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4 • SECTION IV PERIOD OF SERVICE • This Agreement shall be effective upon execution by the Owner and the Engineer, and shall remain in force until terminated under the provisions hereinafter provided in Section X. SECTION V COORDINATION WITH THE OWNER The Engineer shall hold periodic conferences with the Owner, or its representatives, to the end that the Project, as perfected, shall have full benefit of the Owner's experience and knowledge of existing needs and facili- ties, and be consistent with its current policies and construction standards. To implement this coordination, the Owner shall make available to the Engineer for use in planning the Project, all existing plans, maps, field notes, statistics, computations and other data in his possession relative to existing facilities and to the Project. SECTION VI THE ENGINEER'S COMPENSATION AND LIABILITY For and in consideration of the services to be rendered by the Engineer, the Owner shall pay, azd the Engineer shall receive the compensation hereinafter • set forth, for the Preliminary, Design, and Construction Phases of the work and "Construction cost" is defined as the total cost to the Owner for the execu- tion of the work authorized at one time and handled in each separate phase of engineering services, excluding fees or other cost for engineering and legal services, the cost of land, rights-of-way, legal and administrative expenses; but including the direct cost to the Owner of all construction contracts, items of construction, including labor, materials and equipment required for the completed work (including extras) and the total value at site of project of all labor, materials and equipment purchased or furnished directly by the Owner for the Project. for Special Assignments and Services not included in these phases. All remit- tances by Owner of such compensation shall either be mailed or delivered to Engineer's office in Houston, Harris County, Texas. Where the compensation is based on a percentage of construction cost, the charge for each separate phase shall be based on the "construction cost" of all work authorized by the Owner at one time, and handled by the Engineer in accordance with this Agreement. In the event that proposals for construction of any of the work authorized in the Design Phase are received within 90 days after submission of completed Contract Drawings and specifications to the Owner by the Engineer, the charge for the corresponding services in the Design Phase and the charge for the corresponding services in the Preliminary Phase shall be adjusted to the "construction cost" as reflected by the lowest acceptable proposal, or lowest -5-