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ARTICLE 10. DESIGNER 10.1 The Designer is charged with responsibility for preparation and interpretation of the Contract Documents. The Designer's decisions relating to aesthetic matters shall be final. 10.2 All Work completed under the Contract Documents shall be subject to review by the Designer. No Work is to be covered without the Designer's review or prior authorization. Any Work so covered without the Designer's review or prior authorization shall be uncovered at the Contractor's expense. The Contractor shall notify the CMAR in writing at least twenty-four (24) hours in advance of covering any Work. 10.3 The Designer shall not be responsible for the construction means, methods, techniques, sequences, procedures, or the safety precautions and programs incident thereto, and shall not be responsible for the Contractor's failure to perform the Work in accordance with the Contract Documents, but shall be entitled to enforce any requirements in the Contract Documents specifying particular means, methods, techniques, sequences, or procedures. 10.4 The Designer shall be an Owner's agent during the construction period. The duties, responsibilities and authority of the Designer as the Owner's representative during construction are as set forth in the Contract Documents. ARTICLE 11. TESTING AND SURVEYING 11.1 Laboratory and field tests to determine compliance of construction with the Contract Documents shall be made by the Owner or testing consultants employed by the Owner except those required elsewhere in the Contract Documents to be paid for by the Contractor. The costs and expenses of providing samples for and assistance in any testing shall be borne by the Contractor and are included in the Contract Price. Any Work in which untested materials are used without approval or written permission of the CMAR and the Designer shall be removed and replaced at the Contractor's expense. Work found to be unacceptable or unauthorized will 'not be paid for and, if directed by the CMAR, shall be removed and replaced at the Contractor's expense. Unless otherwise designated, tests in accordance with the cited standard methods of ASTM or other generally recognized or specifically authorized methods which are current on the date of advertisement for bids shall be made at the expense of the Owner; provided, however, in the event that after such testing any Work is found to be defective or does not meet the requirements of the Contract Documents, the costs of retesting such Work and the costs of inspection services shall be paid by the Contractor. Samples shall be taken by a testing laboratory employed by the Owner. All materials being used are subject to inspection, tests, or rejection at any time prior to .or during incorporation into the Work. Copies of all Owner test reports will be furnished to the Contractor at its written request. Copies of Contractor test reports shall be furnished to the CMAR upon written request. 11.2 The CMAR shall have the right to deduct the costs of additional testing as described in paragraph 11.1 from any money due or to become due the Contractor; or if no money is due the Contractor, the CMAR shall have the right to recover these costs from the Contractor, from its sureties, or from both. 11.3 All layouts and surveying shall be accomplished by properly qualified personnel duly licensed in the State of North Carolina. ARTICLE 12. SEPARATE CONTRACTS 12.1 It is expressly understood that the CMAR and the Owner may deploy their own employees or engage other separate contractors to perform Work as a part of the Project whose work will be performed simultaneously and sequentially with the performance of the Work by the GENERAL CONDITIONS FOR CM AT RISK PROJECT 25 of 42 JUNE 2007 EDITION