Common use of Applications for Utility Permits Clause in Contracts

Applications for Utility Permits. 6.8.8.1 It is anticipated that during the Work, Utility 6.8.8.2 For all such utility permit applications pending as of or submitted after the Effective Date, DB Contractor shall furnish the most recent Project design information or as-built plans, as applicable, to the applicants, and shall assist each applicant with information regarding the location of other proposed and existing Utilities. 6.8.8.3 DB Contractor shall assist TxDOT in deciding whether to approve a permit described in Section 6.8.8. 1. Within a time period that will enable TxDOT to timely respond to the application, DB Contractor shall analyze each application and provide to TxDOT a recommendation (together with supporting analysis) as to whether the permit should be approved, denied, or approved subject to conditions. As part of the recommendation process, DB Contractor shall furnish to TxDOT Utility No Conflict Sign-Off Forms, signed by both DB Contractor’s Utility Design Coordinator (UDC) and DB Contractor’s Utility Manager (UM), using the standard forms included in the Technical Provisions. DB Contractor shall limit the grounds for its recommendation to the grounds on which TxDOT is legally entitled to approve or deny the application or to impose conditions on its approval. However, TxDOT shall have the right to issue Utility permits in its discretion. Applications for Utility permits and associated coordination described in this Section 6.8.8 shall not be subject to a Change Order and are not considered a New Utility or Unidentified Utility as described in Section 6.8.1.