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ARTICLE 4 ARCHITECT
§ 4.1 GENERAL
§ 4.1.1 The Owner shall retain an architect lawfully licensed to practice architecture or an entity lawfully practicing
architecture in the jurisdiction where the Project is located. That person or entity is identified as the Architect in the
Agreement and is referred to throughout the Contract Documents as if singular in number.
§ 4.1.2 Duties, responsibilities and limitations of authority of the Architect as set forth in the Contract Documents shall
not be restricted, modified or extended without written consent of the Owner, Contractor and Architect. Consent shall
not be unreasonably withheld.
§ 4.1.3 If the employment of the Architect is terminated, the Owner shall employ a successor architect as to whom the
Contractor has no reasonable objection and whose status under the Contract Documents shall be that of the Architect.
§ 4.2 ADMINISTRATION OF THE CONTRACT
§ 4.2.1 The Architect will provide administration of the Contract as described in the Contract Documents and will be
an Owner’s representative during construction until the date the Architect issues the final Certificate for Payment. The
Architect will have authority to act on behalf of the Owner only to the extent provided in the Contract Documents.
§ 4.2.2 The Architect will visit the site at intervals appropriate to the stage of construction, or as otherwise agreed with
the Owner, to become generally familiar with the progress and quality of the portion of the Work completed, and to
determine in general if the Work observed is being performed in a manner indicating that the Work, when fully
completed, will be in accordance with the Contract Documents. However, the Architect will not be required to make
exhaustive or continuous on-site inspections to check the quality or quantity of the Work. The Architect will not have
control over, charge of, or responsibility for, the construction means, methods, techniques, sequences or procedures,
ot for the safety precautions and programs in connection with the Work, since these are solely the Contractor’s rights
and responsibilities under the Contract Documents, except as provided in Section 3.3.1.
§ 4.2.3 On the basis of the site visits, the Architect will keep the Owner reasonably informed about the progress and
quality of the portion of the Work completed, and report to the Owner (1) known deviations from the Contract
Documents and from the most recent construction schedule submitted by the Contractor, and (2) defects and
deficiencies observed in the Work. The Architect will not be responsible for the Contractor’s failure to perform the
Work in accordance with the requirements of the Contract Documents. The Architect will not have control over or
charge of and will not be responsible for acts or omissions of the Contractor, Subcontractors, or their agents or
employees, or any other persons or entities performing portions of the Work.
§ 4.2.4 COMMUNICATIONS FACILITATING CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION
Except as otherwise provided in the Contract Documents or when direct communications have been specially
authorized, the Owner and Contractor shall endeavor to communicate with each other through the Architect about
matters arising out of or relating to the Contract. Communications by and with the Architect’s consultants shall be
through the Architect. Communications by and with Subcontractors and material suppliers shall be through the
Contractor. Communications by and with separate contractors shall be through the Owner.
§ 4.2.5 Based on the Architect’s evaluations of the Contractor’s Applications for Payment, the Architect will review
and certify the amounts due the Contractor and will issue Certificates for Payment in such amounts.
§ 4.2.6 The Architect has authority to reject Work that does not conform to the Contract Documents. Whenever the
Architect considers it necessary or advisable, the Architect will have authority to require inspection or testing of the
Work in accordance with Sections }3.5.2 and 13.5.3, whether or not such Work is fabricated, installed or completed.
However, neither this authority of the Architect nor a decision made in good faith either to exercise or not to exercise
such authority shall give rise to a duty or responsibility of the Architect to the Contractor, Subcontractors, material and
equipment suppliers, their agents or employees, or other persons or entities performing portions of the Work.
§ 4.2.7 The Architect will review and approve, or take other appropriate action upon, the Contractor’s submittals such
as Shop Drawings, Product Data and Samples, but only for the limited purpose of checking for conformance with
information given and the design concept expressed in the Contract Documents. The Architect’s action will be taken
in accordance with the submittal schedule approved by the Architect or, in the absence of an approved submittal
schedule, with reasonable promptness while allowing sufficient time in the Architect’s professional judgment to
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