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CITY OF EVERETT SPECIAL PROVISIONS <br />Beverly Lake Water Quality Retrofit Division 1 – GENERAL REQUIREMENTS August 2023 <br />WO No – UP3745 SP – 61 <br />1-04.1(3)B Division of Specifications and Plans <br />Specifications and Plans are divided into groups for convenience. These divisions <br />are not for the purpose of apportioning Work or responsibility for Work among <br />Subcontractors, Suppliers and manufacturers. The Contractor is responsible for all <br />Work shown or described, regardless of location(s) in the Contract Documents. <br />1-04.1(3)C Discrepancies in Specifications and Plans <br />1-04.1(3)C(1) Errors and Omissions <br />If the Contractor becomes aware of any errors or omissions in the Contract <br />Documents or in the City's field work, it shall immediately inform the City’s <br />Representative in writing. The City’s Representative will promptly review the <br />matter and if it finds an error or omission has been made; it will determine the <br />corrective actions and advise the Contractor accordingly. If the corrective work <br />associated with an error or omission increases or decreases the amount of <br />Work called for in the Contract, the City will issue an appropriate Change Order. <br />After discovery by the Contractor of an error or omission, related Work <br />performed by the Contractor shall be done at its risk unless authorized by the <br />City’s Representative and approved by the City. <br />1-04.1(3)C(2) Conflicting Provisions <br />In the event an item of Work is described differently in two or more locations on <br />the Plans, in the Specifications and Special Provisions, the Contractor shall, <br />upon request of the City’s Representative, submit in writing to the City’s <br />Representative the description upon which the Contractor relied in preparing <br />its Bid or laying out the Work. <br />1-04.1(3)D Utilities <br />1-04.1(3)D(1) General <br />The City has endeavored to determine the existence of public and private <br />utilities at the site of the Work from the records of the owners of known utilities <br />in the vicinity of the Work. The positions of these utilities as derived from such <br />records are shown on the Plans. Unless otherwise noted, no excavations were <br />made to verify the locations shown for underground utilities. The service <br />connections to the gas, electric, cable TV and communication utilities are not <br />shown on the Plans. Refer to 1-07.17 UTILITIES AND SIMILAR FACILITIES <br />regarding Contractor’s responsibility for locating and verifying underground <br />public and private utilities. <br />1-04.1(3)D(2) Unknown/Incorrectly Marked Utilities <br />When a utility interferes with the Work and is either (1) not identified on the <br />Plans or (2) located in a position significantly different from that specified on <br />the Plans or in accordance with a particular utility’s standard depth and location, <br />Contractor shall follow the procedures of 1-04.7 DIFFERING SITE <br />CONDITIONS (CHANGED CONDITIONS). Interference with the Work is <br />defined as a utility that crosses or projects into the plane of the Work at an <br />elevation between the top and bottom of the Work. <br />1-04.2 Coordination of Contract Documents, Plans, Special Provisions <br />Specifications, and Addenda <br />Revise the first and second paragraphs of 1-04.2 to read as follows: <br />The complete Contract includes Division C – CONTRACT, Division P - PROPOSAL, <br />Division B – BID ITEM DESCRIPTIONS, Special Provisions, Contract Plans, Standard <br />Specifications, Standard Plans in effect as of the date Bids are opened, Addenda,