Monitoring Progress, Quality and Compliance with Contract Requirements Sample Clauses

Monitoring Progress, Quality and Compliance with Contract Requirements. The Architect will perform site inspections at critical stages of construction to become generally familiar with progress and quality of completed Work to determine if in general the Work is performed in accordance with the Contract Documents. The Architect will have authority to reject work which does not comply with the Contract Documents. Wherever considered necessary, the Architect may require additional inspection or testing of the Work whether the Work is fabricated, installed or completed. The Architect will not have control over or charge of and will not be responsible for construction means, methods, techniques, sequences or procedures, or for safety precautions and programs in connection with the Work, since these are solely the Contractor's responsibility. The Architect will not be responsible for the Contractor's failure to carry out the Work in accordance with the Contract Documents. The Architect will not have control over or charge of and will not be responsible for acts or omissions of the Contractor, Subcontractors, or their agents or employees, or of any other persons performing portions of the Work. Actions of the Architect undertaken while providing administration of the Contract shall not be construed as either supervision or coordination, since these are solely the Contractor's responsibility.