Failure of Utility Owners to Cooperate/Escalation Sample Clauses

Failure of Utility Owners to Cooperate/Escalation. 7.5.4.1 DB Team shall use diligent efforts to obtain the cooperation of each Utility Owner as necessary for Utility Adjustments. It shall be the DB Team’s responsibility to coordinate and track each utilities progress in relation to the Utility Work Plan or Revised Utility Work Plan previously accepted by the Department. Once the DB Team has determined that the Utilities work progress is at least 20% behind the accepted Utility Work Plan; the DB Team will notify the Utility Owner, and the Department of such apparent delay through written correspondence. Such written correspondence shall detail the delay in question and request the Utility to submit a proposal on how the Utility Owner plans to rectify such delay and maintain the project’s schedule prescribed by the previously accepted Utility Work Plan. The Utility will respond to this letter within ten (10) business days. The response shall include a proposal to cure the delay identified by the DB Team. In some cases, the complexity of the project may require that a utility coordination meeting be held to address the issues identified by the DB Team. If the Utility determines that this is the case, then the Utilities response letter shall include a request to hold a utility coordination meeting with the DB Team, the District Utility Engineer and the District Construction Engineer for utility delay resolution. If the utility delay cannot be resolved through the coordination efforts described above after twenty (20) Business Days from the date provided in the DB Team’s original written correspondence; the said dispute shall escalate to the State Construction Engineer for further consideration. If additional escalation is required, please follow escalation procedures as outlined in the UAM.