Section 00700 - General conditions

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00700 - 29/38 ARTICLE 13 -- WARRANTY AND GUARANTEE; TESTS AND INSPECTIONS; CORRECTION, REMOVAL, OR ACCEPTANCE OF DEFECTIVE WORK 13.1 WARRANTY AND GUARANTEE A. The CONTRACTOR warrants and guarantees to the OWNER and the ENGINEER that all Work will be in accordance with the Contract Documents and will not be defective. Prompt notice of defects known to the OWNER or ENGINEER shall be given to the CONTRACTOR. All defective Work, whether or not in place, may be rejected, corrected, or accepted as provided in this Article 13. 13.2 ACCESS TO WORK A. The ENGINEER, other representatives of the OWNER, testing agencies, and governmental agencies with jurisdictional interests shall have access to the Work at reasonable times for their observation, inspections, and testing. The CONTRACTOR shall provide proper and safe conditions for such access. 13.3 TESTS AND INSPECTIONS A. The CONTRACTOR shall give the ENGINEER timely notice of readiness of the Work for all required inspections, tests, or approvals. B. If Laws or Regulations of any public body having jurisdiction other than the OWNER require any Work to specifically be inspected, tested, or approved, the CONTRACTOR shall pay all costs in connection therewith. The CONTRACTOR shall also be responsible for and shall pay all costs in connection with any inspection or testing required in connection with the OWNER's or the ENGINEER's acceptance of a Supplier of materials or equipment proposed as a substitution or (or-equal) to be incorporated in the Work, or of materials or equipment submitted for review prior to the CONTRACTOR's purchase thereof for incorporation in the Work. The costs of all inspections, tests, and approvals in addition to the above which are required by the Contract Documents shall be paid by the OWNER (unless otherwise specified). The CONTRACTOR will pay for failed tests and “stand-by time” by the Laboratory Tests personnel and others. C. The ENGINEER will make, or have made, such inspections and test as the ENGINEER deems necessary to see that the Work is being accomplished in accordance with the requirements of the Contract Documents. Unless otherwise specified in the Supplementary General Conditions, the cost of such inspection and testing will be borne by the OWNER. In the event such inspections or tests reveal non-compliance with the requirements of the Contract Documents, the CONTRACTOR shall bear the cost of corrective measures deemed necessary by the ENGINEER, as well as the cost of subsequent re-inspection and retesting. Neither observations by the ENGINEER nor inspections, tests, or approvals by others shall relieve the CONTRACTOR from the CONTRACTOR's obligation to perform the Work in accordance with the Contract Documents.