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1 1 SECTION 01505 CONTROL OF WORK 1.01 QUALITY OF WORK 1 A. The Contractor shall furnish personnel and equipment which will be efficient, appropriate and large enough to secure a satisfactory quality of work and a rate of progress which will insure the completion of the work within the time stipulated in the Proposal. If at any time such personnel appear to the Engineer to be inefficient, inappropriate or insufficient for securing the quality of work required or for producing the rate of progress aforesaid, he may order the Contractor to increase the efficiency, change the character or increase the personnel and equipment, and the Contractor shall conform to such order. Failure of the Engineer to give such order shall in no way relieve the Contractor of his obligations to secure the quality of the work and rate of progress required. 1.02 OBSTRUCTIONS A. The attention of the Contractor is drawn to the fact that during digging at the ' Project site, the possibility exists of the Contractor encountering various water, sewer, petroleum, gas, telephone, electrical, or other lines not shown on the Drawings. The Contractor shall exercise extreme care before and during digging 1 to locate and flag these pipes so as to avoid damage to the existing pipes. Should damage occur to an existing pipe, The Contractor shall repair the pipe at no cost to the City. B. The Contractor shall protect all existing utilities and improvements not designated for removal and shall restore damaged or temporarily relocated utilities and improvements to a condition equal to or better than they were prior to such damage or temporary relocation, all in accordance with requirements of the Contract Documents. C. The Contractor shall verify the exact locations and depths of all utilities shown and the Contractor shall make exploratory excavations of all utilities that may interfere with the work. All such exploratory excavations shall be performed as soon a practicable after award of the contract and, in any event, a sufficient time in advance of construction to avoid possible delays to the Contractor's work. When such exploratory excavations show the utility location as shown to be in error, the Contractor shall so notify the Engineer. D. The number of exploratory excavations required should be that number which is sufficient to determine the alignment and grade of the utility. Test pits shall be dug at the Contractor's expense, as directed. E. The Contractor shall protect all Underground Utilities and other improvements that may be impaired during construction operations. It shall be the Contractor's responsibility to ascertain the actual location of all existing utilities and other 1 improvements that will be encountered in its construction operations, and to see that such utilities or other improvements are adequately protected from damage 05/08 01505-1 05-4893