Section 00700 - General conditions

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00700 - 11/38 Documents. The CONTRACTOR shall be responsible for the means, methods, techniques, sequences, and procedures of construction and safety precautions and programs incidental thereto. The CONTRACTOR shall be responsible to see that the finished Work complies accurately with the Contract Documents. B. The CONTRACTOR shall designate in writing and keep on the Work site at all times during its progress a technically qualified, superintendent, who shall not be replaced without written notice to the OWNER and the ENGINEER. The superintendent will be the CONTRACTOR's representative at the site and shall have authority to act on behalf of the CONTRACTOR. All communications given to the superintendent shall be as binding as if given to the CONTRACTOR. The CONTRACTOR shall issue all its communications to the OWNER through the ENGINEER. C. The CONTRACTOR's supervisor or superintendent shall be present at the site of the Work at all times while Work is in progress. Failure to observe this requirement shall be considered as suspension of the Work by the CONTRACTOR until such time as such supervisor or superintendent is again present at the site. 6.2 LABOR, MATERIALS, AND EQUIPMENT A. The CONTRACTOR shall provide competent, suitably qualified personnel to survey and lay out the Work and perform construction as required by the Contract Documents. The CONTRACTOR shall furnish, erect, maintain, and remove the construction plant and any temporary works as may be required. The CONTRACTOR shall at all times maintain good discipline and order at the site. Except in connection with the safety or protection of persons or the Work or property at the site or adjacent thereto, and except as otherwise indicated in the Contract Documents, all Work at the site shall be performed during regular working hours, and the CONTRACTOR will not permit overtime Work or the performance of Work on Saturday, Sunday, or any legal holiday without the OWNER's written consent given after prior written notice to the ENGINEER. B. Except as otherwise provided in this Paragraph, the CONTRACTOR shall receive no additional compensation for overtime Work, i.e., Work in excess of eight (8) hours in any one calendar day or forty (40) hours in any one calendar week, even though such overtime Work may be required under emergency conditions and may be ordered by the ENGINEER in writing. Additional compensation will be paid the CONTRACTOR for overtime Work only in the event extra Work is ordered by the ENGINEER and the change order specifically authorizes the use of overtime Work and then only to such extent as overtime wages are regularly being paid by the CONTRACTOR for overtime Work of a similar nature in the same locality. C. All costs of inspection and testing performed during overtime Work by the CONTRACTOR which is allowed solely for the convenience of the CONTRACTOR shall be borne by the CONTRACTOR. The OWNER shall have the authority to deduct the cost of all such inspection and testing from any partial payments otherwise due to the CONTRACTOR.