Conditions Affecting Services Clause Samples

Conditions Affecting Services. (a) Contractor shall investigate and acquaint itself with the conditions affecting the Services, including those related to the transportation, disposal, handling and storage of Materials; availability of labor, water, electric power, and roads; the uncertainties of weather, river stages, or similar physical conditions at Work Sites; the conformation and condition of the ground; and the character of Contractor Resources needed prior to and during the provision of the Services. Contractor has satisfied itself as to the character, quality, and quantity of surface and subsurface materials or obstacles to be encountered. Contractor’s failure to acquaint itself with any conditions affecting the Services or any available related information shall not relieve it from responsibility for properly estimating the difficulty or expense of successfully providing the Services. (b) Contractor assumes full responsibility for advising Contractor Staff and any other person or entity who is or may become involved in providing the Services, and any and all other persons and entities in the vicinity of the Services, of any known hazards relating to the Services, and shall ensure that such persons and entities are advised of and fully understand the nature of such hazards and safety precautions which can be taken to eliminate or minimize the dangers relating to such hazards. (c) For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section shall not apply to subsurface man-made materials (including subsurface materials of historical significance) or subsurface man-made hazards, in each case of which Contractor has no knowledge and that are not discoverable through reasonable diligence.