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advise the Engineer of any instructions issued directly by City to the construction Contractor if the Engineer was unavailable at the time of issuance of instructions. 1.6.3 Assist the City in ensuring that all applicable permits and approvals have been obtained from the appropriate agencies prior to construction in accordance with the scope of work 1.6.4 Assist the City in conducting a pre - construction conference with the Contractor, members of City's staff, representatives of affected utility providers, and federal and state agencies having jurisdiction over the Project (including City inspectors) in order to establish construction schedules and to identify key representatives of the parties and lines of communication. The Engineer will be responsible for providing an agenda and for keeping accurate minutes of this meeting. The Engineer will distribute minutes to the interested parties within five calendar days of the conference. The City will arrange for the location of the meeting. 1.6.5 Make on -site inspections of the Project as often as required to ensure familiarity with the progress and quality of the work, to determine if the work is proceeding in acceptable conformance with the construction contract documents, and to review the work with the City's designated representatives. On the basis of these inspections, by the Engineer, the Engineer will keep the City informed of the progress and quality of the work through written status reports and through meetings with the City's representative. The Engineer will also be reasonably available to perform site visitations at the specific request of the City by the next business day after a request is made. 1.6.6 In performing all services, including inspections, not have control or charge of and will not be responsible for construction means, methods, techniques, sequences or procedures, or for safety precautions and programs in connection with the work, for the acts or omissions of the construction contractor, subcontractors or any other persons performing any of the work, or for the failure of any of them to carry out the work in accordance with the construction contract documents, unless such acts or omissions are due to the negligence of the Engineer or are acts or omissions under the Engineer's control. However, the Engineer will exercise its authority on behalf of the City in accordance herewith and particularly during the construction phase so that all work performed by the construction contractor results in a Project completed in accordance with the construction contract documents and during any phase should the Engineer become aware of the Contractor's utilization of means, methods, techniques, sequences and /or procedures of construction which, in the Engineer's opinion, will not result in completion of the Project in accordance with the construction contract documents or which are unsafe, the Engineer will immediately inform the City and will take all necessary action which the Engineer is authorized to take under the construction contract documents to correct the matter. 1.6.7 At all times, have access to the work wherever it is in preparation or progress. 1.6.8 Determine the amounts owing to the construction contractor based on its on -site professional inspections and on evaluations of the Contractor's applications for payment, including comparisons of the construction contractor's monthly cost reports with its applications REP Agreement 11/12 5