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DocuSign Envelope ID: 04E136D1 -507C- 4219- BF16- 446F8D2192F8 <br />6.2. The Project Designer is the impartial interpreter of the Contract Documents, and, as such, shall <br />exercise its powers under the Contract to enforce faithful performance by both the Owner and the <br />CMAR, taking sides with neither. <br />6.3. Should the Project Designer cease to be employed on the Project for any reason whatsoever, then <br />the Owner shall employ a competent replacement who shall assume the status of the former Project <br />Designer. <br />6.4. The Project Designer will make periodic inspections of the Project at intervals appropriate to the <br />stage of construction. The Project Designer will inspect the progress, the quality and the quantity of <br />the Work and shall verify work in place for purposes of payment and verification of payment <br />applications. <br />6.5. The Project Designer and the Owner shall have access to the Work whenever it is in preparation <br />and progress during normal working hours. The CMAR shall provide facilities for such access so <br />the Project Designer may perform its functions under the Contract Documents. <br />6.6. Based on the Project Designer's inspections and evaluations of the Project, the Project Designer <br />shall issue interpretations, directives, and decisions as may be necessary to assist the CMAR in the <br />administration of the Project. The Project Designer's decisions relating to artistic effect and <br />technical matters shall be final, provided such decisions are within the limitations of the Contract. <br />The CMAR's decisions, however, relating to means and methods, and administration of the <br />contracts the CMAR holds are final. <br />7. DRAWINGS, SPECIFICATIONS AND RECORD DOCUMENTS <br />7.1. All data, information, material and matter of any nature and all copies thereof in any and all forms <br />whatsoever developed by the CMAR or in the CMAR's possession or control relating to the Project <br />are the property of the Owner and shall be turned over to the Owner within ten (10) days after the <br />Owner's request. <br />7.2. All design drawings and specifications are instruments of service and remain the property of the <br />Owner. The use of these instruments on Work other than this contract without permission of the <br />Owner is prohibited. All copies of drawings and specifications other than contract copies shall be <br />returned to the Owner upon request after completion of the Work or in the event of a termination of <br />the Contract by either party. <br />7.3. In such cases where the nature of the Work requires clarification by the Project Designer, such <br />clarification shall be furnished by the Project Designer with reasonable promptness by means of <br />written instructions or detail drawings, or both. Clarifications and drawings shall be consistent with <br />the intent of Construction Documents, and shall become a part thereof unless objected to by the <br />Owner's representative. <br />7.4. The CMAR shall maintain, in readable condition at its job office, one complete set of working <br />drawings and specifications for its Work, including all shop drawings. Such drawings and <br />specifications shall be available for use by the Project Designer or its authorized representative. <br />7.5. The CMAR shall require all Subcontractors to provide and CMAR shall safely and securely <br />maintain at the job office a day -to -day record of "as built" work -in -place that is at variance with the <br />Contract Documents. Such variations shall be compiled by and fully noted on Project drawings by <br />the CMAR and submitted to the Project Designer upon Project completion and no later than 30 <br />days after acceptance of the Project. A condition of final payment to the CMAR shall be delivery to <br />the Project Designer, in paper, digital image and/or electronic form, each Subcontractor's submittal <br />drawings and as -built records, and certification by the Project Designer that it has the information <br />Page 10 of 53 <br />Revised 10/17 <br />