Common use of Superintendence Clause in Contracts

Superintendence. The Contractor shall personally superintend the Work and shall assign to the Project a highly qualified Project Superintendent, experienced and skilled in projects of a similar nature and scope, who shall be at the Project site to act on its behalf at all times during working hours. Prior to the assignment of the proposed Project Superintendent, the Contractor shall submit to the Authority evidence of the qualifications of the proposed candidate for Project Superintendent. Such evidence shall include a list of at least three projects of a similar nature and scope, which the proposed candidate has completed as Project Superintendent. The list of projects shall include complete descriptions and the locations of the listed projects, and the original and final contract prices of each. Also, the Contractor shall submit at least three letters of professional reference regarding the candidate from building ownership, construction consulting, architectural or engineering firms which directly participated during the construction phases on such projects and have first-hand knowledge of the qualifications of the candidate. The letters of reference shall be on the letterheads of such firms, shall be detailed and shall each include the writer's name, title, current address and phone number. The Authority reserves the right to approve or reject each such candidate at its sole discretion. In the event that the Authority rejects such candidate, the Contractor shall promptly submit the qualifications of another candidate for the Authority's consideration. Also, the Authority reserves the right to require removal from the Project site of the Project Superintendent or any other of the Contractor’s personnel at any time. In such events, and as required by the Authority, the Contractor shall submit the qualifications of one or more additional candidate(s) for Project Superintendent, or shall submit appropriate qualifications of any other of the Contractor's personnel, until acceptable to the Authority. The Contractor shall then promptly replace such personnel and hold the Authority harmless from and against all claims, demands, actions, damages, losses, costs, liabilities, expenses and judgments recovered from or asserted against the Authority due to actions that may be incident to, arise out of, or be caused by personnel changes.