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<br /> schedule and to complete the Work and the Project by the specified Completion Dates. The
<br /> Contractor shall be prepared to assess progress of the Work as required in the Contract
<br /> Documents and to recommend remedial measures for correction of progress as may be
<br /> appropriate. The Designer shall preside as chairman and arrange for minutes to be taken and
<br /> circulated.
<br /> In the event that the prosecution of the Work is discontinued for any reason, the Contractor shall
<br /> notify the Designer and the Owner at least forty-eight (48) hours in advance of resuming
<br /> operations.
<br /> Should the terms of the Contract Documents require completion of one or more portions of the
<br /> Work for the Beneficial Occupancy of the Owner prior to completion of the entire Work, the
<br /> Contractor shall complete such portion(s) of the Work on or before the date specified. Such
<br /> completion shall include the obtaining of all government or other permits, permissions, and
<br /> approvals necessary to occupancy. The Contractor shall independently estimate the difficulties
<br /> involved in arranging the Work to permit such Beneficial Occupancy and shall not claim any
<br /> additional compensation or time extension by reason of any delay or increased cost due to
<br /> completing such portion(s) of the Work. The Owner's possession and use of such portion(s) of
<br /> the Work shall not be deemed an acceptance of any Work not completed in accordance with the
<br /> Contract Documents. The Owner shall be responsible for the security, maintenance, utilities,
<br /> and insurance of all portions of the Work completed and beneficially occupied by the Owner.
<br /> 7.12 The Contractor shall pay all license fees and royalties, and assume all costs incident to the
<br /> use of any invention, design process, or device which is the subject of patent rights or
<br /> copyrights held by others, except for inventions, design processes, or devices specified by the
<br /> Designer in the Contract Documents. The Contractor shall indemnify and hold harmless the
<br /> Owner, the Designer, and anyone directly employed by either of them, from and against all
<br /> claims, damages, losses and expenses, including attorney's fees and costs of defense, arising
<br /> out of any infringement or alleged infringement of such rights during or after completion of the
<br /> Work, and shall defend all such claims in connection with any actual or alleged infringement of
<br /> such rights.
<br /> 7.13 The Contractor shall secure and pay for all permits, including without limitation construction
<br /> permits and licenses, and will pay all governmental charges and inspection fees necessary for
<br /> the prosecution of the Work.
<br /> 7.14 The Contractor shall give all notices and comply with all laws, ordinances, rules, and
<br /> regulations applicable to the Work and shall protect and indemnify the Owner and the Owner's
<br /> officers, agents, or servants against any claim or liability arising from or based on the violation of
<br /> any such law, ordinance, regulation, order, or decree, whether by the Contractor or by the
<br /> Contractor's employees, Subcontractors, sub-subcontractors, or their employees.
<br /> 7.15 The Contractor shall be responsible for the entire site of the Project (except those under
<br /> the Beneficial Occupancy of the Owner) and for its reasonable and necessary protection and
<br /> security, as required by laws or ordinances governing such conditions, or by custom or sound
<br /> construction practices, and shall share such responsibilities as may be agreed upon among
<br /> them, or in the absence of such agreement, as may be directed by the Contract Documents,
<br /> Owner, or Designer. The Contractor shall be responsible for any damage to the Owner's
<br /> property, or that of others, by the Contractor or the Contractor's employees, Subcontractors,
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