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and decisions upon all claims, questions, and disputes shall be final and conclusive upon the parties thereto. Inspectors shall have no authority to permit deviations from, or to relax any of the provisions of these General Specifications without the written permission or instruction of the Engineer, or to delay the Contract by failure to inspect the materials and work with reasonable promptness. The payment of any compensation, whatever may be its character or form, or the giving of any gratuity, or the granting of any valuable favor by the Contractor to any Inspector, directly or indirectly, is strictly prohibited and any such act on the part of the Contractor will constitute a violation of this Contract. The Public works Director will appoint such inspectors as are necessary to pass upon the amount, quality and character of the materials to be supplied or to supervise the execution of the work contemplated under this Contract. The duties and functions of such officials are purely supervisory and their decisions are to be binding only in the absence of the Public Works Director, and shall be subject to his review, when in the judgment of the inspectors the work or materials are not in accordance with the Specifications, they shall have the power to stop the work, which shall not be resumed until the Engineer has rendered his decision upon the matter in dispute. 9. Quantities: The right is reserved to change the Plans and Specifications consistently with the general intention of the Contract for any part of the work or materials, either before or after constructions has begun. Notice of such changes shall be given in writing to the Contractor; such changes are not to be grounds for any claim by the Contractor for damages, nor for the forfeiture of the Contract. 10. Materials and Workmanship: The Contractor shall provide the services of all workmen, mechanics, tradesmen and other employees trained and skilled in their various occupations; and all materials except such as may be specifically excluded in the drawings or specifications; and shall construct completely ready for its intended purpose, the structure or parts thereof covered by the Contract, Plans and Specification. These Plans and Specifications intend to provide for the structure or parts thereon under consideration to be fully completed and suitable in every feature for the purpose designed, and the Contractor shall supply all materials and work incidental to, or described, materials and workmanship of every kind shall be first class. The Contractor shall perform his work in proper sequence to the work of other Contractors and to acts or operations of the City, and shall properly join his work to existing or new construction. 11. Contract Security: The Constructor agrees to execute and deliver simultaneously with the executed Contract, a Contractor's Performance and Payment Bond on bond forms accepted by the City. The General Specifications Page 5 of 16