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ARTICLE 4 OWNER'S RESPONSIBILITIES
<br />4.1 The Owner shall provide full information in a timely manner regarding requirements for and limitations on the Project,
<br />including a written program which shall set forth the Owner's objectives, schedule, constraints and criteria, including space
<br />requirements and relationships, flexibility, expandability, special equipment, systems and site requirements. The Owner shall
<br />furnish to the Architect, within 15 days after receipt of a written request, information necessary and relevant for the Architect to
<br />evaluate, give notice of or enforce lien rights.
<br />4.2 The Owner shall establish and periodically update an overall budget for the Project, including the Construction Cost, the
<br />Owner's other costs and reasonable contingencies related to all of these costs.
<br />4.3 The Owner shall designate a representative authorized to act on the Owner's behalf with respect to the Project. The Owner or
<br />such designated representative shall render decisions in a timely manner pertaining to documents submitted by the Architect in
<br />order to avoid unreasonable delay in the orderly and sequential progress of the Architect's services.
<br />4.4 The Owner shall furnish surveys to describe physical characteristics, legal limitations and utility locations for the site of the
<br />Project, and a written legal description of the site. The surveys and legal information shall include, as applicable, grades and lines
<br />of streets, alleys, pavements and adjoining property and structures; adjacent drainage; rights -of -way, restrictions, easements,
<br />encroachments, zoning, deed restrictions, boundaries and contours of the site; locations, dimensions and necessary data with
<br />respect to existing buildings, other improvements and trees; and information concerning available utility services and lines, both
<br />public and private, above and below grade, including inverts and depths. All the information on the survey shall be referenced to
<br />a Project benchmark.
<br />4.5 The Owner shall furnish the services of geotechnical engineers when such services are requested by the Architect. Such
<br />services may include but are not limited to test borings, test pits, determinations of soil bearing values, percolation tests,
<br />evaluations of hazardous materials, ground corrosion tests and resistivity tests, including necessary operations for anticipating
<br />subsoil conditions, with reports and appropriate recommendations.
<br />4.6 The Owner shall furnish the services of consultants other than those designated in Paragraph 4.5 when such services are
<br />requested by the Architect and are reasonably required by the scope of the Project
<br />4.7 The Owner shall furnish structural, mechanical, and chemical tests; tests for air and water pollution; tests for hazardous
<br />materials; and other laboratory and environmental tests, inspections and reports required by law or the Contract Documents.
<br />4.8 The Owner shall furnish all legal, accounting and insurance services that may be necessary at any time for the Project to meet
<br />the Owner's needs and interests. Such services shall include auditing services the Owner may require to verify the Contractor's
<br />Applications for Payment or to ascertain how or for what purposes the Contractor has used the money paid by or on behalf of the
<br />Owner_
<br />4.9 The services, information, surveys and reports required by Paragraphs 4.4 through 4.8 shall be furnished at the Owner's
<br />expense, and the Architect shall be entitled to rely upon the accuracy and completeness thereof.
<br />4.10 The Owner shall provide prompt written notice to the Architect if the Owner becomes aware of any fault or defect in the
<br />Project, including any errors, omissions or inconsistencies in the Architect's Instruments of Service.
<br />ARTICLE 5 CONSTRUCTION COST
<br />5.1 DEFINITION
<br />5.1.1 The Construction Cost shall be the total cost or, to the extent the Project is not completed, the estimated cost to the
<br />Owner of all elements of the Project designed or specified by the Architect.
<br />5.1.2 The Construction Cost shall include the cost at current market rates of labor and materials furnished by the Owner and
<br />equipment designed, specified, selected or specially provided for by the Architect, including the costs of management or
<br />supervision of construction or installation provided by a separate construction manager or contractor, plus a reasonable allowance
<br />for their overhead and profit. In addition, a reasonable allowance for contingencies shall be included for market conditions at the
<br />AIA DOCUMENT B151-ABBREVIATED OWNER -ARCHITECT AGREEMENT - 1997 EDITION - AIA - COPYRIGHT 1997 - THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF
<br />ARCHITECTS, 1735 NEW YORK AVENUE N.W., WASHINGTON, D.C. 20006-5292. WARNING: Unlicensed photocopying violates U.S. copyright laws and
<br />will subject the violator to legal prosecution. This document was electronically produced with permission of the AIA and can be reproduced without violation until the
<br />date of expiration as noted below.
<br />Electronic Format B151-1997
<br />User Document: 97B 151 OA.CON -- 11 /8/2001. AIA License Number 108520, which expires on 2/ 1/2002 -- Page #7
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