7.14 The Contractor shall give all notices and comply with all laws, ordinances, rules, and
<br />regulations applicable to the Work and shall protect and indemnify the CM, the Owner, the
<br />Designer, and their respective officials, officers, agents, employees or servants against
<br />any claim or liability arising from or based on the violation of any such law, ordinance,
<br />regulation, order, or decree, whether by the Contractor or by the Contractor's employees,
<br />Subcontractors, sub-subcontractors, or their employees.
<br />7.15 The Contractor shall be responsible for the reasonable and necessary protection and
<br />security of its Work and its property and the property of others at the site, as required by
<br />laws or ordinances governing such conditions, or by custom or sound construction
<br />practices, and shall share such responsibilities for protection of property at the site as may
<br />be directed by the Contract Documents and the CM. The Contractor shall be responsible
<br />for any damage to the Owner's property, or that of others, by the Contractor or the
<br />Contractor's employees, Subcontractors, sub-subcontractors, or their employees or agents,
<br />and shall make goad such damages. The Contractor shall be responsible for and pay for
<br />any such claims made against the CM or the Owner.
<br />7.16 The Contractor shall comply with the Project Safety Program and Public Hazard Control
<br />Plan implemented by the CM. The Contractor shall protect existing improvements
<br />designated to remain in the vicinity of the operations and barricade all walks, roads, and
<br />areas as necessary to keep the public away from the construction.
<br />7.17 The Contractor shall provide cover and/or protect all portions of the Work and provide all
<br />materials necessary to protect the Work whether performed by the Contractor or any of the
<br />Subcontractors or sub-subcontractors. Any Work damaged through the lack of proper
<br />protection, or from any other cause, shall be repaired or replaced without extra cost to the
<br />CM or extension to the Contract Time.
<br />The Contractor shall maintain the Work during construction and until the Work is accepted.
<br />This maintenance shall constitute continuous and effective effort prosecuted day by day,
<br />with adequate equipment and forces so that the Work is maintained in satisfactory
<br />condition at all times. All costs of maintenance shall be included in the Contract Price and
<br />the Contractor will not be paid an additional amount for such effort. Should the CM observe
<br />that the Contractor at any time has failed to maintain the Work as provided herein, the CM
<br />may immediately notify the Contractor of such non-compliance. Such notification shall
<br />specify a reasonable time within which the Contractor shall be required to remedy such
<br />unsatisfactory maintenance condition. Should the Contractor fail to properly respond to the
<br />CM's notification, the CM may, at the Contractor's expense, take such action as it may
<br />deem appropriate to remedy the defective maintenance, including suspension of the
<br />Contractor's Work or any part thereof. Any such expense incurred by the CM shall be
<br />deducted from monies due or to become due the Contractor.
<br />Parking lots, streets, and walks connecting to the Project area shall at all times be
<br />protected by the Contractor from deposits of mud, sand, stone, litter, or debris in any form.
<br />Pedestrian traffic areas around the construction limits must be maintained in a clean and
<br />safe condition at all times with required barricades and covered walkways. When
<br />excavation or other operations outside the Project limits is required, the Contractor shall,
<br />immediately following that work, return the area to its original condition.
<br />All catch basins and storm drain lines in the vicinity of the Project site shall be protected at
<br />all times from entry of dirt, rubble and other debris. The residue from the cleaning of trucks,
<br />wheelbarrows, concrete buggies, etc. must be prevented from entering the drainage
<br />system, and if cleaning is done, the residue must be contained and removed from the
<br />Project site with other refuse.
<br />GENERAL CONDITIONS FOR CM AT RISK PROJECT 21 of 43 JUNE 2007 EDITION
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