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16 <br />Revised 01/24 <br />handling of such environmental hazards is part of the scope of the Work under this Agreement, <br />then upon the discovery of such environmental hazards, the Contractor shall immediately, and <br />in no event more than three days later, give notice to the Owner of the environmental hazards <br />before they are disturbed. The Owner and the Designer shall thereupon promptly investigate the <br />environmental hazards, and make such changes in the Drawings and Specifications as they <br />may find necessary to abate, remediate, isolate or handle the environmental hazards. Any <br />increase or decrease in the Contract Price or the Contract Time resulting from such changes <br />shall be adjusted in the manner provided herein for adjustments as to extra or additional Work <br />and changes. It is agreed that the Contractor shall have no liability under this Agreement for any <br />environmental hazards existing prior to the date that Work commences under this Agreement <br />unless the Contractor or its Subcontractors, agents or employees, acting alone or in concert <br />with others, by their own negligence or misconduct, release or expose the Owner or third parties <br />to the environmental hazards. The provisions of this paragraph shall survive the termination or <br />cancellation or completion of this Agreement. <br />5.5 RISK MANAGEMENT POLICY <br />The Orange County Risk Management Policy shall not apply to construction contracts for <br />amounts over $250,000. The terms of these General Conditions related to insurance shall be <br />the sole authority governing insurance requirements for such contracts. <br />ARTICLE 6. OTHER RECORD DOCUMENTS AND SUBMITTALS <br />6.1 The Designer shall furnish to the Contractor the number of copies of Drawings and <br />Specifications stated in the Contract Documents. Additional copies of Drawings and <br />Specifications may be obtained at the cost of reproduction and handling. <br /> <br />6.2 The Contractor shall submit to the Designer all Submittals required by the Contract <br />Documents. The Contractor shall submit at least three (3) reproducible prints of all shop <br />drawings. The Contractor shall submit samples in quantities required by the Contract <br />Documents. The Contractor shall submit product data in at least five (5) copies. All shop <br />drawings shall be reviewed by the Contractor and shall bear the Contractor's stamp of approval <br />before being forwarded to the Designer. Submittals shall be submitted in such time as to cause <br />no delay to the Work or any part thereof and in accordance with the Contract Construction <br />Schedule and Submittal Register. The Designer shall review the submittal with reasonable <br />promptness, noting desired corrections, if any. The Designer shall retain two (2) copies of the <br />submittal and shall return the balance of the reviewed submittal to the Contractor for action. The <br />Contractor shall furnish any corrected submittal to the Designer. The Designer shall retain two <br />(2) copies of the corrected submittal and will return the balance of the reviewed submittal to the <br />Contractor. All substitutions prior to the receipt of bids shall be in accordance with the Contract <br />Documents. Refer to Instructions to Bidders, Substitutions. <br /> <br />The Contractor acknowledges that the processing of shop drawings and other submittals is <br />directly impacted by the clarity, completeness, and accuracy of said documents and that it is the <br />Contractor’s responsibility to (i) review and coordinate each submittal with all other related or <br />affected Work and (ii) approve each submittal before submitting same to the Designer for <br />approval. <br /> <br />6.3 No substitutions and no deviations from any requirement of the Contract Documents shall <br />be deemed allowed unless the Contractor has specifically informed the Designer and the Owner <br />in writing of such deviations at the time of submittal and the Designer and the Owner have given <br />Docusign Envelope ID: EF9C08D2-5B75-438B-8D6D-8473F81BD7C4