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ATKINS It is understood that the County will provide staff for daily onsite observations during construction, and that this staff will share their findings, observation, etc. with the Engineer. D. Requests for information, interpretation, and/or Clarification(RFi's) The Engineer will receive RFIs from the contractor and will consult with and advise the County on the issuance of necessary clarifications and interpretations of the Contract Documents as appropriate for the orderly completion of the project. The Engineer, upon the County's request, will prepare such clarifications and interpretations. Such clarifications and interpretations will be consistent with the intent of and reasonably inferable from the Contract Documents. The Engineer will review and recommend Records of Minor Changes authorizing minor variations from the requirements of the Contract Documents, as necessary. Engineer will provide draft responses for each clarification and interpretation to the County for approval prior to issuance to the contractor. For the purposes of estimating the fee for this task order, it is anticipated that there will be two RFIs which are reasonably inferable from the contract documents. Effort for complex RFIs including requests for alternate designs, materials, means, or methods has not been included in the fee estimate, but can be added if the need arises and is requested by the County. E. Pay Applications The Engineer will review and advise the County on the contractor's pay applications. The Engineer's review and evaluation of each pay application will be based on field observations of the completed work compared to the contractor's schedule of values. It is anticipated that pay applications will be submitted on a monthly basis. F. Submittal Document Review The Engineer will review and approve(or take other appropriate action in respect of)contractor submittals required by the contract documents for conformance with the contract documents. Such reviews and approvals or other action will not extend to means, methods,techniques, sequences or procedures of construction or to safety precautions and programs incident thereto. The Engineer will be responsible for submittal document control. The Engineer will receive, maintain and track all submittal documents from the Contractor. Contractor will transmit submittal documents to Engineer in a timely manner. The Engineer's estimated level of effort for this task is based on eight,one time, submittals of varying complexity and one weekly submittal. G. Project Close-out After the Contractor has provided written notification that work is substantially complete, and the County and Engineer concur the work is substantially complete, the Engineer will accompany the County and the contractor on one inspection of the project determine the status of completion. The Engineer will provide a report and/or punchlist identifying any incomplete work After the Contractor has provided written notification that all punchlist items have been addressed and the work is completed,the Engineer will provide a final inspection of the completed project. Upon determining that all Work is complete, Engineer will issue a notice to the County stating the project is complete. However, if such inspection in the opinion of the Engineer reveals incomplete or unacceptable work, the Engineer will provide a report identifying the incomplete work and provide a re-inspection once work is completed. When Engineer finds that the work is acceptable under the contract documents, the Engineer will request the contractor make the final Page 5 of 7