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If Contractor finds a conflict, error or discrepancy in the Contract Documents, they shall call it to the City's attention in writing at once and before proceeding with the Work affected thereby. The various Contract Documents shall be given precedence in case of conflict, error or discrepancy, as follows: Change Orders, Supplemental General Conditions, Agreement Modifications, Addenda, Special Conditions, Instructions to Proposers, General Conditions, and Specifications. If the requirements of other Contract Documents are more stringent than those of the Supplemental General Conditions, the more stringent requirements shall apply. The words "furnish" and "furnish and install", "install", and "provide" or words with similar meaning shall be interpreted, unless otherwise specifically stated, to mean "furnish and install complete in place and ready for service". Miscellaneous items and accessories which are not specifically mentioned, but which are essential to produce a complete and properly operating installation, or usable structure or plant, providing the indicated function, shall be furnished and installed without change in the Contract Price. Such miscellaneous items and accessories shall be of the same quality standards, including material, style, finish, strength, class, weight and other applicable characteristics, as specified for the major component of which the miscellaneous item or accessory is an essential part, and shall be approved by the City before installation. The above requirement is not intended to include major components not covered by or inferable from the Specifications. The Work of all trades under this Contract shall be coordinated by the Contractor in such manner as to obtain the best workmanship possible for the entire Project, and all components of the Work shall be installed or erected in accordance with the best practices of the particular trade. 1.42 Availability of Lands: The City will furnish, as indicated in the Contract Documents, the lands upon which the Work is to be done, rightS-Of-way for access thereto, and such other lands which are designed for the use of the Contractor. Easements for permanent structures or permanent changes in existing facilities will be obtained and paid for by the City unless otherwise specified in the Contract Documents. 1.43 Contractor's Liability Insurance: Contractor shall provide and maintain in force until all the Work to be performed under this Contract has been completed and accepted by City (or for such duration as is otherwise specified hereinafter), the insurance coverage set forth: Worker's Compensation insurance at the statutory amount to apply for all employees in compliance with the "Workers' Compensation Law" of the State of Florida and all applicable federal laws. In addition, the policy(ies) must include: Employers' Liability at the statutory coverage amount. The Contractor shall further insure that all of its Sub- Contractors maintain appropriate levels of worker's compensation insurance. 1.44 Contractor's Responsibility: The Contractor PAGE 10 OF 105 PROPOSAL No. shall have the following responsibilities: 1.44.1 The Contractor will not employ any Sub-Contractor, against whom the City may have reasonable objection, nor will the Contractor be required to employ any Sub-Contractor who has been accepted by the City, unless the City determines that there is good cause for doing so. 1.44.2 The Contractor shall be fully responSible for all acts and omissions of their Sub-Contractors and of persons and organizations directly or indirectly employed by them and of persons and organizations for whose acts any of them may be liable to the same extent that they are responsible for the acts and omissions of persons directly employed by them. Nothing in the Contract Documents shall create any contractual relationship between City or Contractor and any Sub-Contractor or other person or organization having a direct contract with Contractor, nor shall it create any obligation on the part of City to payor to see to payment of any persons due any Sub-Contractor or other person or organization, except as may otherwise be required by law. City may furnish to any Sub-Contractor or other person or organization, to the extent practicable, evidence of amounts paid to the Contractor on account of specified Work done in accordance with the schedule values. 1.44.3. The divisions and sections of the Specifications shall not control the Contractor in dividing the Work among Sub-Contractors or delineating the Work performed by any specific trade. 1.44.4. The Contractor agrees to bind speCifically every Sub- Contractor to the applicable terms and conditions of the Contract Documents for the benefit of the City. 1.44.5. All Work performed for the Contractor by a Sub- Contractor shall be pursuant to an appropriate agreement between the Contractor and the Sub- Contractor. 1.44.6. The Contractor shall be responsible for the coordination of the trades, Sub-Contractors and material and men engaged upon their Work: 1.44.6.1. The Contractor shall cause appropriate e provIsions to be inserted in all subcontracts relative to the Work to bind Sub-Contractors to the Contractor by the terms of these General Conditions and other Contract Documents insofar as applicable to the Work of Sub-Contractors, and give the Contractor the same power as regards to terminating any subcontract that the City may exercise over the Contractor under any provisions of the Contract Documents. 1.44.6.2. The City will not undertake to settle any differences between the Contractor and their Sub-Contractors or between Sub-Contractors. 1.44.6.3. If in the opinion of the City, any Sub- ontractor on the Project proves to be incompetent or otherwise unsatisfactory, they shall be promptly replaced by the Contractor if and when directed by