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8 <br />Revised 01/24 <br />2.9 Contractor’s requests for clarification or information shall clearly define the cause(s) of <br />Contractor’s request and, as appropriate, shall include Contractor’s interpretation and <br />Contractor’s proposed solution. <br />ARTICLE 3. FAMILIARITY WITH WORK, CONDITIONS AND LAWS <br /> <br />3.1 The Contractor has investigated prior to bidding and is satisfied with all conditions affecting <br />the Work, including but not restricted to those bearing upon transportation, disposal, handling <br />and storage of materials, availability of labor, water, electrical power, roads and uncertainties of <br />weather, or similar physical conditions at the Project site, and the character of equipment and <br />facilities needed prior to and during prosecution of the Work. The Contractor is satisfied as to <br />the character, quality and quantity of surface and subsurface materials or obstacles to be <br />encountered insofar as this information is reasonably ascertainable from inspection of the <br />Project site, including all exploratory work done by the Owner, as well as from information <br />presented by the Contract Documents, or any other information made available to the <br />Contractor prior to receipt of bids. Any failure by the Contractor to become acquainted with the <br />available information shall not relieve the Contractor from the responsibility for estimating <br />properly the difficulty or cost of successfully performing the Work. <br /> <br />3.2 The Contractor shall be entitled to make all inferences from the Contract Documents that <br />would reasonably be made by a contractor having knowledge and experience with similar work; <br />however, the Contractor shall not be entitled to infer from the Contract Documents any fact or <br />condition which would not be inferred by a contractor having knowledge and experience with <br />similar work and the Contractor shall be required to obtain independently such other information <br />as a knowledgeable and experienced contractor would prudently obtain in order to evaluate any <br />such condition. <br /> <br />3.3 The Contractor specifically acknowledges familiarity with all Federal, State, and local laws, <br />ordinances, rules, and regulations which may in any manner affect those engaged or employed <br />in the Work, or the materials or equipment in or about the Work, or in any way affect the conduct <br />of the Work and agrees that the Contractor and the Contractor’s employees, subcontractors, <br />and suppliers will, at all times, comply with same. If the Contractor shall discover any provisions <br />in the Contract Documents which are contrary to or inconsistent with any such law, ordinance, <br />rule, or regulation, the Contractor shall immediately give notice thereof to the Designer and the <br />Owner in writing, identifying any items of Work affected, and the Contractor shall not proceed <br />until the Contractor has received written direction from the Designer with respect to these items. <br />If the Contractor performs contrary to or inconsistently with any such law, ordinance, rule, or <br />regulation without such written direction, the Contractor shall bear all costs which are a <br />consequence of such performance. <br /> <br />3.4 At times selected by the Designer after execution by the Contractor of the Construction <br />Agreement, a pre-construction conference shall be scheduled and conducted for the benefit of <br />the Project. <br />ARTICLE 4. BONDS <br /> <br />4.1 A performance bond in the full amount of the Contract Price shall be required of the <br />Contractor to guarantee the faithful performance of the Work in compliance with the Contract <br />Documents, in such form as may be required by law and approved by the Owner. The bond <br />shall be dated the same date as the Construction Contract and must be accompanied by a <br />Docusign Envelope ID: EF9C08D2-5B75-438B-8D6D-8473F81BD7C4