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Owner. 3.2.2 The Consultant, as the representative of the Owner during the construction phase, shalt advise and consult with the Owner and issue the owner's instructions to the contractor; the Cotuultant shall have the authority to act on behalf of the Owner to the extent authorized by the Owner. The Consultant shall, at all times, have access to the work wlienever it is in preparation or progress. It is understood that the Consultant will have a representative in the field during construction at periodic times. 3.2.3 The Consultant shall issue separate appropriate letters of Notice to Proceed to each prime contractor, which shall fix and deE'initely establish the beginrtirtg date of Time of 1'ertorntance for each prime contract, and the required completion date. Copies of each such letter issued by the Consultant shall be furnished to the Owner. 3.2.4 Ttte Consultant shall arrange for, give written notice to all appropriate parties as to time artd place, and conduct apre-construction conference for each separate contract on an agenda approved by the Owner. 3.2.5 7~te Consultant shall evaluate and approve the prime contractor's work schedule. The Consultant shall establish and conduct a schedule of meetings as work progresses with the prime contractor's representatives and representatives of the Owner. Such meetings will be coordittatcd with scheduled site visits aril will be maintained tltrougltottt the entire constnrction period and shall be for the primary purpose of assessing the progress of the work and taking such remedial actions ac are necessary to assure the required progress and completion within the contract time. The Consultant shall submit to the Uwncr a full report of e;tclr ntccting. 3.2.C 'The Consultant shall require all sub-consultant's participating in the design of the project to provide liaison and observation services with respect to their portion of the design. 3.2.7 'i'he Consultant shall not be responsible for, nor have control or charge of, construction means, ntethcxls, techniques, sequencev or procedures, or for safety precautions and programs in connection with the project, and shall not be responsible far contractors' failure tv carry out work iri accordance with the cornract documents. The Consultant shall not be responsible for, nor have control over, the acts or omissions of the contractors, subcutttractnrs, any of their agents or employees, or any other persons p~:rforming any work. 3.2.R based on the Consultant's observations at the site, and an evaluation of the Project Al)plicatian for 1'aynunt, dtc Consultant shall detcnnine the amounts owing to the contractors a~)cl shall issue a Project Certificate for Payment in such amounts, as Irrovidcd in the contract documents. 3.2.9 'i'he issuat)ce of a Project Certificate far Payn)ent shall crntstitute a rcl)rescntation by the Consultant to the owner that, based on the Consultant's observations at the site and on the data comprising Ehe Project Application for Payment, work has progressed to the point indicaictl; that, to the best of the Consultant's knowledge, informatic)n and belief, the quality of work is in accordance with the contract documents subject tv an evaluation of work for conformance with the contract documents upon substantial completion, to the results of any subsequent tests required by or performed under the contract docun)cnts, to minor deviations from the contract doctrmcnts corrcctahlc prior to comt)lctic)tt, and to any specific qualifications statcJ in the Project Certificate for Payntcrtt; and that the contractors arc entitled to payment in the amount certified. I luwcvcr, tltc issuance of a I'rc)~cct Ccrtlficatc fur I'ayutcnt shall not be a rcprescntation -5-