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<br />the City. Should the Contractor fail or refuse to make the necessary repairs, <br />replacements, and tests when requested by the City, the City may perform, or cause the <br />necessary work and tests to be performed, at the Contractor's expense, or exercise the <br />City's rights under the Contract. <br /> <br />The Contractor and Surety guarantee and warrant to the City all work as follows: <br /> <br />· that all materials and equipment furnished under this Contract will be new and <br />the best of its respective kind unless otherwise specified; <br />· that all Work will be of first class quality and free of omissions and faulty, poor <br />quality, imperfect and defective material or workmanship; <br />· that the Work shall be entirely watertight and leak proof in accordance with all <br />applicable industry customs and practices, and shall be free of shrinkage and <br />settlement; <br />· that the Work, including but not limited to, mechanical and electrical machines, <br />devices and equipment, shall be complete systems, fit and fully usable for its <br />intended and specified purpose and shall operate satisfactorily with ordinary <br />care; <br />· that consistent with requirements of the Contract Documents the Work shall be <br />installed and oriented in such a manner as to facilitate unrestricted access for the <br />operation and maintenance of fixed equipment; and <br />· that the Work will be free of abnormal or unusual deterioration which occurs <br />because of poor quality materials, workmanship or unsuitable storage. <br /> <br />All Work not conforming to guarantees and warranties specified in the Contract <br />Documents, including substitutions not properly approved and authorized, may be <br />considered defective. If required by the Design Consultant, the Contractor shall furnish <br />satisfactory evidence as to the kind and quality of materials and equipment. <br />If, within one (1) year after the Date of Final Completion of the Work or within such longer <br />period of time as may be prescribed by law or by the terms of any applicable special <br />warranty required by the Contract Documents, any of the Work is found to be defective, <br />not in accordance with the Contract Documents, or not in accordance with the <br />guarantees and warranties specified in the Contract documents, the Contractor shall <br />correct it within five (5) working days or such other period as mutually agreed, after <br />receipt of a written notice from the City to do so. The City shall give such notice with <br />reasonable promptness after discovery of the condition. No time extensions will be given <br />for the correction of defective work. <br /> <br />3.1.2 Should one or more defects appear within the specified period, the City shall have the <br />right to continue to use or operate the defective part or apparatus until the Contractor <br />makes repairs or replacements or until such time as it can be taken out of service without <br />loss or inconvenience to the City. <br /> <br />3.1.3 The above warranties are not intended as a limitation, but are in addition to all other <br />express warranties set forth in this Contract and such other warranties as are implied by <br />law, custom, and usage of trade. The Contractor, and its surety or sureties, if any, shall <br />be liable for the satisfaction and full performance of the warranties set forth herein. <br />3.1.4 Neither the final payment nor any provision in the Contract Documents nor partial or <br />entire occupancy of the premises by the City, nor expiration of warranty stated herein, will <br />constitute an acceptance of Work not done in accordance with the Contract Documents <br />or relieve the Contractor of liability in respect to any responsibility for non-conforming <br />work. The Contractor shall immediately remedy any defects in the Work and pay for any <br />damage to other Work resulting there from upon written notice from the City. Should the <br />Contractor fail or refuse to remedy the non-conforming work, the City may perform, or <br /> <br />8 <br />