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32 <br /> <br />Revised 01/24 <br /> <br />Directive, shall be promptly made in writing in accordance with the procedures defined in Article <br />15.2. <br /> <br />14.2 The Designer may authorize minor changes or alterations in the Work not involving change <br />in the Contract Price or in the Contract Time and not inconsistent with the overall intent of the <br />Contract Documents. These may be accomplished by a Field Order. Such alterations shall not <br />invalidate the Contract Documents nor release the surety. If the Contractor believes that any <br />minor change or alteration authorized by the Designer entitles him to an increase in the Contract <br />Price or an extension of Contract Time, he may make a claim therefore as provided in Article 14 <br />or Article 15. <br /> <br />14.3 Except in an emergency endangering life or property, no change shall be made by the <br />Contractor except upon prior written Change Order, Directive or Field Order authorizing such <br />Change. <br /> <br />14.4 Increases in the Contract Price or extensions of the Contract Time for additional Work <br />performed by the Contractor shall only be in accordance with a written Change Order signed by <br />the Owner and Designer. The Contractor shall not be entitled to additional time or to additional <br />compensation for any Work performed or material supplied which is claimed to have been <br />authorized or settled by an "oral" change, or by a "constructive" or "implied" change, or by a <br />course of conduct, or by any action or non-action by the Owner, Designer, or any other persons, <br />or by any means whatsoever other than by a written Change Order for such Work or material <br />signed by the Owner and the Designer. <br /> <br />14.5 Changes in the Work resulting from emergency shall not invalidate the Contract <br />Documents nor release the surety. <br /> <br />14.6 Neither the Owner nor the Designer shall be responsible for verbal instructions which have <br />not been confirmed in writing, and in no case shall such instructions be interpreted as permitting <br />a departure from the Contract Documents unless such instruction is confirmed in writing and <br />supported by a proper Change Order, Construction Change Directive or Field Order, whether or <br />not the cost is affected. <br /> <br />14.7 The Owner, in its sole discretion, may require that the Contractor notify the Contractor’s <br />sureties of any changes affecting the general scope of the Work or change in the Contract <br />Price, and that the amount of applicable bonds shall be adjusted accordingly. If this requirement <br />is exercised, the Contractor shall furnish proof of such adjustment to the Designer and the <br />Owner. <br /> <br />If this requirement is exercised, the Change Orders shall require written consent of the <br />Contractor's surety. At the time of signing a Change Order, the Contractor shall be required to <br />certify as follows: "I certify that all sureties have been notified that my contract has been altered <br />by the amount of this Change Order, and that a copy of the approved Change Order will be <br />mailed to all sureties upon its receipt by me." If this requirement is exercised, no payment to the <br />Contractor on account of any Change Order shall become due or payable until written evidence <br />of the surety's consent to the Change Order has been furnished to the Designer and to the <br />Owner, and the furnishing of such written consent is a condition precedent to such payment. <br /> <br />Docusign Envelope ID: 687B9CC7-F1BC-43DB-A291-A8D859EFA3B2