Preliminary Design Phase 30 percent plans)
A. Proceed with Preliminary Design Phase after the completion of the Conceptual phase which includes: Acceptance by Owner of the Conceptual Report and any other Study and Report Phase deliverables; selection by Owner of a recommended solution; issuance by Owner of any instructions for use of Project Strategies, Technologies, and Techniques, or for inclusion of sustainable features in the design, and Indication by Owner of any specific modifications or changes in the scope, extent, character, or design requirements of the Project desired by Owner.
1. Prepare Preliminary Design Phase documents consisting of final design criteria, preliminary drawings, outline specifications, and written descriptions of the Project.
2. Include on plans, property lines, structure locations, ownership names and contact information.
3. In preparing the Preliminary Design Phase documents, use any specific applicable Project Strategies, Technologies, and Techniques authorized by Owner during or following the Study and Conceptual Phase, and include sustainable features, as appropriate, pursuant to Owner’s instructions.
4. Provide necessary field surveys, topographic and utility mapping for Engineer’s design purposes. Comply with the scope of work and procedure for the identification and mapping of existing utilities as defined by Section A1.03 “Utility Requirements” and Section A1.04 “Survey Services”
5. Visit the Site as needed to prepare the Preliminary Design Phase documents.
6. Advise Owner if additional reports, data, information, or services of the types described are necessary and assist Owner in obtaining such reports, data, information, or services.
7. Continue to assist Owner with Project Strategies, Technologies, and Techniques that Owner has chosen to implement.
8. Based on the information contained in the Preliminary Design Phase documents, prepare a revised opinion of probable Construction Cost, and assist Owner in tabulating the various cost categories which comprise Total Project Costs.
9. Obtain and review Owner’s instructions regarding Owner’s procurement of construction services (including instructions regarding advertisements for bids, instructions to bidders, and requests for proposals, as applicable), Owner’s construction contract practices and requirements, insurance and bonding requirements, electronic transmittals during construction, and other information necessary for the finalization of Owner’s bidding-related documents (or requests for proposals or other construction procurement documents), and Construction Contract Documents. Also obtain and review copies of Owner’s design and construction standards, Owner’s standard forms, general conditions, supplementary conditions, text, and related documents or content for Engineer to include in the draft bidding-related documents (or requests for proposals or other construction procurement documents), and in the draft Construction Contract Documents, when applicable.
10. Development communication plan for project: considering the use of door hangers, letters, public meetings, changeable message boards.
11. Furnish 6 review copies of the Preliminary Design Phase documents, opinion of probable Construction Cost, and any other Preliminary Design Phase deliverables to Owner by established due date, and review them with Owner. Owner shall submit to Engineer any comments regarding the furnished items.
12. Revise the Preliminary Design Phase documents, opinion of probable Construction Cost, and any other Preliminary Design Phase deliverables in response to Owner’s comments, as appropriate, and furnish to Owner 6 copies of the revised Preliminary Design Phase documents, revised opinion of probable Construction Cost, and any other deliverables by the specified due date.
13. Engineer’s services under the Preliminary Design Phase will be considered complete on the date when Engineer has delivered to Owner the revised Preliminary Design Phase documents, revised opinion of probable Construction Cost, and any other Preliminary Design Phase deliverables.
Preliminary Title Report (a) Within two (2) days following the Opening of Escrow, Seller shall provide Buyer a copy of its existing title insurance policy, exception documents and survey, and within twelve (12) days following the Opening of Escrow, Buyer will have prepared a Preliminary Title Report/Commitment for owners title insurance for the Property showing all liens, encumbrances and other matters affecting the title to the Property (the “Title Report”) and will provide a copy thereof together with legible copies of the documents shown as title exceptions or requirements therein to Seller. Buyer shall have ten (10) days following issuance of the Title Report to object, in Buyer’s sole and absolute discretion, to any other items contained in the Title Report . Buyer shall have until the end of the Review Period to object to any items contained in the Survey (as that term is defined in Section 3.2). Should Buyer object to any provisions contained therein, Seller shall, within five (5) days of the receipt of any such objections, advise Buyer of which title objections it will cure. Thereafter, prior to the later of five (5) days following (x) the expiration of the Review Period or (y) receipt of Seller’s title response notice, Buyer may either: (i) reject the Title Report and the Survey, in which case this Agreement is terminated, the parties will have no further rights or obligations hereunder (except those which specifically survive the termination of this Agreement) and the Initial Deposit shall be immediately refunded to Buyer without further instruction; or (ii) Buyer can choose to accept the Title Report and Survey by the placement of the Additional Deposit, which signifies acceptance of the Title Report and Survey. Any cure of title objections which Seller has elected to undertake shall be completed no later than five (5) days prior to the Closing Date. If such cure has not been completed by such time, Buyer may at such time either: (i) reject the Title Report and the Survey, in which case this Agreement is terminated, the parties will have no further rights or obligations hereunder (except those which specifically survive the termination of this Agreement) and the ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Money Deposit shall be immediately refunded to Buyer without further instruction; or (ii) Buyer can choose to accept the Title Report and Survey.
(b) If any amended Title Reports are issued from the same title company after the expiration of the Review Period, Buyer shall have until five (5) business days following receipt of the same to review the amendment and to accept or reject any new matters set forth on Schedule B - Section 2 (Exceptions) to the amended Title Report which do not arise from the act or omission to act on the part of Buyer or its agents (the “New Exception(s)”) and shall be deemed to have accepted the New Exception(s) unless written notice of rejection is given to Seller on or before the expiration of said five (5) business days. If any New Exception(s) is rejected by Buyer and Seller does not, within five (5) business days after Buyer’s rejection of the New Exception, agree to remove the New Exception, Buyer may either: (i) reject the Title Report and the Survey, in which case this Agreement is terminated, the parties will have no further rights or obligations hereunder (except those which specifically survive the termination of this Agreement) and the Initial Deposit shall be immediately refunded to Buyer without further instruction; or (ii) Buyer can choose to accept the Title Report and Survey by the placement of the Additional Deposit, which signifies acceptance of the Title Report and Survey.
(c) In the event that Buyer accepts the Title Report, those matters listed on Schedule B, Section 2 (Exceptions to Title) of Title Report shall be the “Permitted Exceptions”. In no event shall Permitted Exceptions include liens, or documents evidencing liens, securing any indebtedness, any mechanics’ or materialmen’s liens or any claims or potential claims therefor covering the Property or any portion thereof (“Seller Liens”), each of which shall be paid in full by Seller and released at Closing.
(d) Seller shall reasonably cooperate with Buyer to cause unacceptable matters to be removed from the Title Report, provided, however, that Seller shall have no obligation to expend money or obtain any endorsements in order to remove any title exceptions. Seller shall, however, cause any consensual monetary liens, if any, affecting the Property to be removed as of the Closing.