ARTICLE 3 - CONTRACT DOCUMENTS: INTENT, AMENDING, REUSE
3.01 /ntent
A. The Contract Documents are complementary; what is called for by one is as binding as if called for by all.
B. It is the intent of the Contract documents to describe a functionally complete Project (or part thereof) to be
constructed in accordance with the Contract Documents. Any labor, documentation, services, materials, or equipment
that may reasonably be inferred from the Contract Documents or from prevailing custom or trade usage as being
required to produce the intended result will be provided whether or not specifically called for at no additional cost to
OWNER.
C. Clarifications and interpretations of the Contract Documents shall be issued by ENGINEER as provided in Article 9.
3.02 Reference Standards
A. Standards, Specifications, Codes, Laws, and Regulations
1. Reference to standards, specifications, manuals, or codes of any technical society, organization, or association,
or to Laws or Regulations, whether such reference be specific or by implication, shall mean the standard,
specification, manual, code, or Laws or Regulations in effect at the time of opening of Bids (or on the Effective Date
of the Agreement if there were no Bids), except as may be otherwise specifically stated in the Contract
Documents.
2.No provision of any such standard, specification, manual or code, or any instruction of a Supplier shall be
effective to change the duties or responsibilities of OWNER, CONTRACTOR, or ENGINEER, or any of their
subcontractors, consultants, agents, or employees from those set forth in the Contract Documents, nor shall any
such provision or instruction be effective to assign to OWNER, ENGINEER, or any of ENGINEER’s Consultants,
agents, or employees any duty or authority to supervise or direct the performance of the Work or any duty or
authority to undertake responsibility inconsistent with the provisions of the Contract Document.
3.03 Reporting and Resolving Discrepancies
A. Reporting Discrepancies
1. If, during the performance of the Work, CONTRACTOR discovers any conflict, error, ambiguity, or discrepancy
within the Contract Documents or between the Contract Documents and any provision of any Law or Regulation
applicable to the performance of the Work or of any standard, specification, manual or code, or of any instruction
of any Supplier, CONTRACTOR shall report it to ENGINEER in writing at once. CONTRACTOR shall not proceed with
the Work affected thereby (except in an emergency as required by paragraph 6.16A) until an amendment or
supplement to the Contract Documents has been issued by one of the methods indicated in paragraph 3.04;
provided, however, that CONTRACTOR shall not be liable to OWNER or ENGINEER for failure to report any such
conflict, error, ambiguity, or discrepancy unless CONTRACTOR knew or reasonably should have known thereof.
2. In case of discrepancy, calculated dimensions will govern over scaled dimensions, Drawings will govern over
Standard Specifications, and Construction Specifications will govern over both Drawings and Standard
Specifications. The CONTRACTOR shall take no advantage of any apparent error or omission in the Drawings or
Construction Specifications, and the ENGINEER will be permitted to make such corrections and interpretations as
may be deemed necessary to fulfill the intent of the Contract Documents.
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