professionals for this project.1.22 VISITS TO SITE BY OWNER'S REPRESENTATIVE:The Owner's representative will make visits to the site at intervals appropriate to the various stages ofconstruction to observe the progress and quality of the executed work and to determine, in general, ifthe work is proceeding in accordance with the Contract Documents.The Owner's representative's efforts will be directed toward providing for the Owner a greater degreeof confidence that the completed work will conform to the drawings and these specifications. On thebasis of such visits and on-site observations, the Owner's representative will keep the Owner informedof the progress of the work and will endeavor to guard the Owner against defects and deficiencies inthe work.1.23 LIMITATIONS ON OWNER'S REPRESENTATIVE RESPONSIBILITIES:A. Neither the Owner's representative's authority to act under these specifications and drawingsor elsewhere in other documents nor any decision made by the Owner's representative ingood faith either to exercise or not exercise such authority shall give rise to any duty orresponsibility of the Owner's representative to the Contractor, any sub-Contractor, anymanufacturer, fabricator, supplier or distributor, or any of their agents or employees or anyother person performing any of the work.B. The Owner's representative shall not be responsible to the Contractor's means, methods,techniques, sequences or procedures of construction, or safety precautions and programsincident thereto, and the Owner's representative shall not be responsible for the Contractor'sfailure to perform the work in accordance with the drawings and these specifications.C. The Owner's representative shall not be responsible for the acts or omissions of theContractor or of any sub-Contractors, or of any other persons at the site or otherwiseperforming any of the work.1.24 WARRANTY:The Contractor shall be responsible for defects in materials (including latent defects) or workmanshipfor a period of one year after the date of final acceptance of the project by the Owner. Such defectsinclude, but not limited to, any settlement noted in backfill, fill, or in structures built over the backfill orfill during the warranty period in accordance with the GENERAL CONDITIONS will be considered tobeGeneral Requirements Section 01019-5