Common use of TESTING LABORATORY SERVICES Clause in Contracts

TESTING LABORATORY SERVICES. Work Specified Herein: This section outlines requirements covering testing laboratory services and inspection required during the course of construction of the project. Testing, when required, will be in accordance with pertinent codes and regulations and with selected standards of the American Society for Testing and Materials. Payment for Testing: ASU will pay for initial testing services requested by ASU. When initial tests indicate noncompliance with the Contract Documents, the costs of initial tests associated with that non-compliance will be deducted by ASU from the contract sum. When initial tests indicate non-compliance with the contract documents, all subsequent retesting occasioned by the non-compliance shall be performed by the same testing agency and the costs thereof will be deducted by ASU from the contract sum. Code Compliance Testing: Inspections and tests required by codes or ordinances, or by a plan approval authority, and which are made by a legally constituted authority, shall be the responsibility of and shall be paid for by the Contractor, unless otherwise provided in the Contract Documents.