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GENERAL CONDITIONS Contractor and Owner and authorizes an addition, deletion, or revision in the Work or an adjustment in ARTICLE 1 -DEFINITIONS AND TERMINOLOGY the Contract Price or the Contract Times, issued on or after the Effective Date of the Agreement. 1.01 Defined Terms 10. Claim--A demand or assertion by Owner or Contractor seeking an adjustment of Contract A. Wherever used in the Bidding Price or Contract Times, or both, or other relief with Requirements or Contract Documents and printed respect to the terms of the Contract. A demand for with initial capital letters, the terms listed below will money or services by a third party is not a Claim. have the meanings indicated which are applicable to both the singular and plural thereof. In addition to 11. Contract--The entire and integrated terms specifically defined, terms with initial capital written agreement between the Owner and letters in the Contract Documents include references Contractor concerning the Work. The Contract to identified articles and paragraphs, and the titles of supersedes prior negotiations, representations, or other documents or forms. agreements, whether written or oral. 1. Addenda—Written or graphic instruments 12. Contract Documents— Those items so issued prior to the opening of Bids which clarify, designated in the Agreement. Only printed or hard correct, or change the Bidding Requirements or the copies of the items listed in the Agreement are proposed Contract Documents. Contract Documents. Approved Shop Drawings, other Contractor's submittals, and the reports and 2. Agreement--The written instrument which drawings of subsurface and physical conditions are is evidence of the agreement between Owner and not Contract Documents. Contractor covering the Work. 13. Contract Price—The moneys payable by 3. Application for Payment--The form Owner to Contractor for completion of the Work in acceptable to Engineer which is to be used by accordance with the Contract Documents as stated Contractor during the course of the Work in in the Agreement (subject to the provisions of requesting progress or final payments and which is Paragraph 11.03 in the case of Unit Price Work). to be accompanied by such supporting documentation as is required by the Contract 14. Contract Times--The number of days or Documents. the dates stated in the Agreement to: (i) achieve Milestones, if any, (ii) achieve Substantial 4. Asbestos—Any material that contains Completion; and (iii) complete the Work so that it is more than one percent asbestos and is friable or is ready for final payment as evidenced by Engineer's releasing asbestos fibers into the air above current written recommendation of final payment. action levels established by the United States Occupational Safety and Health Administration. 15. Contractor—The individual or entity with whom Owner has entered into the Agreement. 5. Bid—The offer or proposal of a Bidder submitted on the prescribed form setting forth the 16. Cost of the Work-See Paragraph prices for the Work to be performed. 11.01.A for definition. 6. Bidder--The individual or entity who 17. Drawings—That part of the Contract submits a Bid directly to Owner. Documents prepared or approved by Engineer which graphically shows the scope, extent, and 7. Bidding Documents--The Bidding character of the Work to be performed by Requirements and the proposed Contract Contractor. Shop Drawings and other Contractor Documents(including all Addenda). submittals are not Drawings as so defined. 8. Bidding Requirements--The 18. Effective Date of the Agreement--The Advertisement or Invitation to Bid, Instructions to date indicated in the Agreement on which it Bidders, bid security of acceptable form, if any, and becomes effective, but if no such date is indicated, it the Bid Form with any supplements. means the date on which the Agreement is signed and delivered by the last of the two parties to sign 9. Change Order--A document and deliver. recommended by Engineer which is signed by EJCDC C-700 Standard General Conditions of the Construction Contract. Copyright 0 2002 National Society of Professional Engineers for EJCDC. All rights resersed. 00700-5 03/12 11-4179