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d. Contractor is an independent contractor of Owner. Any and all employees of the <br />Contractor engaged by the Contractor in the performance of any work or services required <br />of the Contractor under this Agreement, shall be considered employees or agents of the <br />Contractor only and not of the Owner, and any and. all claims that may or might arise under <br />any workers compensation or other law or contract on behalf of said employees while so <br />engaged shall be the sole obligation and responsibility of the Contractor. <br />e. Contractor agrees that Contractor, its employees, agents and its subcontractors, if any, shall <br />be required to comply with all federal, state and local antidiscrimination laws, regulations <br />and policies that relate to the performance. of Contractor's services under this Agreement. <br />f. If activities related to the performance of this Agreement require specific licenses, <br />certifications, or related credentials Contractor represents that it and/or its employees, <br />agents and subcontractors engaged in such activities possess such licenses, certifications, <br />or credentials and that such licenses certifications, or credentials aze current, active, and <br />not in a state of suspension or revocation. <br />5. PAYMENT & TAXES <br />a. The Owner hereby agrees to pay to the Contractor for the faithful performance of this <br />Agreement, and the Contractor hereby agrees to perform all of the Work for a sum not-to- <br />exceed Seven Hundred Sixty Three Thousand Eight Hundred Dollars ($763,800). Not <br />later than the fifth (5th) day of each calendaz month the Contractor shall submit to the <br />Owner's Representative, generally the acchitect if an architect is retained on the Work, a <br />Request for Payment for work done during the previous calendar month. <br />i. The Request for Payment shall be in form of a standazdized invoice or AIA <br />Document G702-703 appropriately addressed to Owner's Representative at Corley, <br />Redfoot, Zack Architects, Inc., PO Box 2368, Chapel Hill, NC 27515-2368 and <br />shall show substantially the value of work done during the previous calendaz <br />month. <br />ii. The amount due for payment shall be ninety percent (90%) of the value of work <br />completed since the last Request for Payment and this amount shall be paid by the <br />.Owner on or before the last business day of the month. Owner shall retain ten <br />percent (10%). <br />1. Upon Owner's Representative's certification that seventy-five percent <br />(75%) of the Work has been satisfactorily completed retainage shall be <br />reduced to five percent (5%). Retainage may be waived, at Owner's <br />Discretion, so long as work continues to be completed satisfactorily and on <br />schedule. <br />iii. Final payment shall not be due to the Contractor until thirty (30) days after one <br />hundred percent (100%) of the Work, including punch list work, has been <br />' satisfactorily completed and an appropriate affidavit as required in Section 7(c) <br />below has been received by Owner. <br />b. Should Owner reasonably determine that Contractor has failed to perform the Work related <br />to a Request for Payment, Owner, at its discretion may provide the Contractor ten (10) <br />days to cure the breach. Owner may withhold the accompanying payment without penalty <br />until such time as Contractor cures the breach. <br />i. Should Contractor or its representatives fail to cure the breach within ten (10) days, <br />or fail to reasonably agree to such modified schedule, Owner may immediately <br />Revised December 2010 3 <br />