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a. The Engineer shall have the cooperation and assistance of the Contractor
and the producer with whom he has contracted for materials.
b. The Engineer shall have full entry at all reasonable times to such areas as
may concern the manufacture or production of the materials being furnished.
c. If required, the Contractor shall arrange for a building for the use of the
inspector; such building to be located near the plant, independent of any building
used by the material producer, in which to house and use the equipment necessary
to carry on the required tests. Cost for such arrangement shall be paid by the
Owner as a stated allowance in the bid.
d. Adequate safety measures shall be provided and maintained at all times.
Except as otherwise specifically stated in the contract, the costs of sampling and
testing will be divided as follows:
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a. The Contractor shall furnish the Engineer, without extra cost, all samples
required for testing purposes. All sampling and testing including the number and
selection of samples shall be determined by the Engineer for his own information
and use.
b. When testing of materials is specified in the appropriate section of the
specifications, the cost of the same shall be charged to the Owner or Contractor,
as detailed in the specifications. However, costs of equipment performance tests
shall be borne by the Contractor, as detailed in the appropriate section of the
specifications.
c. When the Contractor proposes a material, article or component as equal to
the ones specified, reasonable tests may, or may not, be required by the Engineer.
If the Engineer requires tests of a proposed equal item, the Contractor will be
required to assume all costs of such testing.
d. Any material, article or component which fails to pass tests required by
the Engineer or by the specifications, will be rejected and shall be removed from
the project site. However, if, upon request of the Contractor, retesting or further
tests are permitted by the Engineer, the Contractor shall assume all costs related to
such retesting or further tests.
e. Neither the Owner nor the Engineer will in any way be charged for the
manufacturer's costs in supplying certificates of compliance.
If the Contract Documents, laws, ordinances, rules, regulations or orders of any
public authority having jurisdiction require any Work to specifically be inspected, tested
or approved by someone other than the Contractor, the Contractor will give the Engineer
