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C] i 4*0 Physical Conditions - Underground Facilities: 4.4 Shown or Indicated: The information and data shown or indicated in the Contract Documents with 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 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, fnr 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: 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, duet 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 of the 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 of the work from the records of the utilities with known facilities in the vicinity of the work. The position of these 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 diftcring materially and significantly from that indicated or referred to in the Contract Documents. If such discovery is made, the CONTRACTOR shall promptly notify in writing the OWNER, ENGINEER and the Utility. The OWNER may make changes in the alignment and grade of the work in accordance with the section titled "Changes in the Work". 4.9 At no additional cost to the OWNER, the CONTRACTOR shall replace, remove, relocate, protect, or temporarily maintain a facility which is not in a position differing materially and significantly from that indicated or referred to in the Contract Documents. At no additional cost to the OWNER, the CONTRACTOR shall adjust the top elevation of all valve boxes and manholes to match the GENERAL CONDITIONS GC - 7