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May 2, 1984 ARTICLE 5. GENERAL SERVICES DURING CONSTRUCTION: 5a-. The Consultant hereby agrees to furnish general engineering services during construction of projects for which drawings, specifications and contract documents have been previously prepared by.the Consultant. The services shall include advice and assistance to the County in the receipt and analysis of bids and the award of construction contracts, advice during construction, preparation of such sketches as are needed to resolve actual field conditions, the review of shop drawings and working drawings submitted by the contractors, visits to the site at intervals appropriate -to the various stages of construction to observe 'as an experiencedand qualified design professional the progress and quality of the executed work of contractors and to determine 3n general if such work is proceeding in accordance with the contract documents, review of cost estimates for payments to the contractors during the progress of and upon completion of the contracts, and to oversee the final testing and final inspection of completed works. 5b. The Consultant shall not be required to make exhaustive or continuous on-site inspections to check the quality or quantity of such work. The Consultant shall not be responsible for the means, methods, techniques, sequences or procedures of construction selected by contractors or the safety precautions and programs incident to the work of contractors. The Consultant's efforts will be directed toward providing a greater degree of confidence for the County that the completed work of contractors will conform to the contract documents, but the Consultant shall not be responsible for the failure of contractors to perform the work in accordance with the contract documents. During.such visits and on the basis of on-site observations, the Consultant shall keep the County informed of the progress of the work, shall endeavor to guard the County against defects and deficiencies iR such work and -- may disapprove or reject work failing to conform to the contract documents. 5c. If requested by the County or recommended by the Consultant and agreed to in writing by the County, a Resident Project Representative will be furnished and will act as directed by the Consultant in order to assist the Consultant in observing performance of the work of contractors. (1) The duties and responsibilities and the limitations ori the authority of the Resident Project- Representative and assistants will be set forth in Exhibit "A" which is to be identified, attached to, and made a part of this Agreement. (2) Through the more extensive on-site observations of the work in progress and field checks of materials and equipment by the Resident Project Representative (if furnished) and assistants, the Consultant shall endeavor to provide further protection for the County against defects and deficiencies in the work of contractors; but the furnishing of such Resident Project Re- presentation will not make the Consultant responsible for construction means, methods, techniques, sequences or proce- - 3 - 64a/116P/050284 Boa 57 PAGf •9�