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CITY OF EVERETT SPECIAL PROVISIONS <br /> by both parties, increases or decreases by more than 25 percent from the original <br /> Proposal quantity, and if the total extended bid price for that item at time of award is <br /> equal to or greater than 10 percent of the total contract price at time of award. In that <br /> case, payment for contract work may be adjusted as described in the Standard <br /> Specifications and modified in these Special Provisions. <br /> 1-04.7 Differing Site Conditions (Changed Conditions) <br /> Delete all of 1-04.7 and substitute the following: <br /> Upon discovery and before such conditions are disturbed, the Contractor shall promptly <br /> provide Notice to the City's Representative of: <br /> Pre-existing subsurface or latent physical conditions at the site differing materially <br /> from those indicated in this Contract, or <br /> Pre-existing unknown physical conditions at the site, of an unusual nature, differing <br /> materially from those ordinarily encountered and generally recognized as inhering <br /> in work of the character provided for in this Contract. <br /> Upon written request, the City's Representative shall determine whether the actual <br /> conditions encountered by the Contractor conditions are materially different and, if so, <br /> are the cause of a material increase or decrease in the Contractor's cost of performance <br /> of the Work, or extend the duration of the critical path of the schedule. Upon such <br /> determination, the City's Representative will make an adjustment of Contract Sum or <br /> Contract Time, as appropriate. Extensions of Contract Time will be evaluated in <br /> accordance with 1-08.3 PROGRESS SCHEDULE. <br /> The City's Representative's determination that differing site conditions do not exist <br /> and/or the appropriate adjustment in Contract Sum or Contract Time (if any) shall be <br /> final. If there is a decrease in the cost or time required to perform the Work, failure of <br /> the Contractor to notify the City's Representative of the differing site condition shall not <br /> affect the City's right to make an adjustment in the Contract Sum or Contract Time. <br /> Additionally, no Contract Claim or adjustment of Contract Sum or Contract Time shall be <br /> allowed unless the Contractor has followed the procedures provided for in this Contract, <br /> including, but not limited to, furnishing timely Notice of the event and its effect on <br /> Contract Time and Contract Sum as required herein. <br /> Contractor shall in no event be entitled to a Contract Claim or adjustment of Contract <br /> Sum or Contract Time based on an allegation that the pre-existing subsurface or latent <br /> physical conditions at the site differing materially from those indicated in this Contract <br /> unless Contractor establishes that it reasonably relied on the conditions indicated in this <br /> Contract when making its bid, that the actual conditions encountered on the site differed <br /> materially from those indicated in this Contract, and that such materially-different <br /> conditions were not foreseeable at the time of its bid. <br /> 1-05 CONTROL OF WORK <br /> 1-05.1 Authority of the Engineer <br /> Delete 1-05.1 and substitute the following: <br /> 1-05.1 City <br /> (******) <br /> The City, and the City's Representative, shall have the authority to act as the sole judge of <br /> the Work and materials with respect to both quantity and quality as set forth in the Contract. <br /> It is expressly stipulated that the Plans, Specifications and other Contract Documents set <br /> forth the requirements as to the nature of the completed Work and do not purport to control <br /> the method of performing Work except in those instances where the nature of the completed <br /> Work is dependent on the method of performance. <br /> Shore Avenue Force Main Division 1 —GENERAL REQUIREMENTS February 24,2022 <br /> WO No—UP3734 SP—52 <br />