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44 <br /> 32 <br /> be made as provided in Article 13 and/or Article 14. In order to expedite the Work and avoid or <br /> minimize delay in the Work that might affect the Contract Price or Contract Time, the Owner's <br /> Authorized Representative may issue a Change Order in the form of a Construction Change <br /> Directive which when signed by the Owner and Owner's Authorized Representative, directs the <br /> Design-Builder to proceed promptly with the Work involved. Any claim for an adjustment in <br /> Contract Price or Time, if not defined in the Construction Change Directive, shall be promptly <br /> made in writing in accordance with the procedures defined in Article 14.2. <br /> 13.2 The Owner's Authorized Representative may authorize minor changes or alterations in the <br /> Work not involving change in the Contract Price or in the Contract Time and not inconsistent <br /> with the overall intent of the Contract Documents. These may be accomplished by a Field <br /> Order. Such alterations shall not invalidate the Contract Documents nor release the surety. If <br /> the Design-Builder believes that any minor change or alteration authorized by the Owner's <br /> Authorized Representative entitles it to an increase in the Contract Price and/or an extension of <br /> Contract Time, he may make a claim therefore as provided in Article 15 and/or Article 16. <br /> 13.3 Except in an emergency endangering life or property, no change shall be made by the <br /> Design-Builder except upon prior written Change Order, Directive, or Field Order authorizing <br /> such Change. <br /> 13.4 Increases in the Contract Price and/or extensions of the Contract Time for additional Work <br /> performed by the Design-Builder shall only be in accordance with a written Change Order <br /> signed by the Owner and Owner's Authorized Representative. The Design-Builder shall not be <br /> entitled to additional time or to additional compensation for any Work performed or material <br /> supplied which is claimed to have been authorized or settled by an "oral" change, or by a <br /> "constructive" or"implied" change, or by a course of conduct, or by any action or non-action by <br /> the Owner, Owner's Authorized Representative, or any other persons, or by any means <br /> whatsoever other than by a written Change Order for such Work or material signed by the <br /> Owner and the Owner's Authorized Representative. <br /> 13.5 Changes in the Work resulting from emergency shall not invalidate the Contract <br /> Documents nor release the surety. <br /> 13.6 The Owner shall not be responsible for verbal instructions which have not been confirmed <br /> in writing, and in no case shall such instructions be interpreted as permitting a departure from <br /> the Contract Documents unless such instruction is confirmed in writing and supported by a <br /> proper Change Order, Construction Change Directive, or Field Order, whether or not the cost is <br /> affected. <br /> 13.7 The Owner, in its sole discretion, may require that the Design-Builder notify the Design- <br /> Builder's sureties of any changes affecting the general scope of the Work or change in the <br /> Contract Price, and that the amount of applicable bonds shall be adjusted accordingly. If this <br /> requirement is exercised, the Design-Builder shall furnish proof of such adjustment to the <br /> Owner's Authorized Representative. <br /> If this requirement is exercised, the Change Orders shall require written consent of the Design- <br /> Builder's surety. At the time of signing a Change Order, the Design-Builder shall be required to <br /> certify as follows: "I certify that all sureties have been notified that my contract has been altered <br /> by the amount of this Change Order, and that a copy of the approved Change Order will be <br /> Revised 2/17 <br />