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DocuSign Envelope ID: B49FB256 -4ADF- 4759- AF63- 134AD44FC239 <br />of progress and the quality of the Work to justify the certification of the <br />Contractor's Applications for Payment pursuant to Subparagraph 4.2.5." <br />Delete the first sentence of Subparagraph 4.2.4 and insert in its stead the <br />following: "The Owner's Representative may communicate with the Contractor <br />either through the Architect or directly; when such communications are made <br />directly, the Owner's Representative and Contractor will endeavor to advise the <br />Architect of the substance of such discussions." <br />4. Insert at the end of Subparagraph 4.2.6 the following: "The Architect will <br />provide the Owner with written documentation of all rejections and directions <br />taken by the Architect under this Subparagraph. <br />5. Insert at the end of Subparagraph 4.2.9 the following: "At the completion of the <br />project, all required copies of operating manuals, warranties, instructions, <br />"Record Drawings ", etc., shall be forwarded to the Architect, who in turn will <br />transmit them to the Owner. Final payment to the Contractor will not be made <br />until this is done." <br />6. Delete Subparagraph 4.2.13 and substitute in its stead the following new <br />Subparagraph 4.2.13: <br />4.2.13 The Architect's decision on all claims, disputes, or other matters in <br />question between the Owner and Contractor, whether relating to aesthetic effect <br />or not, shall be final and binding, unless challenged in court as set out below. If <br />any party does not accept an Architect's final decision, its sole recourse shall be <br />to, within 180 days of the last work performed by the Contractor under this <br />Contract, file suit in the closest jurisdiction to Cary, North Carolina or in the <br />United States District Court, and the parties to this Contract consent to exclusive <br />jurisdiction and venue in said Courts. As a condition precedent to the institution <br />of such an action, the excepting party must serve a written notice of exception <br />and claim upon the other party and upon the Architect within 60 days of the date <br />of the Architect's final decision. Said notice shall include the amount of any <br />damages claimed and the basis of the exception and claim. <br />B. Paragraph 4.3 "CLAIMS AND DISPUTES" <br />In Subparagraph 4.3.4 delete the word "initial" in the last sentence. <br />C. Paragraph 4.4 "RESOLUTION OF CLAIMS AND DISPUTES" <br />In Subparagraph 4.4.1 delete the word "initially" in the first sentence. Additionally, <br />delete the words "initial" and "mediation, arbitration or" in the second sentence. <br />2. In Subparagraph 4.4.5 delete the words "but subject to mediation and arbitration" in the <br />last sentence and substitute in lieu thereof the words "subject only to appeal in <br />accordance with Subparagraph 4.2.13 ". <br />3. Delete Subparagraph 4.4.6 in its entirety. <br />4. In Subparagraph 4.4.8 delete the words "by mediation or by arbitration" in the first <br />sentence. <br />SGC -8 <br />