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34 <br /> 22 <br /> 7.15 The Design-Builder shall be responsible for the entire site of the Project (except those <br /> under the Beneficial Occupancy of the Owner) and for its reasonable and necessary protection <br /> and security, as required by laws or ordinances governing such conditions, or by custom or <br /> sound construction practices, and shall share such responsibilities as may be agreed upon <br /> among them, or in the absence of such agreement, as may be directed by the Contract <br /> Documents or Owner's Authorized Representative. The Design-Builder shall be responsible for <br /> any damage to the Owner's property, or that of others, by the Design-Builder or the Design- <br /> Builder's employees, Subcontractors, sub-subcontractors, or their employees or agents, and <br /> shall make good such damages. The Design-Builder shall be responsible for and pay for any <br /> such claims against the Owner. <br /> 7.16 The Design-Builder shall protect all landscaping designated to remain in the vicinity of the <br /> operations and barricade all walks, roads, and areas as necessary to keep the public away from <br /> the construction. <br /> 7.17 The Design-Builder shall provide cover and/or protect all portions of the Work and provide <br /> all materials necessary to protect the Work whether performed by the Design-Builder or any of <br /> the 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 /> Owner or extension to the Contract Time. <br /> (a) The Design-Builder shall maintain the Work during construction and until the Work is <br /> accepted. This maintenance shall constitute continuous and effective effort prosecuted day by <br /> day, 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 the <br /> Design-Builder will not be paid an additional amount for such effort. Should the Owner's <br /> Authorized Representative observe that the Design-Builder at any time has failed to maintain <br /> the Work as provided herein, the Owner's Authorized Representative may immediately notify <br /> the Design-Builder of such non-compliance. Such notification shall specify a reasonable time <br /> within which the Design-Builder shall be required to remedy such unsatisfactory maintenance <br /> condition. Should the Design-Builder fail to properly respond to the Owner's Authorized <br /> Representative's notification, the Owner may, at the Design-Builder's expense, take such action <br /> as it may deem appropriate to remedy the defective maintenance, including suspension of the <br /> Design-Builder's Work or any part thereof. Any such expense incurred by the Owner shall be <br /> deducted from monies due or to become due the Design-Builder. <br /> (b) Parking lots, streets, and walks connecting to the Project area shall be protected by the <br /> Design-Builder from deposits of mud, sand, stone, litter, or debris in any form. Pedestrian traffic <br /> areas around the construction limits must be maintained in a clean and safe condition at all <br /> times with required barricades and covered walkways. When excavation or other operations <br /> outside the Project limits is required, the Design-Builder shall, immediately following that work, <br /> return the area to its original condition. <br /> (c) 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, debris and/or environmental contaminants. The residue from <br /> the cleaning of trucks, wheelbarrows, concrete buggies, etc. must be prevented from entering <br /> the drainage system, and if cleaning is done, the residue must be contained and removed from <br /> the Project site with other refuse. <br /> Revised 2/17 <br />