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' 2.4 The Work of all trades under the Contract Documents shall be coordinated by the <br />Contractor in such a manner as to obtain the best workmanship possible for the Work and <br />alt components of the Wark shall be installed or erected in accordance with the best <br />practices of the particular trade. <br />2.5 The Contractor shat! fully complete the Work and shall be responsible for alt of the Work <br />under the Contract Documents to which the Construction Agreement applies. If _the <br />Contractor is prevented from doing so by any limitation of the Contract Documents, the <br />Contractor sha(I immediately give notice thereof to the CMAR In writing before proceeding <br />with the construction in the area where the problem or limitation exists. <br />2.6 Standard specifications or manufacturers' literature, when referenced, shaft be of the latest <br />revision or printing unless otherwise stated and is intended to establish the minimum <br />requirements acceptable. <br />2.7 For those materials. specked without the use of brand names, the Contractor shall submit <br />fo the CMAR within thirty t30) days after its receiving the Construction Agreement far <br />signatures, any product that meets the express requirements of the Specifications; unless a <br />longer time is agreed to in the Master Schedule. <br />Such Submittal shall include manufacturer's data, test reports, pertormance data and <br />certifications, samples, erection details, and other applicable information. as required to <br />permit determination by the Designer whether such proposed products are suitable. The <br />Designer shalt be the sole Judge as to the suitability of any proposed product. The burden <br />of proof of quality rests with the Contractor. <br />2.8 The Contractor is required to examine and read the complete set of Drawings and <br />_ _ Specifications for the Project far information concerning the Work, because same of the <br />Work for which the Contractor will be responsible~may be indicated on or in documentation <br />applying- primarily to the Work of one or more other separate prime contractors. No <br />allowance will be made for the Contractor's failure to become #amtliar with the complete set <br />of Project Drawings and Specifications. <br />2•g Contractor's requests for clarification or information shaft clearly define the cause(s) of the <br />Contractor's request and, as appropriate, shall include the Contractor's interpretation and <br />the Contractor's proposed solution. <br />ARTICLE 3. I`AMtLIARITY WITH WORK, CONDITIONS AND LAWS <br />3.4 The Contractor has investigated prior to bidding and is satisfied with all conditions affecting <br />the Work, including but not restricted to those bearing upon transportation, disposal, <br />handling and storage of materials, availability of tabor, water, electrical power, roads and <br />uncertainties of weather, or similar physical conditions at the Project site, and the character <br />of equipment and facilities needed prior to and during prosecution of the Work. The <br />Contractor is satisfied as to the character, quality and quantity of surface and subsurface <br />materials or obstacles to be encountered Insofar as this information is reasonably <br />ascertainable from inspection of the Project site, including all exploratory work done by the <br />C}wner, as welt as from information presented by the Contract Documents, ar any other <br />information made available to the Contractor prior fo receipt of bids. Any failure by the <br />Contractor to become acquainted with the available information shall not relieve the <br />Contractor from the responsibility for estimating properly the difficulty ar cost of successfully <br />performing the Work. <br />3.2 The Contractor shall be entitled to rely upon all information fumished to the Contractor in <br />writing by the CMAR with respect to the Project site and to make alt inferences from it that <br />GENERAL CONDITIONS FOR CM AT RISK PROJECT 7 of 42 JUNE 2007 EDITtOh <br />