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35 <br /> mutually agreed upon by Owner and Designer as noted in paragraph 4.2.4. The timing of this Total Project Cost agreement shall be identified as a <br /> milestone in Attachment D. If cost estimating is not part of the project scope,the Total Project Cost shall be specified here: [BLANK] <br /> 4.2.2 Project cost estimates shall be prepared by qualified staff members of the Designer or the authorized Project Consultants listed on Attachment <br /> E, or a qualified cost estimating Consultant to the Designer who are acceptable to the Owner. <br /> 4.2.3 Total Project Cost estimates shall be prepared at points in the production of the Designer's work: <br /> A.At completion of design; and <br /> B. At completion of ; and <br /> C. At completion of of the construction documents; and <br /> D. <br /> 4.2.4 If applicable per section 4.2.3, when the first of these estimates of Total Project Cost has been approved in writing by the Owner, it shall be used <br /> by the Owner as a basis for appropriating funds specifically for the Project. Once this Total Project Cost has been so approved by the Owner and the <br /> conditions of the project (cost environment,time schedule, etc.) are reasonably similar,the Designer shall be obligated, without additional <br /> compensation, to adjust the design of the Project to assure that it remains within the approved Total Project Cost. <br /> 4.2.5 Should bidding or negotiation with contractors produce prices which, when added to the other elements of the approved Total Project Cost, <br /> produce a cost that is in excess of the approved Total Project Cost, the Designer shall participate with the Owner in negotiation and design adjustments <br /> to the extent such are necessary to obtain prices within the approved Total Project Cost. All activity of the Designer with respect to these matters shall <br /> constitute Basic Services and shall be performed by the Designer without additional compensation. If negotiation and design adjustments fail to bring <br /> costs within the Total Project Cost the Owner may reject all bids and Designer will redesign or reduce portions of the project in an effort to reduce the <br /> bid prices to within the Total Project Cost and rebid the project. All such redesign is included within Basic Services. If this second letting for bids does <br /> not produce bids that are within the approved Total Project Cost initially or after negotiations with the contractor,the Designer is not obligated to <br /> further redesign the Project. <br /> 4.3 Proiect Conferences <br /> 4.3.1 For the duration of the development of the Project,the Designer and its Consultants shall meet periodically with the Owner.The Designer shall <br /> meet with Owner as necessary to properly fulfill the requirements of this Agreement. The minimum regularly scheduled meetings which the Designer <br /> shall be required to attend are listed below: <br /> 4.4 Construction Administration <br /> 4.4.1 As part of Basic Services,the Designer shall provide all of the mutually agreed administrative services described in the Owner's contracts with <br /> the contractors for the Project. <br /> ARTICLE 5 <br /> ADDITIONAL SERVICES <br /> 5.1 Compensation is due for Additional Services that are not otherwise included in Basic Services (Attachment B) provided by the Designer or its <br /> Consultants only when the Owner requests such Additional Services in writing and after both Owner and Designer agree to the terms of providing such <br /> Additional Services through an amendment to this Agreement. <br /> 4 <br /> Revised 01/24 <br />