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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 Directive to Proceed <br />In the event the CMAR and the Owner cannot agree that 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 if necessary. <br />7.3.3 Unit Prices <br />If unit prices are utilized in the Guaranteed Maximum Price, the <br />Guaranteed Maximum Price Proposal shall document the <br />estimates on which the unit prices are based. If the CMAR <br />later determines that the quantities on which whit prices are <br />based will vary from the quantities utilized by the CMAR to fix <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 />Should the CMAR encounter unforeseen conditions at the <br />Project site materially differing from those shown on the <br />Drawings or indicated in the Specifications or differing <br />materially from those ordinarily encountered and generally <br />recognized as inherent in work 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 notice to the Owner of such <br />conditions before they are disturbed. The Owner .and the <br />Designer shall thereupon promptly 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 shall 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 for 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 />been 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 Chances <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 Fees payable to the CMAR shall be: <br />Six Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($6,500) for the pre- <br />construction and procurement phases that is included in the <br />GMP provided the GMP is accepted by the Owner. If the GMP <br />is not accepted by the Owner the CMAR is entitled to the cost <br />of services rendered not to exceed $6,500; and, <br />for the construction and post-construction phases, a fee equal <br />to (completed at later date percent (n/a %) of the Cost 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 />Project, the Fixed Fee shall be adjusted in accordance with <br />Paragraph 5.1.2.1 of this Agreement. <br />7.4.2 General Conditions <br />General Conditions Costs shall include the categories of costs <br />described as General Conditions Costs in the Listing of Cost <br />Elements contained in Appendix B. Within thirty (30) days <br />after execution of this Agreement, the CMAR shall present a <br />General Conditions cost proposal, including its itemization of <br />23 <br />