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1. no allowance will be made for increased expense , loss of expected reimbursement, or loss of i anticipated profits suffered or claimed by the Contractor, resulting either directly from such alterations , or indirectly from unbalanced allocation among the Contract items of overhead expense on the part of the bidder and subsequent loss of expected reimbursement therefore , or from any other cause . Compensation for alterations in plans or quantities of work requiring supplemental agreements shall be stipulated in such agreement, except when the Contractor proceeds with the work without change of price being agreed upon , the Contractor shall be paid for such increased or decreased quantities at the Contract unit prices bid in the Proposal for the items of work . If no Contract unit price is provided in the Contract , and the parties cannot agree as to a price for the work, the Contractor agrees to do the work in accordance with 4 - 3 . 2 . 9 - 3 . 2 Payment Based on Plan Quantity : 9 - 3 . 2 . 1 Error in Plan Quantity : As used in this Article , the term " substantial error" is defined as the smaller of (a) or (b) below : (a) a difference between the original plan quantity and final quantity of more than 5 % , (b) a change in quantity which causes a change in the amount payable of more than $ 5 , 000 . On multiple job Contracts , changes made to an individual pay item due to substantial errors will be based on the entire Contract quantity for that pay item . Where the pay quantity for any item is designated to be the original plan quantity, the Department will revise such quantity only in the event that the Department determines it is in substantial error. In general , the Department will determine such revisions by final measurement, plan calculations , or both , as additions to or deductions from plan quantities . In the event that either the Department or the Contractor contends that the plan quantity for any item is in error and additional or less compensation is thereby due , the claimant shall submit , at their own expense , evidence of such in the form of acceptable and verifiable measurements or calculations . The Department will not revise the plan quantity solely on the basis of a particular method of construction that the Contractor selects . For earthwork items , the claimant must note any differences in the original ground surfaces from that shown in the original plan cross - sections that would result in a substantial error to the plan quantity, and must be properly documented by appropriate verifiable level notes , acceptable to both the Contractor and the Department, prior to disturbance of the original ground surface by construction operations . The claimant shall support any claim based upon a substantial error for differences in the original ground surface by documentation as provided above . 9 - 3 . 2 . 2 Authorized Changes in Limits of Work : Where the Department designates the pay quantity for any item to be the original plan quantity and authorizes a plan change which results in an increase or decrease in the quantity of that item, the Department will revise the plan quantity accordingly. In general , the Department will determine such revisions by final measurement, plan calculations or both . 9 - 3 . 2 . 3 Specified Adjustments to Pay Quantities : Do not apply the limitations specified in 9 - 3 . 2 . 1 and 9 - 3 . 2 . 2 to the following : ( 1 ) Where these Specifications or Special Provisions provide that the Department determines the pay quantity for an item on the basis of area of finished work adjusted in accordance with the ratio of measured thickness to nominal thickness . - 13 - FPID ( S ) : 423186 - 1 - 58 - 01