Common use of General Description of Design-Builder’s Duties and Responsibilities Clause in Contracts

General Description of Design-Builder’s Duties and Responsibilities. Generally, the Design-Builder’s responsibilities shall include, but will not be limited to, the following: a) To confirm the design and construction of the Project in accordance with the RFP Documents. b) To provide all design services and construction management services necessary to implement the goals of the Project inclusive of, but not limited to, the following: civil, architectural, electrical, structural, and mechanical design services as required for the Project; construction management services inclusive of budgeting, value engineering (“Value Engineering”), scheduling, project administration, management and coordination of subcontractors. c) To conduct subsurface investigation work if and as required for the Project. d) To furnish and provide all materials, management, personnel, equipment, hazardous material abatement, supervision, labor and other services necessary to complete the Project. The Design-Builder shall perform the Services in a professional workmanlike manner. The Design-Builder shall supply and furnish at the location where the Work is to be performed all design service, labor, materials, equipment, tools, services, and supervision, and shall bear all items of expense, necessary to complete and satisfactorily perform this Agreement, except such items that the Department, in this Agreement, specifically agrees to supply or furnish to or for the use of Design-Builder. Any labor, materials, equipment, tools, services or supervision not specifically described in this Agreement, but which may be fairly implied as required thereby or necessary to properly complete the Work, shall be deemed within the Scope of the Work and shall be provided by Design-Builder at Design-Builder’s sole expense. The Design-Builder will be required to work with the Department and Project stakeholders through a collaborative design process to develop a concept design for the Project in accordance with the available budget. The Design-Builder will be required to engage in extensive pre-design and preconstruction efforts to ensure that the design is developed in a manner consistent with the Department’s goals for the Project (e.g., programmatic, budgetary, schedule and quality); to solicit competitive trade bids for the construction work and to develop an acceptable guaranteed maximum price and corresponding scope and schedule for the work; and to implement the requisite construction and other work necessary no later than the Substantial Completion Date. The Design-Builder will be required to provide a “turn-key” Project ready for its intended use and shall be responsible for all items of cost except for those items set forth in Section 9.7 of this Agreement.