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from those indicated or referred to in the Contract Documents. ENGINEER will promptly review those conditions and advise OWNER in writing if further investigation or tests are necessary, promptly thereafter, OWNER shall obtain the necessary additional investigations and tests and furnish copies to ENGINEER and CONTRACTOR. If ENGINEER finds that the results of such investigations or tests indicate that there are subsurface or latent physical conditions which differ materially from those intended in die Contract Documents, and which could not reasonably have been anticipated by CONTRACTOR, a Change Order shall be issued incorporating the necessary revisions. Physical Conditions - Underground Facilities: 4.4 Shown or Indicated. The information and data shown or indicated in the Contract Documents with i respect to existing Underground Facilities at or contiguous to the site are based on information and data furnished to OWNER or ENGINEER by the owners of such Underground Facilities or by others. Unless it is otherwise expressly provided in the Supplementary Conditions: 4.4.1 OWNER and ENGINEER shall not be responsible for the accuracy or completeness of any such information or data; and i 4.4.2 CONTRACTOR shall have full responsibility for reviewing and checking all such information and data, for locating all Underground Facilities shown or indicated in the Contract Documents, for coordination of the Work with the owners of such Underground Facilities during construction, for the safety and protection thereof as provided in paragraph 6.25 and repairing any damage thereto resulting from the Work, the cost of all of which will be considered as having been included in the Contract price. Utilities: I k 4.5 The word facility as used in this subsection titled "Utilities" includes any pipe conveying gases or liquids and appurtenances attached thereto; cables, conduits, wires, ducts and appurtenances; poles and appurtenances; any of which may be buried below grade or installed at or above grade level. A facility excludes irrigation pipes, service connections and traffic signal wiring. A service connection is a pipe (excluding irrigation pipes), cable, wire, duct or conduit that is intended to connect a facility with a user. The word Utility as used in this subsection titled "Utilities" refers to the entity having legal ownership ofthe facility, service connection, irrigation pipe, or traffic signal wiring. 4.6 The ENGINEER has endeavored to determine the existence of underground facilities at the site ofthe work from the records ofthe utilities with known facilities in the vicinity ofthe work. The position ofthese facilities as derived from such records are shown on the plans. Service connections, irrigation pipes, and traffic signal wiring may not be shown on the plans. The CONTRACTOR shall make his own investigations, including exploratory excavations and contact with Utilities, to determine the exact locations and type of existing facilities, service connections, irrigation pipes, and traffic signal wiring prior to commencing work in the area and shall be responsible for any damage thereto. 4.7 With regard to paragraph 6.25, damage, injury, or loss resulting in whole or in part from the CONTRACTOR's failure to locate and preserve a facility, service connection, irrigation pipe, or traffic signal wiring shall under no circumstances be deemed attributable to the fault of the Drawings or Specifications or to the acts or omissions of the OWNER or ENGINEER or anyone employed by either of them or anyone for whose acts either of them may be liable. 4.8 With respect to underground facilities, no claim for a change in the contract price may be allowed unless the CONTRACTOR discovers an underground facility which is not indicated or referred to in the Contract Documents or which is in a position differing materially and significantly from that GENERAL CDMOI°t ONS GC - 7