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DocuSign Envelope ID:78B556CA-0O28-4315-8EF4-948059C1C6F0 <br /> 27 <br /> 10.2 All Work completed under the Contract Documents shall be subject to review by the <br /> Designer. No Work is to be covered without the Designer's review or prior authorization. <br /> Any Work so covered without the Designer's review or prior authorization shall be uncovered at <br /> the Contractor's expense. The Contractor shall notify the Designer in writing at least twenty-four <br /> (24) hours in advance of covering any Work. <br /> 10.3 The Designer shall not be responsible for the construction means, methods, techniques, <br /> sequences, procedures, or the safety precautions and programs incident thereto, and shall not <br /> be responsible for the Contractor's failure to perform the Work in accordance with the Contract <br /> Documents, but shall be entitled to enforce any requirements in the Contract Documents <br /> specifying particular means, methods, techniques, sequences, or procedures. <br /> 10.4 The Designer shall be an Owner's representative during the construction period. The <br /> duties, responsibilities and authority of the Designer as the Owner's representative during <br /> construction are as set forth in the Contract Documents. <br /> ARTICLE 11. TESTING AND SURVEYING <br /> 11.1 Laboratory and field tests to determine compliance of construction with the Contract <br /> Documents shall be made by the Owner or testing consultants employed by the Owner except <br /> those required elsewhere in the Contract Documents to be paid for by the Contractor. The costs <br /> and expenses of providing samples for and assistance in any testing shall be borne by the <br /> Contractor and are included in the Contract Price. Any Work in which untested materials are <br /> used without approval or written permission of the Designer shall be removed and replaced at <br /> the Contractor's expense. Work found to be unacceptable or unauthorized will not be paid for <br /> and, if directed by the Designer shall be removed and replaced at the Contractor's expense. <br /> Unless otherwise designated, tests in accordance with the cited standard methods of ASTM or <br /> other generally recognized or specifically authorized methods which are current on the date of <br /> advertisement for bids shall be made at the expense of the Owner; provided, however, in the <br /> event that after such testing any Work is found to be defective or does not meet the <br /> requirements of the Contract Documents, the costs of retesting such Work and the costs of <br /> inspection services shall be paid by the Contractor. Samples shall be taken by a testing <br /> laboratory employed by the Owner. All materials being used are subject to inspection, tests, or <br /> rejection at any time prior to or during incorporation into the Work. Copies of all Owner test <br /> reports will be furnished to the Contractor at his written request. Copies of Contractor test <br /> reports shall be furnished to the Designer upon written request. <br /> 11.2 The Owner shall have the right to deduct the costs of additional testing as described in <br /> paragraph 11.1 from any money due the Contractor; or if no money is due the Contractor, the <br /> Owner shall have the right to recover these costs from the Contractor, from its sureties, or from <br /> both. <br /> 11.3 All layouts and surveying shall be accomplished by properly qualified personnel duly <br /> licensed in the State of North Carolina. <br /> ARTICLE 12. SEPARATE CONTRACTS <br /> 12.1 It is expressly understood that the Owner may deploy the Owner's own employees or <br /> engage other separate prime contractors to perform Work as a part of the Project whose work <br /> Revised NETPLANNER v2 <br />