Common use of Architect’s Duties, Responsibilities, and Authority Clause in Contracts

Architect’s Duties, Responsibilities, and Authority. (a) The Architect for this contract, and any successor, shall be designated in writing by the Contracting Officer. (b) The Architect shall serve as the Contracting Officer’s technical representative with respect to architectural, 6. Construction Progress Schedule engineering, and design matters related to the work performed under the contract. The Architect may provide (a) The Contractor shall, within five days after the work direction on contract performance. Such direction shall be commences on the contract or another period of time within the scope of the contract and may not be of a determined by the Contracting Officer, prepare and nature which: (1) institutes additional work outside the submit to the Contracting Officer for approval three copies scope of the contract; (2) constitutes a change as defined of a practicable schedule showing the order in which the in the Changes clause herein; (3) causes an increase or Contractor proposes to perform the work, and the dates decrease in the cost of the contract; (4) alters the on which the Contractor contemplates starting and Construction Progress Schedule; or (5) changes any of completing the several salient features of the work the other express terms or conditions of the contract. (including acquiring labor, materials, and equipment). The (c) The Architect’s duties and responsibilities may include but schedule shall be in the form of a progress chart of shall not be limited to: suitable scale to indicate appropriately the percentage of (1) Making periodic visits to the work site, and on the work scheduled for completion by any given date during basis of his/her on-site inspections, issuing written the period. If the Contractor fails to submit a schedule reports to the PHA which shall include all observed within the time prescribed, the Contracting Officer may deficiencies. The Architect shall file a copy of the withhold approval of progress payments or take other report with the Contractor’s designated representative remedies under the contract until the Contractor submits at the site; the required schedule. (2) Making modifications in drawings and technical (b) The Contractor shall enter the actual progress on the specifications and assisting the Contracting Officer in chart as required by the Contracting Officer, and the preparation of change orders and other contract immediately deliver three copies of the annotated modifications for issuance by the Contracting Officer; schedule to the Contracting Officer. If the Contracting (3) Reviewing and making recommendations with respect Officer determines, upon the basis of inspection to - (i) the Contractor’s construction progress conducted pursuant to the clause entitled Inspection and schedules; (ii) the Contractor’s shop and detailed Acceptance of Construction, herein that the Contractor is drawings; (iii) the machinery, mechanical and other not meeting the approved schedule, the Contractor shall equipment and materials or other articles proposed take steps necessary to improve its progress, including for use by the Contractor; and, (iv) the Contractor’s those that may be required by the Contracting Officer, price breakdown and progress payment estimates; without additional cost to the PHA. In this circumstance, and, the Contracting Officer may require the Contractor to (4) Assisting in inspections, signing Certificates of increase the number of shifts, overtime operations, days Completion, and making recommendations with of work, and/or the amount of construction plant, and to respect to acceptance of work completed under the submit for approval any supplementary schedule or contract. schedules in chart form as the Contracting Officer deems necessary to demonstrate how the approved rate of