Schedule of Quantities. The Schedule of quantities, unless otherwise stated shall be deemed to have been prepared in accordance with the Standard Method of Measurement. Any error in description or in quantity or in omission of items from the schedule of quantities shall not vitiate this contract but shall be rectified and the value thereof, as ascertained under Clause 17 hereof, shall be added to, or deducted from the Contract Amount (as the case may be) provided that no rectification of errors, if any, shall be allowed in the Contractor's schedule of rates. 15)