Common use of NO DESIGN PROFESSIONAL Clause in Contracts

NO DESIGN PROFESSIONAL. There is no architect or consulting engineer acting as Owner’s agent including inspection of work or progress of Contractor in this contract. Accordingly, the Owner shall have the following duties and responsibilities: (A) The Owner shall draft proposed Change Orders; (B) The Owner shall approve, or respond otherwise as necessary concerning shop drawings or other submittals received from the Contractor; (C) The Owner shall be authorized to refuse to accept work which is defective or otherwise fails to comply with the requirements of this Contract. If the Owner deems it appropriate, the Owner shall be authorized to call for extra inspection or testing of the work for compliance with requirements of this Contract; (D) The Owner shall review the Contractor's Payment Requests and shall approve in writing those amounts which, in the opinion of the Owner, are properly owing to the Contractor as provided in this Contract; (E) The Owner shall, upon written request from the Contractor, perform those inspections required in Paragraph 7 hereinabove;