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<br /> 2.2 If the Owner provides a budget for the project(s) it <br /> shall include contingencies for bidding, changes in the Work <br /> during construction, and other costs which are the responsibility <br /> of the Owner, including those described in this Article 2 and in <br /> Subparagraph 3.1.2. The Engineer shall accept the Owner's <br /> authorization to bid the project(s) as evidence that arrangements <br /> exist for fulfillment of the financial obligations assumed by the <br /> Owner hereunder. <br /> 2.3 The Owner shall designate a representative authorized to <br /> act in the Owner's behalf with respect to the project(s). The <br /> Owner and/or such authorized representative shall examine the <br /> documents submitted by the Engineer and shall render responses <br /> pertaining thereto promptly and provide Engineer with requested <br /> data or information in Owner1s possession relating to the <br /> project(s). <br /> 2.4 The Owner shall provide access to and make all necessary <br /> provisions for the Engineer to enter upon public and private <br /> property as required for the Engineer to perform its services <br /> under this Agreement. <br /> 2.5 The Owner shall furnish structural, mechanical, chemical <br /> and other laboratory tests, inspections and reports as required by <br /> law or the Contract Documents or as reasonably needed by the <br /> Engineer. The Engineer shall not be held responsible for its <br /> reliance on any such information supplied by Owner provided that <br /> Engineer does not know or reasonably cannot be expected to know of <br /> any deficiency or error in such information supplied by Owner. <br /> 2.6 The Owner shall furnish all legal, accounting and <br /> insurance counseling services as may be necessary at any time for <br /> the Project(s), including such auditing services as the Owner may <br /> require to ascertain how or for what purposes the Contractor uses <br /> the money paid by or on behalf of the Owner. <br /> 2.7 The Owner shall furnish required information and <br /> services and shall render responses and conduct its review of <br /> written materials as expeditiously as possible. <br /> 2.8 The Owner shall pay all costs incident to obtaining bids <br /> or proposals from contractors. <br /> -13- <br />