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substance if it provides a reasonable allocation of the the Work or any duty or authority to undertake
<br /> Contract Price to component parts of the Work. responsibility inconsistent with the provisions of the
<br /> Contract Documents.
<br /> ARTICLE 3 - CONTRACT DOCUMENTS: INTENT, 3 .03 Reporting and Resolving Discrepancies
<br /> AMENDING, REUSE
<br /> A. Reporting Discrepancies
<br /> r 3 .01 Intent 1 . If, during the performance of the Work,
<br /> CONTRACTOR discovers any conflict, error, ambi-
<br /> A. The Contract Documents are complementary; guity, or discrepancy within the Contract Documents
<br /> what is called for by one is as binding as if called for by all. or between the Contract Documents and any provi-
<br /> sion of any Law or Regulation applicable to the
<br /> performance of the Work or of any standard,
<br />,. B . It is the intent of the Contract Documents to specification, manual or code, or of any instruction
<br /> describe a functionally complete Project (or part thereof) to of any Supplier, CONTRACTOR shall report it to
<br /> be constructed in accordance with the Contract Documents. ENGINEER in writing at once. CONTRACTOR
<br /> Any labor, documentation, services, materials, or equip- shall not proceed with the Work affected thereby
<br /> ment that may reasonably be inferred from the Contract (except in an emergency as required by paragraph
<br /> Documents or from prevailing custom or trade usage as 6. 16.A) until an amendment or supplement to the
<br /> being required to produce the intended result will be Contract Documents has been issued by one of the
<br /> .� provided whether or not specifically called for at no methods indicated in paragraph 3 .04; provided,
<br /> additional cost to OWNER. however, that CONTRACTOR shall not be liable to
<br /> OWNER or ENGINEER for failure to report any
<br /> C. Clarifications and interpretations of the Contract such conflict, error, ambiguity, or discrepancy unless
<br /> ' Documents shall be issued by ENGINEER as provided in CONTRACTOR knew or reasonably should have
<br /> Article 9 . known thereof.
<br /> +� 3 .02 Reference Standards B. Resolving Discrepancies
<br /> A. Standards, Specifications, Codes, Laws, and 1 . Except as may be otherwise specifically
<br /> Regulations stated in the Contract Documents, the provisions of
<br /> the Contract Documents shall take precedence in
<br /> 1 . Reference to standards, specifications, resolving any conflict, error, ambiguity, or
<br /> manuals, or codes of any technical society, organza- discrepancy between the provisions of the Contract
<br /> tion, or association, or to Laws or Regulations, Documents and:
<br /> whether such reference be specific or by implication,
<br /> shall mean the standard, specification, manual, a. the provisions of any standard,
<br /> i code, or Laws or Regulations in effect at the time of specification, manual, code, or instruction
<br /> opening of Bids (or on the Effective Date of the (whether or not specifically incorporated by
<br /> Agreement if there were no Bids), except as may be reference in the Contract Documents); or
<br /> otherwise specifically stated in the Contract
<br /> Documents. b. the provisions of any Laws or
<br /> Regulations applicable to the performance of the
<br /> 2. No provision of any such standard, Work (unless such an interpretation of the provi-
<br /> .� specification, manual or code, or any instruction of a sions of the Contract Documents would result in
<br /> Supplier shall be effective to change the duties or violation of such Law or Regulation).
<br /> responsibilities of OWNER, CONTRACTOR, or
<br /> ENGINEER, or any of their subcontractors, consul- 3 .04 Amending and Supplementing Contract
<br /> ' tants, agents, or employees from those set forth in Documents
<br /> the Contract Documents, nor shall any such
<br /> provision or instruction be effective to assign to A. The Contract Documents may be amended to
<br /> dW OWNER, ENGINEER, or any of ENGINEER's provide for additions, deletions, and revisions in the Work
<br /> Consultants, agents, or employees any duty or or to modify the terms and conditions thereof in one or
<br /> authority to supervise or direct the performance of
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