ion, it is necessary or advisable for the implementation of ports as required by law or the Contract Documents.
<br /> the intent of the Contract Documents. 2.4. The Owner shall furnish all legal, accounting and
<br /> 1.4..11 The Architect shall review and approve or take insurance counseling services as may be necessary at any
<br /> other appropriate action upon the Contractor's submittals time for the Project, including such auditing services as
<br /> such as Shop Drawings, Product Data and Samples, but the Owner may require to verify the Contractor's Appl ica-
<br /> only for conformance with the design concept of the tions for' Payment or to ascertain how or for what pur-
<br /> Work and with the information given in the Contract poses the Contractor uses the moneys paid by the Owner.
<br /> Documents. Such action shall be taken with reasonable 2.5 The Owner, unless otherwise provided in Article
<br /> promptness so as to cause no delay. The Architect's ap- 10, shall furnish all legal, accounting, planning, estimating
<br /> proval of a specific item shall not indicate approval of an and other services and expenses required to prepare,
<br /> assembly of which the item is a component. present and process any application for governmental or
<br /> 1.4.12 The Architect shall prepare Change Orders for the private financing, mortgage insurance or subsidy.
<br /> Owner's approval and execution, and shall have authority :2.6 The Owner, unless otherwise provided in Article
<br /> to order minor changes in the Work not involving an 10, shall furnish the services of a cost consultant or cost
<br /> adjustment in the Contract Sum or an extension of the estimator to provide all construction cost data, Statements
<br /> Contract Time. of Probable Construction Cost or other cost estimates as
<br /> 1.4.13 The Architect sl~all conduct inspections to deter- the Architect's work progresses.
<br /> mine the Dates of Substantial Completion and final com- 2.7 The services, information, surveys and reports re-
<br /> pletion, and shall issue a final Certificate for Payment. quired by Paragraphs 2.2 through 2.6 inclusive shall be
<br /> 1.4.14 The extent of the duties, responsibilities and limita- furnished at the Owner's expense, and the Architect shall
<br /> tions of authority of the Architect as the Owner's repre- be.entitled to rely upon the accuracy and completeness
<br /> sentative during construction shall not be modified or thereof.
<br /> extended without written consent of the Owner, the Con- 2.8 If the Owner observes or otherwise becomes
<br /> tractor and the Architect. aware of any fault or defect in the Project or noncon-
<br /> 1.5 ADDITIONAL SERVICES formance with the Contract Documents, prompt written
<br /> notice thereof shall be given by the Owner to the Archi-
<br /> 1.5.1 Additional Services shall be provided if authorized
<br /> tect.
<br /> or confirmed in writing by the Owner or if included in
<br /> Article 10, and they shall be paid for by the Owner as 2.9 The Owner shall furnish required information and
<br /> provided in this Agreement. shall render approvals and decisions as expeditiously as
<br /> necessary for the orderly progress of the Architect's serv-
<br /> 1.5.2 If the Owner and the Architect agree that more ices and of the Work.
<br /> extensive representation at the site than is described in
<br /> Paragraph 1.4 shall be provided, such additional project
<br /> representation shall be provided and paid for as set forth ARTICLE 3
<br /> in Article 10. CONSTRUCTION COST
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<br />1.6 TIME 3.1 DEFINITION
<br />1.6.1 The Architect shall perform services as expedi- 3.1.1 The Construction Cost shall be the total cost or
<br />tiously as is consistent with professional skill and care and estimated cost to the Owner of all elements of the Project
<br />the orderly progress of the Work. designed or specified by the Architect.
<br /> 3.1.2 The Construction Cost shall include at current mar-
<br /> ARTICLE 2 ket rates, including a reasonable allowance for overhead
<br /> THE OWNER'S RESPONSIBILITIES and profit, the cost of labor and materials furnished by
<br /> the Owner and any equipment which has been designed,
<br /> The following services and responsibilities, and any specified, selected or specially provided for by the Archi-
<br /> others so indicated in Article 10, shall be under- tect.
<br /> taken by the Owner. 3.1.3 Construction Cost does not include the compensa-
<br />2.1 The Owner shall provide full information including tion of the Architect and the Architect's consultants, the
<br />a program, which shall set forth the Owner's design cost of the land, rights-of-way, or other costs which are
<br />objectives, constraints and criteria. the responsibility of the Owner as provided in Article 2.
<br />2.2 The Owner shall furnish a legal description and a 3.2 RESPONSIBILITY FOR CONSTRUCTION COST
<br />certified land survey of the site and the services of soil 3.2.1 It is recognized that neither the Architect nor the
<br />engineers or other consultants when such services are Owner has control over the cost of labor, materials or
<br />deemed necessary by the Architect. Such services shall in- equipment/over the Contractor's methods of determining
<br />clude topographic surveys, test borings, test pits, soil bid prices, or over competitive bidding, market or nego-
<br />bearing values, percolation tests, air and water pollution tiating conditions. Accordingly, the Architect cannot and
<br />tests, ground corrosion and resistivity tests, including does not warrant or represent that bids or negotiated
<br />necessary operations for determining subsoil, air and prices will not vary from any Statement of Probable
<br />water conditions, with reports and appropriate profes- Construction Cost or other cost estimate or evaluation.
<br />sional recommendations. Any Project budget shall be adjusted to reflect any
<br />2.3 The Owner shall furnish structural, mechanical, change in the general level of prices in the construction
<br />chemical and other laboratory tests, inspections and re- industry between the date of submission of the Construc-
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<br /> AIA DOCUMENT Blll · OWNER-ARCHITECT AGREEMENT FOR HOUSING SERVICES · JUNE 1978 EDITION · AIA®
<br />3 B181-1978 © 1978 · THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS, 1735 NEW YORK AVENUES, N.W., WASHINGTON, D.C. 20fiO6
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