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<br />Revised 01/24
<br />ARTICLE 8
<br />RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE OWNER
<br />8.1 Cooperation and Coordination
<br />8.1.1 The Owner shall meet with the Designer as necessary at mutually convenient times to provide information necessary to enable the Designer to
<br />develop a detailed written analysis and complete needs summary of the Project.
<br />8.1.2 The Owner shall examine documents submitted by the Designer and shall make reasonable efforts to render decisions pertaining thereto no
<br />later than the dates specified in the schedule for such decisions described in Article 6.1.2.
<br />8.1.3 Angel Barnes, Capital Projects Manager shall be the Owner's Construction Projects Administrator and shall act in the Owner's behalf and as its
<br />representative with respect to the Project and shall have the authority to render decisions and approve changes in the scope of the Project within
<br />guidelines established by the County Manager and the Board of County Commissioners and shall be available during working hours as often as may be
<br />reasonably required to render decisions and to furnish information. Owner may replace the individual serving as Construction Projects Administrator at
<br />any time. Should such replacement occur Designer will be so informed within a reasonable time.
<br />8.2 Surveys and Testing
<br />8.2.1 The Owner shall furnish the Designer with a certified land survey of the site, giving, as applicable, grades and lines of streets, alleys, pavements
<br />and adjoining property; rights-of-way, restrictions, easements, encroachments, zoning, deed restrictions, boundaries and contours of the site; locations,
<br />dimensions and complete data pertaining to existing buildings, other improvements and trees, and other pertinent information reasonably requested by
<br />the Designer including that concerning available service and utility lines, both public and private, above and below grade, including inverts.
<br />8.2.2 The Owner shall provide the services of a geotechnical engineer or other consultant, or compensate for such sub-consultant services provided by
<br />the Designer, when such services are reasonably deemed necessary by the Designer, and agreed and consented to in writing by Owner, as shown on the
<br />Designer's schedule described in Article 6.1.2, to provide reports, test borings, test pits, soil bearing values, percolation tests, air and water pollution
<br />tests, ground corrosion and resistivity tests and other necessary operations for determining subsoil, air and water conditions, all together with reports
<br />and appropriate professional recommendations thereof to ensure construction materials and geotechnical requirements of the construction contract
<br />are met.
<br />8.2.3 All services, data, information, surveys and reports required of the Owner pursuant to this Article 8, shall be furnished at the Owner's expense
<br />and, absent any negligence or failure to follow professional standards on the part of Designer, the Designer shall be entitled to rely upon the accuracy
<br />and completeness of such services, data, information, surveys and reports.
<br />8.3 Permits and Approvals
<br />8.3.1 The Owner shall secure and pay for all necessary permits, licenses, approvals, easements, assessments, and charges required for the
<br />construction, use or occupancy of permanent structures or for permanent changes in existing facilities. The Designer shall provide the Owner with a
<br />schedule of all required approvals and of the dates by which application for such approvals must be made in order to avoid any risk of delay to the
<br />Project, prepare necessary application forms, present documents requiring approval by the Owner and submit documents with the Owner's approval to
<br />the appropriate approval agency.
<br />ARTICLE 9
<br />INSURANCE
<br />9.1 General Requirements
<br />Docusign Envelope ID: 76D66578-87F7-42C9-862F-5B1BD878A8F6
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