Construction Administration Phase – Obligations During Construction. Following the execution of the Owner-CM at Risk Agreement, the Designer shall undertake certain of the obligations of administering the Owner-CM at Risk Agreement on behalf of the Owner, provided that Designer shall not be subject to provisions of the Owner-CM at Risk Agreement that would have the effect of expanding Designer’s responsibilities or liabilities under this Contract without Designer’s written consent. Services during this phase include, but are not necessarily limited to:
7.9.1 Upon commencement of construction activities for the Work or early bid packages or at times established in Project schedules, the Designer shall:
(a) Furnish the CM at Risk with information for establishing lines and grades and such supplemental drawings as are reasonably needed to implement the intent of the Construction Contract Documents;
(b) With reasonable promptness and in accordance with schedules agreed upon by the Designer and CM at Risk, observe testing when required under this Contract, and review and act upon samples, schedules, shop drawings and other submissions from the CM at Risk;
(c) Prepare, maintain and update logs for all submittals;
(d) Visit the site at intervals appropriate to the stage of construction, weekly or as otherwise agreed to by the parties, and observe the progress of the Work, issue written progress reports, and attend job meetings, and review and respond to meeting minutes prepared by the Owner’s Project Manager, and to determine in general if the Work observed is being built in a manner indicating the Work when completed will be in accordance with approved Construction Contract Documents;
(e) Collaborate with the on-site Project Representative of the OPM to identify and monitor issues of concern relative to the progress of the Work, and establish communications processes to help assure that matters of mutual concern are exchanged on a timely basis with one another, the OPM, CM at Risk, Commissioning Consultant, and Owner;
(f) On a weekly basis, make specific recommendations on rejection of any Work observed by the Designer that fails to conform to the Construction Contract Documents, and observe corrected Work;
(g) Require each Subconsultant engaged in accordance with Article 5 to make visits weekly or as otherwise agreed to by the parties during the progress of any work to which that Subconsultant 's services relate, and to report upon it in writing to the Designer;
(h) Recommend actions to be taken which may include condemnation or...
Construction Administration Phase – Obligations During Construction. Following the execution of the Owner-Contractor Agreement, the Designer shall undertake all the obligations set out in the Construction Handbook, including, but not limited to:
17.7.1 Administering the Owner Contractor Agreement in accordance with the Construction Contract Documents and any subsequent modifications mutually agreed upon.
17.7.2 Hiring a Project Representative, either as an employee of the Designer or as a subcontractor to the Designer, to monitor construction, unless the Department waives this requirement. See paragraph 7.4 for reimbursement.
17.7.3 Conducting the pre-construction conference and attending dispute conferences and other meetings (whether in the field or elsewhere) when requested by the Authority or Department.
17.7.4 Coordinating and observing tests required by the Contract Documents for Construction or tests otherwise requested by the Designer to determine the extent to which the work conforms to the requirements of the Contract Documents for Construction. If tests are required by the Authority or Department in addition to those required by the Contract Documents for Construction or the Designer, the coordination and observation of these tests shall be compensated under Article 6 Extra Services.
17.7.5 Promptly checking and approving or taking other appropriate action with respect to samples, schedules, shop drawings, and other submissions by the General Contractor.
17.7.6 Attending weekly job meetings at the Project to observe the quality and progress of the work, and furnishing a written field report to the Department and Authority for every such visit, including minutes of each job meeting.
17.7.7 Requiring each sub-consultant or subcontractor to the Designer to make visits to the Project as necessary during the time that construction is occurring on the portion of the work to which the sub-consultant's or subcontractor’s services relate and to make a final written report concerning the portion of the work to which that sub-consultant's or subcontractor’s services relate.
17.7.8 Recommending actions to be taken which may include condemnation or rejection of any work that the Designer determines fails to conform to the Owner-Contractor Contract.
17.7.9 Preparing proposal requests for changes and reviewing proposed change orders. Reviewing and recommending appropriate action and where required, preparing change orders, on all requests for a change in any Contract Document for Construction, including a review of the cost and...
