Lincoln Construction, Inc 2/2/2024

City of Everett 00 72 00 - 16 Port Gardner Storage Facility - Demolition Package WO# UP-3525 00 72 00 - 16 GENERAL CONDITIONS 4.5. OWNER-CONTRACTOR COORDINATION 4.5.1. Service of Notice Contractor agrees that any Notice, order, direction, request or other communication by the Owner’s Representative or Owner to the Contractor shall be deemed received by the Contractor if left at any office used by the Contractor or delivered to any of the Contractor’s officers, clerks or employees or posted at the site of the Work or mailed to any post office addressed to the Contractor at the address given in the Contract Documents or mailed to the Contractor's last known place of business. If mailed, any form of communication will be deemed to have been given to and received by the Contractor the day after the day of mailing. 4.5.2. Suggestions to Contractor Nothing in these Contract Documents requires the Owner’s Representative to provide the Contractor with direction or advice on how to do the Work, construction practices, or means and methods. If the Owner’s Representative approves, suggests or recommends any construction practice, means, method or manner for doing the Work or producing materials, the approval or recommendation shall not: (A) guarantee that following the method or manner will result in compliance with the Contract Documents; (B) relieve the Contractor of any risks or obligations under the Contract Documents; or (C) create any liability by the Owner to the Contractor. Suggestions as to the plans or methods of accomplishing the Work or Contract requirements by the Owner or the Owner’s Representative to the Contractor but not specified or required, if adopted or followed by the Contractor in whole or in part, shall be used at the risk and responsibility of the Contractor. The Owner and the Owner’s Representative assume no responsibility therefor and in no way will be held liable for any defects in the Work which may result from or be caused by use of such plan or method or Work. 4.5.3 Meetings with Owner The Contractor shall have its duly authorized representative attend periodic informational meetings with the Owner’s Representative and City staff, as reasonably required by the Owner. Contractor, Owner, and Owner’s Representative shall meet as often as determined by the Owner’s Representative, but no less often than once each month. The purpose of the meeting is to review Project status in relation to the construction schedule; review value of Work completed during the previous month; and, if applicable, review Contractor's plans to return Project status to that required by the schedule. If requested by the Owner or Owner’s Representative, the Contractor shall submit a written progress report within five (5) days following this meeting, comprising: 1. The current construction schedule indicating percent complete, actual completion or start dates since the previous review, the estimated remaining duration for each activity in progress, Schedule of Values update, and narrative summary. 2. Reasons any activities are behind schedule and the corrective steps being taken. 4.5.4. Cooperation with Others The Contractor agrees to permit entry to the Site of the Work by the Owner, its employees or other contractors performing work on behalf of the Owner. The Contractor shall afford to the Owner, other contractors and their employees, reasonable facilities and cooperation and shall arrange its work and dispose of its materials in such a manner as to not interfere with the activities of the Owner or of others upon the Site of Work. The Contractor shall promptly make good any Contractor-caused injury or damage to persons or property that may be sustained by other contractors or employees of the Owner. The Contractor shall join its work to that of others and perform its work in proper sequence in relation to that of others.