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Article 4 <br />Interpretation and Intent <br />4.1 Design -Builder and Owner, at the time of acceptance of the Phase 2 Proposal by Owner, shall <br />carefully review all the Contract Documents, including the various documents comprising the Basis of <br />Design Documents for any conflicts or ambiguities. Design -Builder and Owner will discuss and resolve any <br />identified conflicts or ambiguities prior to execution of the GMP Amendment. <br />4.2 The Contract Documents are intended to permit the parties to complete the Work and all obligations <br />required by the Contract Documents within the Contract Time(s) for the Contract Price. The Contract <br />Documents are intended to be complementary and interpreted in harmony so as to avoid conflict, with <br />words and phrases interpreted in a manner consistent with construction and design industry standards. In <br />the event inconsistencies, conflicts, or ambiguities between or among the Contract Documents are <br />discovered after Owner's acceptance of the Phase 2 Proposal and execution of the GMP Amendment, <br />Design -Builder and Owner shall attempt to resolve any ambiguity, conflict, or inconsistency informally, <br />recognizing that the Contract Documents shall take precedence in the order in which they are listed in <br />Article 3 herein. <br />4.3 Terms, words, and phrases used in the Contract Documents, including this Contract, shall have <br />the meanings given them in the General Conditions. <br />4.4 Design -Builder may propose modifications to and expansion of the Owner's Project Criteria. Prior <br />to presenting its Phase 2 Proposal, the Design -Builder shall identify any items in the Owner's Project <br />Criteria that are in conflict with or in any way impede Design -Builder's ability to meet any Performance <br />Standards set forth in the Owner's Project Criteria. <br />4.5 The Contract Documents form the entire agreement between Owner and Design -Builder and by <br />incorporation herein are as fully binding on the parties as if repeated herein. No oral representations or <br />other agreements have been made by the parties except as specifically stated in the Contract Documents. <br />4.6 In the event of an ambiguity in the Contract Documents, the parties shall be deemed to have jointly <br />authored them, and as such, nothing shall be construed against or in favor of one party based on its being <br />deemed the sole author. <br />4.7 Changes in the Legal Requirements. The Owner and Design -Builder acknowledge that numerous <br />aspects of the Project are governed by federal, state and local laws, rules, and regulations and that the <br />intent is to complete all Work in compliance with the Legal Requirements. Design -Builder is required to <br />account for applicable changes in the Legal Requirements that occur during Phase 1 in its Phase 2 <br />Proposal, the GMP Amendment, and the Phase 2 schedule. Changes in the Legal Requirements that <br />become effective after execution of the GMP Amendment may form the basis for an adjustment to Contract <br />Time, in accordance with the requirements and conditions of Section 8.2 of the General Conditions, but <br />shall in no event form the basis for an adjustment to the Contract Price and/or GMP. <br />4.8 COVID-19. Pursuant to the general requirement in Section 2.5 of the General Conditions, the <br />Design -Builder shall be in compliance at all times with all Legal Requirements related to COVID-19. Design <br />Builder's Phase 2 Proposal shall include all costs necessary for compliance with COVID-19 requirements <br />in existence at the time of the proposal. In no event will there be any adjustment to the Contract Price and/or <br />GMP for any direct or indirect costs caused by COVID-19 requirements. <br />PROGRESSIVE DESIGN -BUILD CONTRACT, Page 7 <br />