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computer hardware differing from those used in the drafting or transmittal of the items, or
<br />from those established in applicable transmittal protocols.
<br />ARTICLE 3 — DOCUMENTS: INTENT, REQUIREMENTS, REUSE
<br />3.01 Intent
<br />A. The Contract Documents are complementary; what is required by one is as binding as if
<br />required by all.
<br />B. It is the intent of the Contract Documents to describe a functionally complete project (or
<br />part thereof) to be constructed in accordance with the Contract Documents.
<br />C. Unless otherwise stated in the Contract Documents, if there is a discrepancy between the
<br />electronic or digital versions of the Contract Documents (including any printed copies
<br />derived from such electronic or digital versions) and the printed record version, the printed
<br />record version shall govern.
<br />D. The Contract supersedes prior negotiations, representations, and agreements, whether
<br />written or oral.
<br />E. Engineer will issue clarifications and interpretations of the Contract Documents as provided
<br />herein.
<br />3.02 Reference Standards
<br />A. Standards Specifications, Codes, Laws and Regulations
<br />1. Reference in the Contract Documents to standard specifications, manuals, reference
<br />standards, or codes of any technical society, organization, or association, or to Laws or
<br />Regulations, whether such reference be specific or by implication, shall mean the
<br />standard specification, manual, reference standard, code, or Laws or Regulations in
<br />effect at the time of opening of Bids (or on the Effective Date of the Contract if there
<br />were no Bids), except as may be otherwise specifically stated in the Contract
<br />Documents.
<br />2. No provision of any such standard specification, manual, reference standard, or code,
<br />or any instruction of a Supplier, shall be effective to change the duties or
<br />responsibilities of Owner, Contractor, or Engineer, or any of their subcontractors,
<br />consultants, agents, or employees, from those set forth in the part of the Contract
<br />Documents prepared by or for Engineer. No such provision or instruction shall be
<br />effective to assign to Owner, Engineer, or any of their officers, directors, members,
<br />partners, employees, agents, consultants, or subcontractors, any duty or authority to
<br />supervise or direct the performance of the Work or any duty or authority to undertake
<br />responsibility inconsistent with the provisions of the part of the Contract Documents
<br />prepared by or for Engineer.
<br />3.03 Reporting and Resolving Discrepancies
<br />A. Reporting Discrepancies:
<br />1. Contractor's Verification of Figures and Field Measurements: Before undertaking each
<br />part of the Work, Contractor shall carefully study the Contract Documents, and check
<br />and verify pertinent figures and dimensions therein, particularly with respect to
<br />applicable field measurements. Contractor shall promptly report in writing to Engineer
<br />any conflict, error, ambiguity, or discrepancy that Contractor discovers, or has actual
<br />knowledge of, and shall not proceed with any Work affected thereby until the conflict,
<br />EJCDC® C-700, Standard General Conditions of the Construction Contract.
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