Res 2013-182/Approving an agreement w/CP&Y for professional engineering services with the Cottonwood Creek 24-inch Water Main Extension project

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methods, techniques, sequences or procedures of construction selected by the Contractor, for safety precautions and programs incident to the work of the Contractor or for any failure of the Contractor to comply with rules, regulations, ordinances, codes or orders applicable to the Contractor's performance of the work. The Contractor shall have sole authority over and responsibility for: (i) the means, methods, techniques, sequences, and procedures of construction (ii) safety precautions and programs incident to the construction, and (iii) compliance with rules, regulations, ordinances, codes and orders applicable to the construction. The Engineer neither guarantees the performance of the Contractor nor assumes any responsibility for the Contractor's failure to furnish and perform its work in accordance with the Construction Contract Documents. (c) Issue necessary clarifications and interpretations (RFIs) of the Construction Contract Documents as appropriate to the orderly completion of the Contractor's work. Such clarifications and interpretations will be consistent with the intent and reasonably inferable from the Construction Contract Documents. (d) Make recommendations to the Owner regarding change orders as appropriate and when directed by the Owner, and prepare Change Orders as reasonably required. Preparation of Change Orders, which result from significant changes in the scope, extent, or character of the Project designed by the Engineer, is not included in this scope of services. (e) Review samples, catalog data, schedules, submittals, shop drawings, laboratory, shop and mill tests of material and test equipment and other data as required by the Construction Contract Documents, but only for conformance with the design concept indicated in the Construction Contract Documents. Such reviews will not extend to means, methods, techniques, sequences or procedures of construction or to safety precautions and programs incident thereto. Prepare submittal log. (f) Review Contractor's monthly pay request as needed after review and acceptance by the Owner's field representative. (g) Upon notice from the Contractor that the Contractor's work is ready for its intended use, conduct, in company with the Owner's representative and the Contractor, an observation to determine if the work is substantially complete. If the Owner and the Engineer consider the work substantially complete, issue a certificate of substantial completion containing a list of required tasks for the Contractor to complete prior to issuance of certificate of final completion. Conduct a final walk through together with the Owner and the Contractor to determine if the work has reached final completion so that the Engineer may recommend final payment to the Contractor. If appropriate, make recommendations to the Owner for final payment to the Contractor. (h) Receive, review and transmit to the Owner maintenance and operating instructions, warranties and guarantees, marked up record documents received from the Contractor, which reflect field changes to the bid documents. The Engineer will review the documents to ascertain, to the best of the Engineer's knowledge and belief, that the reflected field changes are complete and correct. (i) Prepare Project record drawings incorporating compiled change orders and field changes that are received from the Owner and the Contractor. One (1) full size sets of prints and one (1) PDF of "Record Drawings" will be submitted by the Engineer to the Owner. (j) Submit to the Owner electronic files used for the production of the Record Drawings. The Engineer shall deliver the electronic files, on CD, to the Owner. Record drawings on electronic files furnished to the Owner are for the convenience of the Owner only. The Record Drawings shall be sole documents relied upon by the Owner as a reflection of the condition of the project location after completion of the construction activities. 11/26/2013 4 of 8