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§ 3.4.18 Providing services after issuance to the Owner of the final Certificate for Payment, or in the absence of a final <br />Certificate for Payment, more than 60 days after the date of Substantial Completion of the Work. <br />§ 3.4.19 Providing services of consultants for other than architectural, structural, mechanical and electrical engineering <br />portions of the Project provided as a part of Basic Services, <br />§ 3.4.20 Providing any other services not otherwise included in this Agreement or not customarily furnished in <br />accordance with generally accepted architectural practice. <br />ARTICLE 4 OWNER'S RESPONSIBILITIES <br />4.1 The Owner shall provide full information in a timely manner regarding requirements for and limitations on the <br />Project, including a written program which shall set forth the Owner's objectives, schedule, constraints and criteria, <br />including space requirements and relationships, flexibility, expandability, special equipment, systems and site <br />requirements. The Owner shall furnish to the Architect, within 15 days after receipt of a written request, information <br />necessary and relevant for the Architect to evaluate, give notice of or enforce lien rights. <br />§ 4.2 The Owner shall establish and periodically update an overall budget for the Project, including the Construction <br />Cost, the Owner's other costs and reasonable contingencies related to all of these costs. <br />§ 4.3 The Owner shall designate a representative authorized to act on the Owner's behalf with respect to the Project. The <br />Owner or such designated representative shall render decisions in a timely manner pertaining to documents submitted <br />by the Architect in order to avoid unreasonable delay in the orderly and sequential progress of the Architect's services. <br />4.4 The Owner shall furnish surveys to describe physical characteristics, legal limitations and utility locations for the <br />site of the Project, and a written legal description of the site. The surveys and legal information shall include, as <br />applicable, grades and lines of streets, alleys, pavements and adjoining property and structures; adjacent drainage; <br />rights-of-way, restrictions, easements, encroachments, zoning, deed restrictions, boundaries and contours of the site; <br />locations, dimensions and necessary data with respect to existing buildings, other improvements and trees; and <br />information concerning available utility services and lines, both public and private, above and below grade, including <br />inverts and depths. All the information on the survey shall be referenced to a Project benchmark. <br />§ 4.5 The Owner shall furnish the services of geotechnical engineers when such services are requested by the Architect. <br />Such services may include but are not limited to test borings, test pits, determinations of soil bearing values, percolation <br />tests, evaluations of hazardous materials, ground corrosion tests and resistivity tests, including necessary operations for <br />anticipating subsoil conditions, with reports and appropriate recommendations. <br />§ 4.6 The Owner shall furnish the services of consultants other than those designated in Section 4.5 when such services <br />are requested by the Architect and are reasonably required by the scope of the Project. <br />§ 4.7 The Owner shall furnish structural, mechanical, and chemical tests; tests for air and water pollution; tests for <br />hazardous materials; and other laboratory and environmental tests, inspections and reports required by law or the <br />Contract Documents. <br />§ 4.8 The Owner shall furnish all legal, accounting and insurance services that may be necessary at any time for the <br />Project to meet the Owner's needs and interests. Such services shall include auditing services the Owner may require to <br />verify the Contractor's Applications for Payment or to ascertain how or for what purposes the Contractor has used the <br />money paid by or on behalf of the Owner. <br />§ 4.9 The services, information, surveys and reports required by Sections 4.4 through 4.8 shall be furnished at the <br />Owner's expense, and the Architect tshall be entitled to rely upon the accuracy and completeness thereof. <br />4.10 The Owner shall provide prompt written notice to the Architect if the Owner becomes aware of any fault or defect <br />in the Project, including any errors, omissions or inconsistencies in the Architect's Instruments of Service. <br />AIA Document 8151Tm —1997. Copyright Q 1974,1978,1987, and 1997 by The American Institute of Architects. All rights reserved. WARNING: This <br />Ale Document is protected by U.S. Copyright Law and International Treaties. Unauthorized reproduction or distribution of this Ale Document, <br />or any portion of it, may result in severe civil and criminal penalties, and will be prosecuted to the maximum extent possible under the law. 7 <br />Purchasers are permitted to reproduce ten (10) copies of this document when completed. To report copyright violations of AIA Contract Documents, e-mail <br />The American Institute of Architects' legal counsel, copyright0aia.org. <br />