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§ 1 .2.2 Organization of the Specifications into divisions, sections and articles, and arrangement of Dra ings shall not
<br /> control the Contractor in dividing the Work among Subcontractors or in establishing the extent of Wor to be
<br /> performed by any trade .
<br /> § 1 .2.3 Unless otherwise stated in the Contract Documents, words which have well-known technical or onstruction
<br /> industry meanings are used, in the Contract Documents in accordance with such recognized meanings.
<br /> § 1 .3 CAPITALIZATION
<br /> § 1 .3.1 Terms capitalized in these General Conditions include those which are ( 1 ) specifically defined, ( Z) the titles
<br /> of numbered articles or (3 ) the titles of other documents published by the American Institute of Architects.
<br /> § 1 .4 INTERPRETATION
<br /> § 1 ,4. 1 In the interest of brevity the Contract Documents frequently omit modifying words such as " all " d " any "
<br /> _ and articles such as " the" and " an, " but the fact that a modifier or an article is absent from one statemen and appears
<br /> in another is not intended to affect the interpretation of either statement.
<br /> § 1 .5 EXECUTION OF CONTRACT DOCUMENTS
<br /> § 1 .5.1 The Contract Documents shall be signed by the Owner and Contractor. If either the Owner or Contractor or
<br /> both do not sign all the Contract Documents, the Architect shall identify such unsigned Documents upon request.
<br /> § 1 .5.2 Execution of the Contract by the Contractor is a representation that the Contractor has visited the site,
<br /> become generally familiar with local conditions under which the Work is to be performed and correlate personal
<br /> observations with requirements of the Contract Documents.
<br /> § 1 .6
<br /> OWNERSHIP AND USE OF DRAWINGS, SPECIFICATIONS AND OTHER INSTRUMENTS OF OWNE SHIP AND U
<br /> SE OF DRAWINGS, SPECIFICATIONS AND OTHER DOCUMENTS
<br /> § 1 .6.1 The Drawings, Specifications and other documents, including those in electronic form, prepared y the
<br /> Architect and the Architect' s consultants escribe the Work to be executed
<br /> by the Gentfaetef. ontractor. Unless Owner fails to pay Architect therefore Owner shall be deemed thi & owner of
<br /> the Drawings, Specifications and other documents and shall have and retain all rights therein. In the ev nt the
<br /> Owner is desefibed.ad 'ud° ed to have failed to pay Architect therefore ownership of such Drawings, S pcifications
<br /> and other documents, and all rights therein, shall revert to the Architect. The Contractor may retain one Pecord set.
<br /> Neither the Contractor nor any Subcontractor, Sub-subcontractor or material or equipment supplier shal own or
<br /> claim a copyright in the Drawings, Specifications and other documents prepared by the Architect or theArchitect' s
<br /> eensultants, and unless ether-wise indic-ated the Ar-ehiteet and the Afehiteet' s eensultants shall be deemed dh�e au`-&Bffis
<br /> consultants. All copies of them will Metain all cenunen law, statut^-• • such Drawings, Specifications and other
<br /> reserved Fights, . . addition te the eep, .bhts . All - ories e f last', ments of c
<br /> ocuments, except the
<br /> Contractor' s record set, shall' be returned or suitably accounted for to the Architect, on request, upon completion of
<br /> the Work. The Drawings, Specifications and other documents prepared by the Architect and the Archite is
<br /> consultants, and copies thereof furnished to the Contractor, are for use solely with respect to this Project They are
<br /> not to be used by the Contractor or any Subcontractor, Sub- subcontractor or material or equipment supp ier on other
<br /> projects or for additions to this Project outside the scope of the Work without the specific written conser, t of the
<br /> exeetitien ef their- Work under- the Gentfaet Deeaments. All eepies made under- this auther-iZ +: � . � t. � 11 1. , �
<br /> statutory eepyr-ight notiee, if any, shown on the Drawings, Specifications and other- documents prepared by4he
<br /> wrier,
<br /> ARTICLE 2 OWNER
<br /> § 1. 1 GENERAL
<br /> § 2. 1 . 1 The Owner is the person or entity identified as such in the Agreement and is referred to throughoySt the
<br /> Contract Documents as if singular in number. The Owner shall designate in writing a representative who shall have
<br /> express authority to bind-EQ esent the Owner with respect to all matters requiring the Owner' s approval e>
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