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4b thecantract. Such costs, expenses, and damages shall include all cost incurred by the OWNER, the OWNER's Representative, the ENGINEER, and their consultants to defend against any claims, stop notices, or lawsuits based thereon in which any of them is made a party. 6.38 In any and all claims agairtst OWNER or ENGINEER or any of their consultants, agents or employees by any employee of CONTRACTOR, any Subcontractor, any person or organization directly or indirectly employed by any of them to perform or famish any of the Work or any one for whose acts any of them may be liable, the indemnification obligation under paragraphs 6.36 and 6.37 shall not be limited in any way by any limitation on the amount or type of damages, compensation or benefits payable by or for CONTRACTOR or any such Subcontractor or other person or organization under worker's or workmen's compensation acts, disability benefit acts or other employee benefit acts. 6.39 The obligations of CONTRACTOR under paragraphs 6,36 and 6.37 shall not extend to the liability of ENGINEER, ENGINEER's consultants, agents or employees arising out of the preparation or approval of maps, drawings, opinions, reports, surveys, Change Orders, designs or specifications. Interpretation of Contract Documents: 6.44.1 It is the duty of the CONTRACTOR to notify the ENGINEER, in writing, in the event of any doubt or question as to the true meaning of any provision in the Contract Documents. The ENGINEER's decision thereon shall be final. Annotated dimensions on drawings shall govern and work not dimensioned shall be as clarified by the ENGINEER. Work not particularly shown or specified shall be the &aim as similar parts that are shown or specified. Materials of work described in words which have a well-known technical or trade meaning shall be deemed to refer to such recognized standard. 6.40.2 The CONTRACTOR shall verify all dimensions, quantities, locations, materials and details shown on the Plans, Supplementary Drawings, schedules or other data received from the Architect or Engineer, and shall notify him of all errors, omissions, conflicts and discrepancies found therein. Failure to discover or correct errors, conflicts or discrepancies shall not relive the CONTRACTOR of full responsibility for unsatisfactory work, faulty construction, or improper operation resulting therefrom nor from rectifying such condition at his own expense. He will not be allowed to take advantage of any error or omissions, as full instructions will be furnished by the Architect or Engineer, should any error or omissions be discovered. All schedules are given for the convenience of the Engineer and CONTRACTOR and are not guaranteed to be complete, Belated Work at Site: 7.1 OWNER may perforin other work related to the Project at the site by OWNER's own forces, have other work performed by utility owners or let other direct contracts therefor which shall contain General Conditions similar to these. If the fact that such other work is to be performed was not noted in the Contract Documents, written notice thereof will be given to CONTRACTOR prior to starting any such other work, and, if CONTRACTOR believes that such performance will involve additional expense to CONTRACTOR or required additional time and the parties are unable to agree as to the extent thereof, CONTRACTOR may make a claim therefor as provided in Articles l l and 12. 7.2 CONTRACTOR sball afford each utility owner and other contractor who is a party to such a direct. contract (or OWNER, if OWNER is performing the additional work with OWNER's employees) proper and safe access to the site and a reasonable opportunity for the introduction and storage of materials and equipment and the execution of such work, and shall properly connect and coordinate the Work with theirs. CONTRACTOR shall do all cutting, fitting and patching of the Work that may GENERAL CONDITIpNS L GC - 18 6