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change in the Project shall be determined in one or more of the <br />following ways: <br />7.3.1.1 8y mutual acceptance of a lump sum, properly itemized <br />and supported by cost data; or <br />7.3.1.2 By unit prices defined in a contract with a Contractor, or <br />7.3.1.3 By the cost of such Work determined on the basis of <br />the cost records for the changed work. In the event actual <br />costs are to be reimbursed, the CMAR shall keep and present <br />in such form as may be agreeable to the Owner and Designer <br />an itemized accounting together with appropriate supporting <br />data of the actual Cost of the Work. <br />7.3.2 Di~eciive to Proceed <br />in the event the CMAR and the Owner cannot agree chat an <br />adjustment to the Guaranteed Maximum Price or the Master <br />Schedule is warranted, or cannot agree on the compensation <br />for a change in the Work or on an increase in the Guaranteed <br />Maximum Price, the CMAR shall, if so directed by the Owner in <br />writing, nevertheless proceed with the Work, and any <br />adjustment to the Guaranteed Maximum Price shall be <br />negotiated by the parties at a later date, utilizing the dispute <br />resolution procedures under this Agreement'rf necessary. <br />7.3.3 Unit Prices <br />If unit prices are utilized in the Guaranteed Maximum Price, the <br />Guaranteed Maximum Price Proposal shat) document the <br />estimates on which the unit prices are based. if the CMAR <br />later determines that the quantidies on which unit prices are <br />based will vary from the quantities utilized by the CMAR to fns <br />the unit prices and calculate the Guaranteed Maximum Price, <br />the CMAR shall within five (5) days after determining that the <br />quantities will vary from the estimates notify the Designer and <br />the Owner in writing and forecast the amount of the variance. <br />If the estimated quantities available to and used by the CMAR <br />to establish the unit prices are so changed that application of <br />the agreed unit prices to the quantities or work proposed cause <br />substantial inequity to the Owner or the CMAR, the applicable <br />unit prices and Guaranteed Maximum Price shall be adjusted. <br />7.3.4 Unforeseen Conditions <br />5houtd the CMAR encounter unforeseen conditions at the <br />Project site materially differing from those shown on the <br />Drawings or indicated in the Specfications or differing <br />materially from those ordinarily encountered and generally <br />recognized as inherent in worts of the character provided for in <br />this Agreement, the CMAR shall immediately, and in no event <br />more than five (5) days later, give native to the Owner of such <br />conditions before they are disturbed. The Owner and the <br />Designer shall thereupon promplly investigate the conditions <br />and if they find that they materially differ from those shown on <br />the Drawings or indicated in the Specifications, they shalE at <br />once make such changes in the Drawings and/or Specifications <br />as they may find necessary. Any increase or decrease in the <br />Guaranteed Maximum 'Price resulting from such changes shall <br />be adjusted in the manner provided herein far adjustments as <br />to extra and/or additional Work and changes. However, neither <br />the Owner nor the Designer shall be liable or responsible for <br />additional work, costs, or changes to the Work that could have <br />bean reasonably determined from any reports, surveys, and <br />analyses made available for the CMAR's review or that could <br />have been discovered by the CMAR through the performance <br />of its obligations pursuant to the Contract Documents. <br />7.3.5 Minor Changes <br />The Designer shall have the authority to order minor changes <br />in the Project consistent with the intent of the Drawings and <br />Specifications and not involving an adjustment in the <br />Guaranteed Maximum Price or change of the construction <br />completion date. Such changes may be affected by written <br />order only. <br />7.4 Fixed Fee and General Conditions Costs <br />The Owner shall compensate the CMAR for the CMAR's Fixed <br />Fee and reimbursable General Conditions Costs in accordance <br />with the terms and conditions of this Agreement as specifically <br />as follows: <br />7.4.1 Fixed Fees <br />The Fixed Feas payable to the CMAR shall be: <br />Six Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($6,500} for the pre- <br />construction and procurement phases which amount is <br />included in the GMP provided the GMP is accepted by the <br />Owner. if the GMP is not accepted by the Owner the CMAR is <br />entitled io the cost of serv(ces rendered not to exceed <br />$6,500.00; and, for the construction and post-construction <br />phases, a fee equal to eight percent (8%) of the Cosi of the <br />Work set forth in the original agreed Guaranteed Maximum <br />Price. In the event the original agreed Guaranteed Maximum <br />Price is adjusted between the time it is fixed and the end of the <br />23 <br />