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§ 11M TESTS AND INSPECTIONS
<br /> §:;l .5.1 Tests, inspections and approvals of portions of the Work shall be made as required by the Contract
<br /> Documents and by applicable laws, statutes, ordinances, codes, rules and regulations or lawful orders of public
<br /> authorities. Unless otherwise provided, the Contractor shall make arrangements for such tests, inspections and
<br /> approvals with an independent testing laboratory or entity acceptable to the Owner, or with the appropriate public
<br /> authority, and shall bear all related costs of tests, inspections and approvals. The Contractor shall give the Architect
<br /> timely notice of when and where tests and inspections are to be made so that the Architect may be present for such
<br /> procedures. The Owner shall bear costs of ( 1 ) tests, inspections or approvals that do not become requirements until
<br /> after bids are received or negotiations concluded, and (2) tests, inspections or approvals where building codes or
<br /> applicable laws or regulations prohibit the Owner from delegating their cost to the Contractor.
<br /> §- 13.5.2 If the Architect, Owner or public authorities having jurisdiction determine that portions of the Work require
<br /> additional testing, inspection or approval not included under Section 13 . 5 . 1 , the Architect will, upon written
<br /> authorization from the Owner, instruct the Contractor to make arrangements for such additional testing, inspection
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<br /> or approval by an entity acceptable to the Owner, and the Contractor shall give timely notice to the Architect of
<br /> when and where tests and inspections are to be made so that the Architect may be present for such procedures. Such
<br /> costs, except asprovided in Section 13 . 5 .3 , shall be at the Owner' s expense.
<br /> § 13.5.3 If such procedures . for testing, inspection or approval under Sections 13 . 5 . 1 and 13 . 5 .2 reveal failure of the
<br /> portions of the Work to comply with requirements established by the Contract Documents, all costs made necessary
<br /> by such failure mcludIng those of repeated procedures and compensation for the Architect ' s services and expenses
<br /> shall be at the Contractor' s expense.
<br /> § 13.5.4 Required certificates of testing, inspection or approval shall, unless otherwise required by the Contract
<br /> Documents, be secured by the Contractor and promptly delivered to the Architect.
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<br /> § 13.5.5 If the Architect is to observe tests, inspections or approvals required by the Contract Documents, the
<br /> Architect will: do so promptly and, where practicable, at the normal place of testing.
<br /> § 13.5.6 Tests or inspections conducted pursuant to the Contract Documents shall be made promptly to avoid
<br /> unreasonable delay in the Work.
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<br /> 13.6 INTEREST. ,
<br /> Payments due :and unpaid under the Contract Documents shall bear interest from the date payment is due at such rate
<br /> as the parties ! may agree upon in writing or, in the absence thereof, at the legal rate prevailing from time to time at
<br /> the place where the Project is located
<br /> § 13.7 TIME LIMITS ON: CLAIMS
<br /> The Owner and Contractor shall commence all claims and causes of action, whether in contract, tort, breach of
<br /> warranty or otherwise against the other arising out of or related to the Contract in accordance with the requirements
<br /> of the final dispute resolution 'method selected in the Agreement within the time period specified by applicable law,
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<br /> but in any case not more . att,tn years after the date of Substantial Completion of the Work. The Owner and
<br /> Contractor waive all claims and causes of action not commenced in accordance with this Section 13 .7.
<br /> ARTICLE 14 TERMINATION OR SUSPENSION OF THE CONTRACT
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<br /> § 14. 1 TERMINATION BY THE CONTRACTOR
<br /> § 14. 1 .1 The Contractor may terminate the Contract if the Work is stopped for a period of 30 consecutive days
<br /> through no act: or fault of the Contractor or a Subcontractor, Sub-subcontractor or their agents or employees or any
<br /> other persons or entities performing portions of the Work under direct or indirect contract with the Contractor, for
<br /> any of the following reasons:
<br /> .1 Issuance of an order of a court or other public authority having jurisdiction that requires all Work to
<br /> I Z stopped;
<br /> .2 An act of government, such as a declaration of national emergency that requires all Work to be
<br /> stopped;
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