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estimated General Conditions costs and a cash flow schedule <br />for payments of General Conditions costs over the duration of <br />the Project. At the time the Guaranteed Maximum Price is <br />fixed, General Conditions Costs to be included in the <br />Guaranteed Maximum Price shall be fixed as a lump sum, <br />based on line item estimates in a tabulation with cost elements <br />at least as detailed as the cost elements in Appendix B. The <br />following guidelines shall apply when calculating the lump sum <br />for General Conditions: <br />7.4.2.1 Unless a schedule of personnel rates are agreed to in <br />writing in an amendment to the Agreement, field personnel <br />costs may be reimbursed at direct personnel <br />expenses/employee costs (direct salary) plus ail customary <br />payroll benefits [including but not limited to FICA, SUTA, FUTA, <br />401 K, vacation leave, sick leave, holidays, jury duty leave and <br />bereavement leave] with no employee overhead mark up. The <br />on-site field staff is limited to full time staff which includes the <br />project manager, project engineer, field engineer, <br />superintendent(s) actually furnishing services to the Project, <br />and field clerical staff, as amended from time to time by <br />agreement of the parties. Other CMAR positions will be <br />deemed included in the CMAR Fixed Fee; <br />7.4.2.2 Independent engineers, architects and other <br />consultants employed by the CMAR and deemed necessary by <br />the Owner at the reasonable prevailing hourly rates for such <br />services. Any consultants employed by the CMAR for the <br />Project must be approved in advance by the Owner prior to <br />performing work. <br />7.4.2.3 Travel Expenses: All travel, by any conveyance, <br />required for the Project, outside of Orange County. <br />7.4.2.4 Temporary Facilities: Field office(s) with telephone <br />service and high- speed Internet connections and field office <br />computers, as needed, for Project tracking purposes. All <br />software for use on computers (accounting, tracking, <br />scheduling, word processing, AutoCAD, Project management <br />etc.), otherwise shall be included in General Conditions. Field <br />office temporary electric, heating, water, sanitation, and <br />electronic equipment maintenance and field office operation <br />costs, e.g., stationary, postage, etc., shall be incurred <br />judiciously. General Conditions shall include maintenance of an <br />appropriate shipping and receiving system. <br />7.4.2.5 Plans/Surveys/Perrrtits/Testing: Reproduction of <br />Construction Documents as needed by the CMAR and <br />approved in advance by the Owner. Surveyor's services (site <br />layout, etc.), as required. Apply for and take delivery of ail <br />required permits (fee for permits to be paid directly by Owner <br />unless otherwise directed by the Owner). <br />7.4.2.6 Safety/Cleanup: Establish and maintain an on-site <br />safety program throughout the construction phases. (Note: The <br />cost of home office safety personnel is included in the CMAR <br />Fee.) Install and maintain temporary facilities, as required: <br />safety barricades, partitions, ladders, stairs, site fencing, <br />signage, first aid, traffic control devices, etc. Provide daily site <br />clean up, trash collection, and removal. Provide and maintain <br />site security throughout Project construction phases. Provide <br />site snow removal, as may be required throughout Project <br />construction phases. <br />7.4.2.7 General: Provide temporary weather and dust <br />protection (that which must practically remain outside of <br />contracts) as may be required during construction phases. <br />Provide field personnel pagers, and two-way radio throughout <br />the construction phases, as applicable. Include travel expenses <br />for field personnel related to off-site equipment/materials <br />survey and inspections. <br />7.4.2.8 Insurance/Bond: Provide 100% Performance and <br />Payment Bonds. Provide liability insurance and provide <br />builder's risk insurance policy in the amount of the Guaranteed <br />Maximum Price unless directed otherwise by Owner in <br />accordance with an OCIP. <br />7.4.2.9 Close-Out/De-Mobilization: Provide final site/facility <br />clean up. Provide final release of liens for all contracts. Provide <br />sets of all Contractor as-built drawings to the Owner and <br />Designer; one set will be used by the Designer to prepare as- <br />builtdrawings. <br />7.4.3 Construction Manager's Accounting Records <br />Records for the Cost of the Work, the CMAR's personnel <br />expenses, independent engineer's fees, other consultant's fees <br />and direct expenses pertaining to the Project shall be <br />maintained on the basis of generally accepted accounting <br />practices and shall be available for inspection by the Owner <br />and the Designer at mutually convenient times throughout the <br />duration of the Project and for a period of three years after <br />completion of the CMAR's Services. <br />24 <br />