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5 <br /> <br />Revised 10/17 <br /> <br />the Contractor within the time specified, the Owner will execute and deliver the Agreement to <br />him. <br /> <br />1.25 Notice to Proceed - See paragraph 13.3. <br /> <br />1.26 Owner - The Owner is the person designated as such in the Agreement. <br /> <br />1.27 Owner's Authorized Representative - A person, or persons, employed by the Owner and <br />designated from time to time by written notice to the Contractor to administer the Contract <br />Documents, and to observe and monitor the Work on behalf of the Owner with authority and <br />responsibility as herein specified. <br /> <br />1.28 Notice - The term "notice" or "written notice" as used herein shall mean and include all <br />written notices, demands, instructions, and claims approvals and disapprovals furnished by the <br />Owner or the Designer to obtain compliance with the requirements of the Contract Documents, <br />as well as all written notices, demands, instructions and claims furnished by the Contractor as <br />required by the Contract Documents. Where notice is required under the terms of the Contract <br />Documents written notice shall always be required, and oral or "constructive" notice shall be <br />insufficient and ineffective as notice. Email or other electronic delivery shall be insufficient and <br />ineffective as notice unless specifically allowed by the Supplementary Conditions or a <br />Modification to the Agreement. Written notice shall be deemed to have been duly served on the <br />date that it is delivered in person to the individual or to a member of the firm, to an officer of the <br />corporation for whom it is intended, to an authorized representative of such individual, firm, or <br />corporation, or on the date that it is mailed by registered or certified mail, return receipt <br />requested, addressed to the last business address of such individual, firm, or corporation known <br />to the person giving the notice. Written notice may also be given by facsimile transmission, <br />provided that proof of delivery is obtained. In the case of delivery in person, such delivery shall <br />not be effective unless and until a written and signed receipt showing the date and time of <br />delivery is obtained. <br /> <br />1.29 Project - The total construction of which the Work performed under the Contract <br />Documents may be the whole or a part. <br /> <br />1.30 Project Expediter – As used herein, is an entity stated in the Contract Documents, <br />designated to effectively facilitate scheduling and coordination of Work activities. For the <br />purpose of a single prime contract, the single prime contractor is designated as the Project <br />Expediter. For the purpose of a project involving separate prime contracts, the Contractor <br />for general work shall be designated as the Project Expediter unless otherwise indicated in <br />the Supplementary General Conditions. See paragraph 7.27. <br /> <br />1.31 Project Manager - That person designated by the Contractor in accordance with paragraph <br />7.2 who shall be in general charge of the Work and its performance and who shall have the <br />authority set forth in the last sentence of paragraph 7.2. <br /> <br />1.32 Request for Information - A written communication from the Contractor to the Designer for <br />any interpretation of, or information needed, required, or desired under the Contract Documents. <br />The Owner reserves the right to determine the reasonable format and contents required for a <br />Request for Information. In any Request for Information, the Contractor shall state a reasonable <br />date by which a response is necessary in order to avoid delay in progress on the Work and shall <br />15