2011-254A Housing - Citty's Plumbing and Pools, Inc. - Construction Agreement

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3. STANDARD OF CARE a. The Contractor shall exercise reasonable care and diligence in performing the Work in accordance with the highest generally accepted standards of this type of Contractor practice throughout the United States and in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations applicable to the performance of these services. Contractor is solely responsible for the professional quality, accuracy and timely completion and/or submission of all work. b. The Contractor shall not load or permit any part of the Work to be loaded with a weight that will endanger its safety, intended performance or configuration. c. Contractor shall be responsible for all errors or omissions, in the performance of the Agreement. Contractor shall correct any and all errors, omissions, discrepancies, ambiguities, mistakes or conflicts at no additional cost to the Owner. d. Contractor is an independent contractor of Owner. Any and all employees of the Contractor engaged by the Contractor in the performance of any work or services required of the Contractor under this Agreement, shall be considered employees or agents of the Contractor only and not of the Owner, and any and all claims that may or might arise under any workers compensation or other law or contract on behalf of said employees while so engaged shall be the sole obligation and responsibility of the Contractor. e. Contractor agrees that Contractor, its employees, agents and its subcontractors, if any, shall be required to comply with all federal, state and local antidiscrimination laws,regulations and policies that relate to the performance of Contractor's services under this Agreement. f. If activities related to the performance of this Agreement require specific licenses, certifications, or related credentials Contractor represents that it and/or its employees, agents and subcontractors engaged in such activities possess such licenses, certifications, or credentials and that such licenses certifications, or credentials are current, active, and not in a state of suspension or revocation. 4. PAYMENT&TAXES a. The Owner hereby agrees to pay to the Contractor for the faithful performance of this Agreement, and the Contractor hereby agrees to perform all of the Work for a sum not-to-exceed Twenty eight thousand five hundred and thirty Dollars ($28,530.00). Not later than the fifth (5th) day of each calendar month the Contractor shall submit to the Owner a Request for Payment for work done during the previous calendar month. The Request for Payment shall be in the form of a standardized invoice or AIA Document G702 and shall show substantially the value of the work done during the previous calendar month. The amount due for payment shall be ninety percent (90%) of the value of work completed since the last Request for Payment and this amount shall be paid by the Owner on or before the last business day of the month. Final payment shall not be due to the Contractor until thirty(30) days after all work has been satisfactorily completed. b. Should Owner reasonably determine that Contractor has failed to perform the Work related to a Request for Payment, Owner, at its discretion may provide the Contractor seven (7) days to cure the breach. Owner may withhold the accompanying payment without penalty until such time as Contractor cures the breach. Should Contractor or its representatives fail to cure the breach within seven (7) days, or fail to reasonably agree to such modified schedule, Owner may immediately terminate this Agreement in writing, without penalty or incurring further obligation to Contractor. This section shall not be interpreted to limit the definition of breach to the failure to perform the Work related to a Request for Payment. c. The Contractor has included in the Contract Price and shall pay all taxes assessed by any authority on the Work or the labor and materials used therein. It shall be the Contractor's responsibility to Revised December 2010 2