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1.5 Intent and Interpretation
<br /> 1.5.1 The intent of this Contract is to require complete,'correct and timely execution of
<br /> the Work. Any Work that may be required, implied or inferred-by the Contract Documents, or
<br /> any one or more of them, as necessary to produce the intended result shall be provided by
<br /> the Contractor for the Contract Price.
<br /> 1.5.2 This Contract is intended to be an integral whole and shall be interpreted as
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<br /> internally consistent. -What is required by any one Contract Document shall be considered as
<br /> required by the Contract.
<br /> 1.5.3 When a word, term or phrase is used in this Contract, it shall be interpreted or
<br /> construed, first, as defined herein; second, if not defined, according to its generally accepted
<br /> meaning in the construction industry; and third, if there is no generally accepted meaning in
<br /> the construction industry, according to its common and customary usage.
<br /> 1.5.4 The words "include", "includes , or"including", as used in this Contract, shall be
<br /> deemed to be followed by the phrase, "without limitation".
<br /> 1.5.5 Thespecification herein of any act, failure, refusal, omission, event,
<br /> occurrence
<br /> or condition as constituting a material breach of this Contract shall not imply that any other,
<br /> non-specified act, failure, refusal, omission, event, occurrence or condition shall be deemed
<br /> not to constitute a material breach of this Contract.
<br /> 1.5.6 Words or terms used as nouns in this Contract shall be inclusive of their singular
<br /> and plural forms, unless the context of their usage clearly requires a contrary meaning.
<br /> 1.5.7 The Contractor shall have a continuing duty to read, carefully study and
<br /> compare each of the Contract Documents, the Shop Drawings and the Product Data and shall
<br /> give written notice to the City of any inconsistency, ambiguity, error or omission which the
<br /> Contractor may discover with respect to these documents before proceeding with the affected
<br /> Work. The issuance, or the express or implied approval by the City or the Engineer/Architect
<br /> of the Contract Documents, Shop Drawings or Product Data shall not relieve the Contractor of
<br /> the continuing duties imposed hereby, nor shall any such approval be evidence of the
<br /> Contractor's compliance with this Contract. The City has requested the Engineer/Architect to
<br /> only prepare documents for the Project, including the Drawings and Specifications for the
<br /> Project, which are accurate, adequate, consistent, coordinated and sufficient for construction.
<br /> HOWEVER, THE CITY MAKES NO REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY OF ANY
<br /> NATURE WHATSOEVER TO THE CONTRACTOR CONCERNING SUCH DOCUMENTS.
<br /> acknowledgesand re resents that it has received
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<br /> reviewed and carefully examined such documents, has found them to be complete, accurate,
<br /> adequate, consistent, coordinated and sufficient for construction, and that the Contractor has
<br /> not, does not,.and will not rely upon any representation or warranties by the City concerning
<br /> such documents as no such representation or warranties have been or are hereby made.
<br /> The Contractor further acknowledges and represents that it has made a thorough and careful
<br /> examination and inspection of existing conditions on the Project site, both surface and
<br /> subsurface, and the Contractor expressly acknowledges and agrees that it shall make no
<br /> claim for additional compensation due to existing site conditions including, but not limited to,
<br /> rock, surface and subsurface water, existing structures, and deficient soil, provided said
<br /> conditions could be determined or ascertained from a thorough and careful examination and
<br /> inspection of the site.
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