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ARTICLE I.. - ' DEFINITIONS <br />1.1 Agreement - The Construction Agreement, these General Conditions, and any <br />Supplementary Conditions.. <br />1.2 AIA - The American Institute of Architects. <br />1.3 ASTM -The American Society for Testing and Materials. <br />1.4 Beneficial Occupancy — The point at which the Project can be occupied by the Owner for its <br />intended purpose, upon achievement of Substantial Completion, as defined in paragraph <br />1.39 of these General Conditions.. <br />1.5 Change Order - A written* order to the Contractor signed' by the CMAR, the Owner and the <br />Designer authorizing an addition, deletion, or revision in the Work and/or an adjustment in <br />the Contract Price and/or the Contract Time issued after execution of the Construction <br />Agreement. See paragraph 14.1 of these General Conditions. <br />1.6 Completion Oates -'Those dates Identified as the Contractors Completion Dates in the <br />Contractor's Construction. Schedule, the Master Schedule, *or elsewhere in the Contract <br />Documents. <br />1.7 Construction Agreement = The doc6ment executed by the Contractor and the CMAR to <br />formally memorialize their consent to the terms• of the Agreement. <br />.. <br />1.8 Construction Change Directive — A written order to ' the 'Contracior signed by the CMAR, the <br />Owner and the Designer directing' .an addition,' deletion, -or revision in the Work after <br />execution of the Construction Agreement, ifi 'circumstances When the parties have been <br />unable to agree on -an adjustment to. the Contract Price or the• Contract Time, but the <br />CMAR directs that the Contractor proceed. with* said Work'subject to adjustment of the <br />Contract Price and/or Contract Time under the procedures described herein. <br />1.9 Construction Manager At Risk (CMAR) — The personor'firm designated as the CMAR in <br />the Contract Documents, or its authorized representatives-.* The agreement between the <br />CMAR and the Owner is referred to herein as the CMAR Contract. <br />1.10 Contractor's Construction* Schedule'- That schedule 'described in Article 13 hereof and <br />identified as the Contractor's Construction Schedule... <br />1.11 Contract Documents -All of the documents that make up the Agreement, plus the Drawings <br />and Specifications that describe the scope of the Work, plus allowable Modifications to the <br />Contract Documents. <br />1.12 Contract Price - The total monies payable to the Contractor under the Contract Documents <br />pursuant to paragraph 15.1 of the Agreement. <br />1.13 Contract Time - The number of calendar days stated* in, or computed from, the Contract <br />Documents for the completion of the Work, or any-portion thereof. See, particularly, Article <br />13 hereof. Time of completion as specified therein is of the essence. The time used and <br />referred to on the Project .will be that -time -which is observed in Hillsborough,* North <br />Carolina, being* Eastern Daylight Savings Time* (EDT),*.Eastern Standard Time (EST), or <br />other as designated by the Designer. <br />1.14 Contractor -'The Cbritractior sh'a*ll be that party identified as'such in the Agreement. <br />.1.15' Days - Unless.otherwise indicated, ihe­term."daiy:s" shiM"mean consecutive calendar days. <br />GENERAL CONDITIONS FOR CM AT RISK PROJECT 3 of 42 JUNE 2007 EDITION <br />