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Caption: Planning Report - Sidewalks 1928
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1 * \ THE GENERAL CONDITIONS OF THE CONTRACT 1. Principles and Definitions (a) The Contract Documents consist of the Agreement, the General Conditions of the Contract, the Drawings and Specifications, including all modifications thereof incorporated in the documents before their execution. These form the Contract. (b) Where the word "Owner" occurs in this specification it shall mean the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois. (c) Where the word "Supervising Architect" occurs, it shall mean James M. White, Supervising Architect of the University of Illinois. The Supervising Architect, or his authorized representative, shall have general supervision of the work. He has the authority to stop the work whenever such stoppage may be necessary to insure the proper execution of the contract. He shall be the interpreter of the conditions of the contract and the judge of its performance. He shall, within a reasonable time, make decisions on all claims of the contractor and on all other matters relating to the execution and progress of the work or the interpretation of the Contract Documents. Decisions in matters relating to artistic effects shall be made by the Supervising Architect and shall be final within the terms of the Contract Documents. (d) If there be an Associate or Consulting Architect, the Specifications may assign special responsibilities to him, but the Contractor's dealings with him shall be through the Supervising Architect. (e) The term "Contractor" as employed herein shall mean a party with whom the owner has contracted in writing to do portions of the work included in these specifications. Where necessary to distinguish between various contractors, the terms General Contractor, Plumbing Contractor, etc., will be used. (/) The term Sub-Contractor as employed herein, includes only those having a direct contract with the Contractor and it includes one who furnishes material worked to a special design according to the plans or specifications of this work, but does not include one who merely furnishes material not so worked. (g) The term "approval" or "direction" shall mean the written approval or direction of the Supervising Architect signed by him or his authorized representiative. Written notice shall be deemed to have been duly served if delivered in person to the individual or a member of the firm, or to an officer of the corporation for whom it is intended, or the authorized representative on the job, or if delivered at or sent by registered mail to the last business address known to him who gives the notice. (h) The term "work" of the Contractor or Sub-Contractor includes labor or materials or both. (i) All time limits stated in the Contract Documents are of the essence of or the contract. [4a] 500-4-28-4254-8
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