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accordance with the Contract Documents, the Owner may issue a written order to the Contractor to StoP the Work, or any portion thereof, until the cause for such order has been eliminated; however, the right of the Owner to stop the Work shall not give rise to a duty on the part of the Owner to exercise this right for the benefit of the Contractor or any other person or entity, except to the extent required by Subparagraph 6.13. 2.4 OWNER'S RIGHT TO CARRY OUT THE WORK 2.4.1 If the Contractor defaults or neglects to carry oui the ~Vork in accordance with the Contrad Documents and fails within a seven-day period after receipt of Nvritten notice from the Owner to commence and continue correction of such default or neglect with diligence and promptness, the Owner may afier such seven-day period give the Contractor a second written notice to corred such deficiencies within a three-day period. If the Contractor within such three-day period after receipt of such second notice fails to commence and continue to correct any deficiencies, the Owner may, without prejudice to other remedies the Owner may have, corsed such deficiencies. In such case an appropriate Change Order shall be issued deducting from payments then or thereafter due the Contractor the reasonable cost of correding such deficiencies, induding Owner's expenses and compensation for the Archited's additional services made necessary by such default, neglect or failure. Such action by the Owner and amounts charged to the Contractor are both subject to prior approval of the Architect. If payments then or thereafter due the Contractor are not sufficient to cover such amounts, the Contractor shall pay the difference to the Owner. ARTICLE3 CONTRACTOR 3.1 GENERAL 3.1.7 The Contrador is the person or entity identified as such in the Agreement and is referred to throughout the Contract Documents as if singular in numbec The term "Contractor" means the Contractor or the Contractor's authorized representative. 3.1.2 The Contractor shall perEorm the Work in accordance with the Contract Documents. 3.1.3 The Contrador shall not be relieved of obligations to perform the Work in accordance with the Contract Documents either by activities or duties of the Architect in the Architect's administration of the Contract, or by tests, inspections or approvals required or performed by persons other than the Contractor. 3.2 REVIEW OF CONTRACT DOCUMENTS AND FIELD CONDITIONS BY CONTRACTOR . 3.2.1 Since the Contract Documents are complementary, before starting each portion oE the Work, the Contractor shall carefully study and compare the various Drawings and other Contract Documents relative to that portion of the Work, as well as the information furnished by the Owner pursuant to Subparagraph 2.2.3, shall take Field measurements of any existing conditions related to that portion of the Work and shall observe any conditions at the site affecting it. These obligations are for the purpose of facilitating construction by the Contractor and are not for the II~~ purpose oE discovering errors, omissions, or inconsistencies in the Contract Documents; however, any errors, inconsistencies or omissions discovered by the Contractor shall be reported ~ promptly to the Architect as a request for information in such form as the Architect may require. ~ 3.2.2 Any design errors or omissions noted by the Contractor during this review shall be 0 1997 AIAO AIA DOCUMENT A101-1997 reported promptly to the Architect, but it is recognized that the Contractor's review is made in the GENERAL CONDITIONS Contractor's capacity as a contractor and not as a licensed design professional unless otherwise OF TH E CONTRACT FOR specifically provided in the Contract Documents. The Conttactor is not required to ascertain that CONSTRUCTION the Contract Documents are in accordance with applicable laws, statutes, ordinances, building ~ The nmerican insrimre codes, and rules and regulations, but any nonconformity discovered by or made known to `the of qrchirecrs Contrador shall be reported promptly to the Architect. 1735 New York Avenue, N.W. Washingion, D.C. 10006-5297 . WARNING: Unli<ensed photxopying vlolates U.S. copyright laws and wlll subJxt the violator to legal prosewflon