Agenda - Public Works Committee - 08/15/2011

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22.2 The Contract Time will be extended in an amount equal to time lost due to delays beyond the control of the Contractor, if he makes a claim therefrom as provided in this Agreement. Such delays shall include, but not be restricted to, acts or neglect by any separate Contractor employed by the Owner, fires, floods, labor disputes, epidemics, abnormal weather conditions, or acts of God. 22.3 All time limits stated in the Contract Documents are of the essence of the Agreement. The provisions of this Article shall not exclude recovery for damages (including compensation for additional professional services) for delay by either party. ARTICLE 23. Neglected Work If the Contractor should neglect to prosecute the Work in accordance with the Contract Documents, including any requirements of the progress schedule, the Owner, after five (5) Calendar Day's written notice to the Contractor may, without prejudice to any other remedy, make good such deficiencies and the cost thereof (including compensation for additional professional services) shall be charged against the Contractor, in which case a Change Order shall be issued incorporating the necessary revisions in the Contract Documents including an appropriate reduction in the Contract Price. If the payments then or thereafter due to the Contractor are not sufficient to cover such amount, the Contractor will pay the difference to the Owner. ARTICLE 24. Warranty and Guarantee: Correction, Removal or Acceptance of Defective Work 24.1 The Contractor warrants and guarantees to the Owner that all materials and equipment will be new unless otherwise specified and that all Work will be of good quality and free from faults or defects and in accordance with the requirements of the Contract Documents and of any inspections, tests or approvals referred to elsewhere in the Contract Documents. All unsatisfactory Work, all faulty or defective Work and all Work not conforming to the requirements of the Contract Documents or of such inspections, tests or approvals shall be considered defective. Prompt notice of all defects shall be given to the Contractor. All defective Work, whether or not in place, may be rejected. 24.2 If required by the Engineer, prior to approval of final payment, the Contractor will promptly without cost to the Owner and as required by the Engineer, either correct any defective Work, whether or not fabricated, installed or completed, or, if the Work has been rejected by the Engineer, remove it from the Work site and replace it with non - defective Work. If the Contractor does not correct such defective Work or remove and replace such rejected Work within a reasonable time, all as required by written notice from the Eniineer, the Owner may have the deficiency corrected or the rejected Work removed and replaced. All direct or indirect costs of such correction or removal and replacement, including compensation for additional professional services shall be paid by the Contractor, and an appropriate Change Order shall be issued deducting all such costs from the Contract Price. The Contractor will also bear the expenses of making good all Work of others destroyed or damaged by his correction, removal or replacement of his defective Work. 24.3 If, after the approval of final payment and prior to the expiration of one (1) year after the date of Substantial Completion or such longer period of time as may be prescribed by law or by the terms of any applicable special guarantee required by the Contract Documents, any Work is found to be GC 18