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ARTICLE 5 OWNER'S RESPONSIBILITIES
<br />§ 5.1 Unless otherwise provided for under this Agreement, the Owner shall provide information in a timely manner
<br />regarding requirements for and limitations on the Project, including a written program which shall set forth the
<br />Owner's objectives, schedule, constraints and criteria, including space requirements and relationships, flexibility,
<br />expandability, special equipment, systems and site requirements. Within 15 days after receipt of a written request from
<br />the Architect, the Owner shall furnish the requested information as necessary and relevant for the Architect to
<br />evaluate, give notice of or enforce lien rights.
<br />§ 5.2 The Owner shall establish and periodically update the Owner's budget for the Project, including (1) the budget
<br />for the Cost of the Work as defined in Section 6.1; (2) the Owner's other costs; and, (3) reasonable contingencies
<br />related to all of these costs. If the Owner significantly increases or decreases the Owner's budget for the Cost of the
<br />Work, the Owner shall notify the Architect. The Owner and the Architect shall thereafter agree to a corresponding
<br />change in the Project's scope and quality.
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<br />3ito f the Pr joct, a written legal description of the sit:, ..._ / =-. ___c f = technical engineers or other consultants
<br />when the Architcct requests such is a z ] ler-cu3tratcs that they w ualJ_y r 7 1 by the Scope of the
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<br />§ 5.4 The Owner shall coordinate the services of its own consultants with those services provided by the Architect.
<br />Upon the Architect's request, the Owner shall furnish copies of the scope of services in the contracts betw een the
<br />Owner and the Owner's consultants. The Owner shall require that its consultants maintain professional liability
<br />insurance as appropriate to the services provided.
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<br />§ 5.6 The Owner shall furnish all legal, insurance and accounting services, including auditing services that may be
<br />reasonably necessary at any time for the Project to meet the Owner's needs and interests.
<br />§ 5.7 The Owner shall provide prompt written notice to the Architect if the Owner becomes aware of any fault or defect
<br />in the Project, including errors, omissions or inconsistencies in the Architect's Instruments of Service.
<br />§ 5.8 The Owner shall endeavor to communicate with the Contractor through the Architect about matters aris
<br />or relating to the Contract Documents.
<br />§ 5.9 The Owner shall provide the Architect access to the Project site prior to commencement of the Work and shall
<br />obligate the Contractor to provide the Architect access to the Work wherever it is in preparation or progress.
<br />ARTICLE 6 COST OF THE WORK
<br />§ 6.1 For purposes of this Agreement, the Cost of the Work shall be the total cost to the Owner to construct all elements
<br />of the Project designed or specified by the Architect and shall include contractors' general conditions costs, overhead
<br />and profit. The Cost of the Work does not include the compensation of the Architect, the costs of the land,
<br />rights -of -way, financing, contingencies for changes in the Work or other costs that are the responsibility of the Owner.
<br />§ 6.2 The Owner's budget for the Cost of the Work is provided in Initial Information, and may be adjusted throughout
<br />the Project as required under Sections 5.2, 6.4 and 6.5. Evaluations of the Owner's budget for the Cost of the Work, the
<br />preliminary estimate of the Cost of the Work and updated estimates of the Cost of the Work prepared by the Architect,
<br />represent the Architect's judgment as a design professional. It is recognized, however, that neither the Architect nor
<br />the Owner has control over the cost of labor, materials or equipment; the Contractor's methods of determining bid
<br />prices; or competitive bidding, market or negotiating conditions. Accordingly, the Architect cannot and does not
<br />warrant or represent that bids or negotiated prices will not vary from the Owner's budget for the Cost of the Work or
<br />from any estimate of the Cost of the Work or evaluation prepared or agreed to by the Architect.
<br />§ 6.3 In preparing estimates of the Cost of Work, the Architect shall be permitted to include contingencies for design,
<br />bidding and price escalation; to determine what materials, equipment, component systems and types of construction
<br />are to be included in the Contract Documents, to make reasonable adjustments in the program and scope of the Project
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