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C 4jA C ATTACHMENT "B" AIA DOCUMENT B141-1997 REVISIONS to STANDARD FORM OF ARCHITECT'S SERVICES: DESIGN and CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION. 2.1.1 The Architect shall manage the Architect's services and administer the Project. The Architect shall consult with the Owner, research applicable design criteria, attend Project meetings, communicate with others as appropriate, and issue progress reports to the Owner. The Architect shall coordinate the services provided by the Architect and the Architect's consultants with those services provided by the Owner and the Owner's consultants, if any. 2.1.2 When Project requirements have been sufficiently identified, the Architect shall prepare, and periodically update for the Owner's approval, a Project schedule that shall identify milestone dates for decisions required of the Owner, design services furnished by the Architect, completion of documentation provided by the Architect, commencement of construction and Substantial Completion of the Work. 2.1.3 The Architect shall consider and discuss with the Owner, the value of alternative materials, building systems and equipment, together with other considerations based on program, budget and aesthetics in developing the design for the Project. 2.1.5 Subject to the provisions contained in the next sentence hereof, the Architect shall submit design documents to the Owner at intervals appropriate to the design process for purposes of evaluation and approval by the Owner. The Architect shall be entitled to rely on approvals received from the Owner in the further development of the design. The Owner's approval of the Architect's design documents contemplated herein and hereinbelow shall not be for the purpose of determining the accuracy, adequacy or completeness of such documents and shall not alter the Architect's responsibilities hereunder with respect to such documents. 2.1.7.2 Evaluations of the Owner's budget for the Project, the preliminary estimate of the Cost of the Work and updated estimates of the Cost of the Work prepared by the Architect represent the Architect's best judgment as a design professional familiar with the construction industry. It is recognized, however, that neither the Architect nor the Owner has control over the cost of labor, materials or equipment, over the Contractor's methods of determining bid prices, or over competitive bidding, market or negotiating conditions. Accordingly, the Architect cannot and does not warrant or represent that bids or negotiated prices will not vary from the Owner's budget for the Project or from any estimate of the Cost of the Work or evaluation prepared or agreed to by the Architect. 2.1.7.3 In preparing estimates of Cost of the Work, the Architect shall be permitted to include reasonable contingencies for design, bidding and price escalation; to determine what materials, equipment, component systems and types of construction acceptable to Owner, are to be included in the Contract Documents; to make reasonable adjustments in the scope of the Project acceptable to Owner and to include in the Contract