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GENERAL CONDITIONS
<br /> ARTICLE 7 ARTICLE 9
<br /> CONTRACT.DOCUMENTS CONTRACTOR
<br /> 7.1 The Contract Documents consist of this Agreement with 9.1 The Contractor shall supervise and direct the Work,using
<br /> Conditions of the Contract(General,Supplementary and other the Contractor's best skill and attention. The Contractor shall
<br /> Conditions), Drawings, Specifications, addenda issued prior to be solely responsible for and have control over construction
<br /> the execution of this Agreement,other documents listed in this means, methods, techniques, sequences and procedures and
<br /> Agreement and Modifications issued after execution of this for coordinating all portions of the Work under the Contract,
<br /> Agreement.The intent of the Contract Documents is to include unless Contract Documents give other specific instructions
<br /> all items necessary for the proper execution and completion of concerning these matters.
<br /> the Work by the Contractor. The Contract Documents are
<br /> complementary, and what is required by one shall be as bind- 9.2 Unless otherwise provided in the Contract Documents,the
<br /> ing as if required by all;performance by the Contractor shall be Contractor shalt provide and pay for labor, materials, equip-
<br /> required only to the extent consistent with the Contract Docu- ment, tools, construction equipment and machinery, water,
<br /> ments and reasonably inferable from them as being necessary heat, utilities, transportation, and other facilities and services
<br /> to produce the intended results. necessary for the proper execution and completion of the
<br /> Work, whether temporary or permanent and whether or not
<br /> 7.2 The Contract Documents shall not be construed to create a incorporated or to be incorporated in the Work.
<br /> contractual relationship of any kind(1)between the Architect 9.3 The Contractor shall enforce strict discipline and good
<br /> and Contractor,(2)between the Owner and a Subcontractor or order among the Contractor's employees and other persons
<br /> Sub-subcontractor or(3)between any persons or entities other carrying out the Contract. The Contractor shall not permit
<br /> than the Owner and Contractor. employment of unfit persons or persons not skilled in tasks
<br /> 7.3 Execution of the Contract by the Contractor is a represen- assigned to them.
<br /> tation that the Contractor has visited the site and become famil- 9,4 The Contractor warrants to the Owner and Architect that
<br /> iar with the local conditions under which the Work is to be materials and equipment furnished under the Contract will be
<br /> performed. of good quality and new unless otherwise required or permit-
<br /> ted by the Contract Documents, that the Work will be free
<br /> 7.4 The term "Work" means the construction and services from defects not inherent in the quality required or permitted,
<br /> required by the Contract Documents, whether completed or and that the Work will conform with the requirements of the
<br /> partially completed, and includes all other labor, materials, Contract Documents. Work not conforming to these require-
<br /> equipment and services provided or to be provided by the ments, including substitutions not properly approved and
<br /> Contractor to fulfill the Contractor's obligations. The Work authorized, may be considered defective. The Contractor's
<br /> may constitute the whole or a part of the Project. warranty excludes remedy for damage or defect caused by
<br /> abuse,modifications not executed by the Contractor,improper
<br /> or insufficient maintenance, improper operation, or normal
<br /> wear and tear under normal usage.If required by the Architect,
<br /> the Contractor shall furnish satisfactory evidence as to the kind
<br /> ARTICLE 8 and quality of materials and equipment.
<br /> OWNER 9.5 Unless otherwise provided in the Contract Documents,the
<br /> Contractor shall pay sales, consumer, use, and other similar
<br /> 8.1 The Owner shall furnish surveys and a legal description of taxes which are legally enacted when bids are received or nego-
<br /> the site. tiations concluded, whether or not yet effective or merely
<br /> scheduled to go into effect, and shall secure and pay for the
<br /> 8.2 Except for permits and fees which are the responsibility of building permit and other permits and governmental fees,
<br /> the Contractor under the Contract Documents,the Owner shall licenses and inspections necessary for proper execution and
<br /> secure and pay for necessary approvals,easements,assessments completion of the Work.
<br /> and charges required for the construction,use or occupancy of 9.6 The Contractor shall comply with and give notices
<br /> permanent structures or permanent changes in existing facilities. required by laws, ordinances, rules, regulations, and lawful
<br /> orders of public authorities bearing on performance of the
<br /> 8.3 If the Contractor fails to correct Work which is not in Work. The Contractor shall promptly notify the Architect and
<br /> accordance with the requirements of the Contract Documents Owner if the Drawings and Specifications are observed by the
<br /> or persistently fails to carry out the Work in accordance with Contractor to be at variance therewith.
<br /> the Contract Documents, the Owner, by a written order, may
<br /> order the Contractor to stop the Work,or any portion thereof, 9.7 The Contractor shall be responsible to the Owner for the
<br /> until the cause for such order has been eliminated; however, acts and omissions of the Contractor's employees,Subcontrac-
<br /> the right of the Owner to stop the Work shall not give rise to a tors and their agents and employees, and other persons per-
<br /> duty on the pan of the Owner to exercise this right for the forming portions of the Work under a contract with the
<br /> benefit of the Contractor or any other person or entity. Contractor.
<br /> AIA DOCUMENT A107•ABBREVIATED OWNER-CONTRACTOR AGREEMENT•NINTH EDITION•AIA19 •©1987
<br /> THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS, 1735 NEW YORK AVENUE, N.W., WASHINGTON, D.C. 20006 Al 07-1987 6
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