ARTICLE 5 OWNER’S RESPONSIBILITIES
§ 5.1 Unless otherwise provided for under this Agreement, the Owner shall provide information in a timely manner
regarding requirements for and limitations on the Project, including a written program, which shall set forth the
Owner’s objectives; schedule; constraints and criteria, including space requirements and relationships; flexibility;
expandability; special equipment; systems; and site requirements.
§ 5.2 The Owner shall establish the Owner’s budget for the Project, including (1) the budget for the Cost of the Work
as defined in Section 6.1; (2) the Owner’s other costs; and, (3) reasonable contingencies related to all of these costs.
The Owner shal! update the Owner’s budget for the Project as necessary throughout the duration of the Project until
final completion. If the Owner significantly increases or decreases the Owner’s budget for the Cost of the Work, the
Owner shall notify the Architect. The Owner and the Architect shall thereafter agree to a corresponding change in
the Project’s scope and quality.
§ 5.3 The Owner shall identify a representative authorized to act on the Owner’s behalf with respect to the Project.
The Owner shall render decisions and approve the Architect’s submittals in a timely manner in order to avoid
unreasonable delay in the orderly and sequential progress of the Architect's services.
§ 5.4 The Owner shall furnish surveys to describe physical characteristics, legal limitations and utility locations for
the site of the Project, and a written legal description of the site. The surveys and legal information shall include, as
applicable, grades and lines of streets, alleys, pavements and adjoining property and structures; designated wetlands;
adjacent drainage; rights-of-way, restrictions, easements, encroachments, zoning, deed restrictions, boundaries and
contours of the site; locations, dimensions, and other necessary data with respect to existing buildings, other
improvements and trees; and information concerning available utility services and lines, both public and private,
above and below grade, including inverts and depths. All the information on the survey shall be referenced to a
Project benchmark.
§ 5.5 The Owner shall furnish services of geotechnical engineers, which may include test borings, test pits,
determinations of soil bearing values, percolation tests, evaluations of hazardous materials, seismic evaluation,
ground corrosion tests and resistivity tests, including necessary operations for anticipating subsoil conditions, with
written reports and appropriate recommendations.
§ 5.6 The Owner shall provide the Supplemental Services designated as the Owner’s responsibility in Section 4.1.1.
§ 5.7 If the Owner identified a Sustainable Objective in Article 1, the Owner shall fulfill its responsibilities as
required in AIA Document E204™_2017, Sustainable Projects Exhibit, attached to this Agreement.
§ 5.8 The Owner shall coordinate the services of its own consultants with those services provided by the Architect.
Upon the Architect’s request, the Owner shall furnish copies of the scope of services in the contracts between the
Owner and the Owner’s consultants. The Owner shall furnish the services of consultants other than those designated
as the responsibility of the Architect in this Agreement, or authorize the Architect to furnish them as an Additional
Service, when the Architect requests such services and demonstrates that they are reasonably required by the scope
of the Project. The Owner shall require that its consultants and contractors maintain insurance, including
professional liability insurance, as appropriate to the services or work provided.
§ 5.9 The Owner shall furnish tests, inspections and reports required by law or the Contract Documents, such as
structural, mechanical, and chemical tests, tests for air and water pollution, and tests for hazardous materials.
§ 5.10 The Owner shall furnish all legal, insurance and accounting services, including auditing services, that may be
reasonably necessary at any time for the Project to meet the Owner’s needs and interests.
§ 5.11 The Owner shall provide prompt written notice to the Architect if the Owner becomes aware of any fault or
defect in the Project, including errors, omissions or inconsistencies in the Architect’s Instruments of Service.
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