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§ 1.3 CAPITALIZATION
<br />§ 1.3.1 Terms capitalized in these General Conditions include those which are (1) specifically defined, (2) the titles
<br />of numbered articles or (3) the titles of other documents published by the American Institute of Architects.
<br />§ 1.4INTERPRETATION
<br />§ 1.4.1 In the interest of brevity the Contract Documents frequently omit modifying words such as "all" and "any"
<br />and articles such as "the" and "an," but the fact that a modifier or an article is absent from one statement and appears
<br />in another is not intended to affect the interpretation of either statement.
<br />§ 1.5 EXECUTION OF CONTRACT DOCUMENTS
<br />§ 1.5.1 The Contract Documents shall be signed by the Owner and Contractor. If either the Owner or Contractor or
<br />both do not sign all the Contract Documents, the Architect shall identify such unsigned Documents upon. request.
<br />§ 1.52 Execution of the Contract by the Contractor is a representation that the Contractor has visited the site,
<br />become generally familiar with local conditions under which the Work is to be performed and correlated personal
<br />observations with requirements of the Contract Documents.
<br />§ 1.6 OWNERSHIP AND USE OF DRAWINGS, SPECIFICATIONS AND OTHER INSTRUMENTS OF SERVICE
<br />§ 1.6.1 The Drawings, Specifications and other documents, including those in electronic form, prepared by the
<br />Architect and the Architect's consultants are Instruments of Service through which the Work to be executed by the
<br />Contractor is described. The Contractor may retain one record set. Neither the Contractor nor any Subcontractor,
<br />Sub -subcontractor or material or equipment supplier shall own or claim a copyright in the Drawings, Specifications
<br />and other documents prepared by the Architect or the Architect's consultants, and unless otherwise indicated the
<br />Architect and the Architect's consultants shall be deemed the authors of them and will retain all common law,
<br />statutory and other reserved rights, in addition to the copyrights_ All copies of Instruments of Service, except the
<br />Contractor's record set, shall be returned or suitably accounted for to the Architect, on request, upon completion of
<br />the Work. The Drawings, Specifications and other documents prepared by the Architect and the Architect's
<br />consultants, and copies thereof furnished to the Contractor, are for use solely with respect to this Project. They are
<br />not to be used by the Contractor or any Subcontractor, Sub -subcontractor or material or equipment supplier on other
<br />projects or for additions to this Project outside the scope of the Work without the specific written consent of the
<br />Owner, Architect and the Architect's consultants. The Contractor, Subcontractors, Sub -subcontractors and material
<br />or equipment suppliers are authorized to use and reproduce applicable portions of the Drawings, Specifications and
<br />other documents prepared by the Architect and the Architect's consultants appropriate to and for use in the
<br />execution of their Work under the Contract Documents. All copies made under this authorization shall bear the
<br />statutory copyright notice, if any, shown on the Drawings, Specifications and other documents prepared by the
<br />Architect and the Architect's consultants. Submittal or distribution to meet official regulatory requirements or for
<br />other purposes in connection with this Project is not to be construed as publication in derogation of the Architect's
<br />or Architect's consultants' copyrights or other reserved rights.
<br />ARTICLE 2 OWNER
<br />§ 2A GENERAL
<br />§ .2.1_1 The Owner is .the person or.entity identified as such in the Agreement and is referred to throughout the
<br />Contract Documents as if singular in number. The Owner shall designate in writing a representative who shall have
<br />express authority to bind the Owner with respect to all matters requiring the Owner's approval or authorization.
<br />Except as otherwise provided in Section 4.2.1, the Architect does not have such authority. The term "Owner" means
<br />the Owner or the Owner's authorized representative.
<br />§ 2.12 The Owner shall furnish to the Contractor within fifteen days after receipt of a written request, information
<br />necessary and relevant for the Contractor to evaluate, give notice of or enforce mechanic's lien rights. Such
<br />information shall include a correct statement of the record legal title to the property on which the Project is located,
<br />usually referred to as the site, and the Owner's interest therein.
<br />§ 2.2 INFORMATION AND SERVICES REQUIRED OF THE OWNER
<br />§ 2.2.1 The Owner shall, at the written request of the Contractor, prior to colmnencement of the Work and thereafter,
<br />furnish to the Contractor reasonable evidence that financial arrangements have been made to fulfill the Owner's
<br />obligations under the Contract. Furnishing of such evidence shall be a condition precedent to commencement or
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