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§ 3.18 INDEMNIFICATION § 3. 18. 1 To the fullest extent permitted by law the Contractor shall indemnify and hold harmless the Owner, Architect, Architect' s consultants, and agents and employees of any of them from and against claims, damages, ill ILL L I' LL IN L losses and expenses, including but not limited to attorneys' fees, arising out of or resulting from performance of the Work, ' provided that such claim, damage, loss or expense is attributable to bodily injury, sickness, disease or death, or to injury to or destruction of tangible property (other than the Work itself), but only to the extent caused by the I I- negligent acts or omissions of the Contractor, a Subcontractor, anyone directly or indirectly employed by them or anyone for whose acts they may liable, regardless of whether or not such claim, damage, loss or expense is L : Icaused in part by a party indemnified hereunder. Such obligation shall not be construed to negate, abridge, or reduce I I 'LLL LLL, ILL I L ILL other rights or obligations of indemnity which would otherwise exist as to a party or person described in this Section 3 . 18. § 3.18.2 In claims against any person or entity indemnified under this Section 3 . 18 by an employee of the Contractor, a Subcontractor, anyone directly or indirectly employed by them or anyone for whose acts they may be liable, the ILL indemnification obligation under Section 3 . 18 . 1 shall not be limited by a limitation on amount or type of damages, ILLCotmpensation or benefits payable by or for the Contractor or a Subcontractor under workers' compensation acts, disability benefit acts or otherLLLLL employee benefit acts. ARTICLE 4 ARCHITECT § 4.1 GENERAL § 4.1 .1 . The Owner shall retain an architect lawfully licensed to practice architecture or an entity lawfully practicing architecture in the jurisdiction where the Project is located. That person or entity is identified as the Architect in the Agreement, and is referred to throughout the Contract Documents as if singular in number. Li 'LL § 41. .2 Duties; responsibilities and limitations of authority of the Architect as set forth in the Contract Documents LL shall riot be restricted; modified or extended without written consent of the Owner, Contractor and Architect. Consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. LL Lt L § 4.1 ,3 If the employment of.the Architect is terminated, the Owner shall employ a successor architect as to whom the Contractor has no reasonable objection and whose status under the Contract Documents shall be that of the Architect. '99 9 999r 99 gr L L LL 911. § 4.2 ADMINISTRATION OF THE CONTRACT 99 99 9L tL LL.LrL § 4.2.1 The Ari"LLchitect will provide administration of the Contract as described in the Contract Documents and will be an Owner's representative during construction until the date the Architect issues the final Certificate for Payment. The Architect will have authority to act on behalf of the Owner only to the extent provided in the Contract LL I Documents. § 4.2.2 The Architect will visit the site at intervals appropriate to the stage of construction, or as otherwise agreed with the Owner, to become generally familiar with the progress and quality of the portion of the Work completed, L 99 and to determine in general if the Work observed is being performed in a manner indicating that the Work, when 99 fully completed, will be in accordance with the Contract Documents. However, the Architect will not be required to rr rr make exhaustive or continuous on=site inspections to check the quality or quantity of the Work. The Architect will 9. not have control over, charge of, or responsibility for, the construction means, methods, techniques, sequences or procedures, or for the safety precautions and programs in connection with the Work, since these are solely the Contractor's rights and responsibilities under the Contract Documents, except as provided in Section 3 . 3 . 199. 99 . § 4.2.3 On the basis of the site visits, the Architect will keep the Owner reasonably informed about the progress and quality of the: portion of the Work completed, and report to the Owner ( 1 ) known deviations from the Contract Documents and from the most recent construction schedule submitted by the Contractor, and (2) defects and deficiencies observed in the Work. The Architect will not be responsible for the Contractor' s failure to perform the Work in a999 9 ccordance with the requirements of the Contract Documents. The Architect will not have control over or charge of and LLLwill not be responsible for acts or omissions of the Contractor, Subcontractors, or their agents or Lr LL employees, or any other persons or entities performing portions of the Work. AIA Document A201 ^° — 2007, Copyright 031911 , 1915, 1918, 1925, 1937, 1951 , 1958, 1961 , 1963, 1966, 19701 1976, 1987, 1997 and 2007 by The American Init. 8 Institute of Architects. All ri hts reserved. WARNING : This AIA® Document is protected by U.S. Copyright Law and International Treaties. Unauthonized reproduction or distribution of this AIA® Document, or any portion of it, may result in severe civil and criminal penalties, and will be prosecuted to the maximum extent possible under the law. 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