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<br /> <br />Exhibit B – Scope of Services Page 10 <br />not require the Engineer to evaluate contractor’s safety methods. It is agreed that safety <br />matters are Contractor’s responsibility and that the Engineer shall be responsible only for the <br />acts or omissions of its own employees. The Engineer may disapprove work as failing to <br />conform to the contract documents. The Engineer shall not have control or charge of and <br />shall not be responsible for construction means, methods, techniques, sequences or <br />procedures, or for safety precautions and programs in connection with the work. The <br />Engineer shall be obligated, however, to disclose known dangerous circumstances to the <br />City. <br /> <br /> B.6.4 Review samples, schedules, shop drawings, the result of tests and inspections, and other <br />data which the Contractor is required to submit, but only for the conformance with the design <br />concept of the project and compliance with the information given in the contract documents, <br />(but such review shall not extend to means, methods, sequences, techniques, or procedures <br />of construction or to safety precautions and programs incidental thereto). The Engineer shall <br />receive and review (for general content as required by the specification), maintenance and <br />operating instructions, schedules, guarantees, bonds, and certificates of inspection which are <br />to be assembled by the Contractor in accordance with the contract documents. <br /> <br /> B.6.5 Issue all instructions of the City to Contractor; issue necessary interpretations and <br />clarifications of the contract documents and in connection therewith prepare change orders <br />as required for the City’s approval and have authority, as the City’s representative, to require <br />special inspection or testing of the work. <br /> <br /> B.6.6 Review the Contractor’s application for payment, determine the amount owing the Contractor <br />and make recommendations to the City regarding the payment thereof. <br /> <br />The Engineer’s recommendations are based on on-site observations as an experienced and <br />qualified design professional. The recommendations by the Engineer constitute a <br />representation to the City that to the best of their knowledge, information and belief, the work <br />has progressed to the point indicated on said application and the quality of work is in <br />accordance with the contract documents, subject to the results of any subsequent test called <br />for by the contract documents and any qualifications stated in his recommendations. <br /> <br />B.6.7 Conduct, in the presence of the designated representative, a site visit to determine if the <br />project is substantially complete and conduct a final site visit to determine if the work has <br />been completed in accordance with the contract documents. Such site visits may include <br />representatives from the City and/or other involved governmental agencies. If the Contractor <br />has fulfilled all of his obligations, the Engineer shall give written notice to the City and the <br />Contractor that the work is acceptable for final payment. <br /> <br /> B.6.8 The Engineer shall not have control or charge of and shall not be responsible for construction <br />means, methods, techniques, sequences or procedures, or for safety precautions and <br />programs in connection with the work. The Engineer shall be obligated, however, to disclose <br />known dangerous circumstances to the City. <br /> <br /> B.6.9 The Engineer shall furnish the City with a list detailing final quantities and costs in a letter <br />stating to the best knowledge of the Engineer that the work is in compliance with the plans, <br />specifications and change orders. <br /> <br />ARTICLE B.7 – SCOPE OF SERVICES FOR DEDICATION PROJECTS <br />Subject to further clarification and refinement on a project-by-project basis, the Engineer shall: <br /> <br /> B.7.1 Following written notice from the City Council, review the platting, concept, design, plans and <br />specifications for each Dedication Project to determine that they comply with those written <br />City Standards that have been approved by the City Council for such projects. Require the <br />developer or his Engineer to submit the plans to appropriate utility companies and other <br />concerned agencies for their review, concurrence and issuance of permits as required. Upon <br />completion of the review, submit a written report to the City Council to assist the Engineer <br />and the City Council in approving or disapproving the proposed Dedication Project.