Repository: UIHistories Project: Planning Report - Sidewalks 1928 [PAGE 15]

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Claims under this clause shall be made in writing to the party liable within a reasonable time of the first observance of such damage and not later than the time of final payment except in the case of claims under Article 14 and shall be adjusted by agreement or arbitration. 32. Mutual Responsibility of Contractors Should the Contractor cause damage to any other contractor on the work, the Contractor agrees, upon due notice, to settle with such contractor by agreement or arbitration, if he will so settle. If such other Contractor sues the Owner on account of any damage alleged to have been so sustained, the Owner shall notify the Contractor who shall defend such proceedings for him, and if any judgment against the Owner arise therefrom, the Contractor shall pay or satisfy it and pay all costs incurred by the Owner. 33. Separate Contracts The Owner reserves the right to let other contracts in connection with this work. Each Contractor shall afford other contractors reasonable opportunity for the introduction and storage of their materials and the execution of their work and shall properly connect and coordinate his work with theirs. If any part of the Contractor's work depends for proper execution or results upon the work of any other contractor, the Contractor shall inspect and promptly report to the Supervising Architect any defects in such work that render it unsuitable for such proper execution and results. His failure so to inspect and report shall constitute an acceptance of the other contractor's work as fit and proper for the reception of his work, except as to defects which may develop in the other contractor's work after the execution of his work. To insure the proper execution of his subsequent work, the Contractor shall measure work already in place and shall at once report to the Supervising Architect any discrepancy between the executed work and the drawings. 34. Assignment Neither party to the Contract shall assign the contract without the written consent of the other, nor shall the Contractor assign any moneys due or to become due to him hereunder without the previous written consent of the Owner. 35. Sub-contracts The Contractor agrees that he is as fully responsible to the Owner for the acts and omissions of his sub-contractors and of other persons either directly or indirectly employed by them, as he is for the acts and omissions of persons directly employed by him. Nothing contained in the contract documents shall create any contractual relation between any sub-contractor and the Owner, nor create any obligation on

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