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Page 2 of land, rights-of-way, or compensation for or damages to properties, or OWNER's legal, accounting, insurance counseling or auditing services, or interest and financing charges incurred in connection with the Project or the cost of other services to be provided by others to OWNER pursuant to Section 4 of this Agreement. Construction Cost is one of the items comprising Total Project Costs. 1.3.5 Contractor. Contractor means the person or entity with whom OWNER enters into a written agreement covering construction work to be performed or furnished with respect to the Project. 1.3.6 ENGINEER's Consultant. ENGINEER's Consultant means a person or entity having a contract with ENGINEER to perform or furnish Basic or Additional Services as ENGINEER's independent professional associate or consultant engaged directly on the Project. 1.3.7 Reimbursable Expenses. Reimbursable Expenses means the expenses incurred directly in connection with the performance or furnishing of Basic and Additional Services for the Project for which OWNER shall pay ENGINEER as indicated in Section 6, below. Reimbursable expenses include but are not limited to: consultant fees, expense of transportation, parking, meals, postage, including special delivery fees, zoning application fees, inspection fees, permit fees, and charges for blueprints and reprod ion. The amount payabl Reimbursable Expenses will—be the charge actually incurred by or the imputed cost allocated by ENGINEER therefor. 1.3.8 Resident Project Representative. This Section is deliberately left blank. 1.3.9 Standard General Conditions. Standard General Conditions means the Standard General Conditions of the Construction Contract (No. 1910-8) (1990 Edition) of the Engineers Joint Contract Documents Committee. 1.3.10 Total Project Costs. Total Project Costs means the sum of the Construction Cost, allowances for contingencies, the total costs of design professional and related services provided by ENGINEER and (on the basis of information furnished by OWNER) allowances for such other items as charges of all other professionals and consultants, for the cost of land and rights-of-way, for compensation for or damages to properties, for interest and financing charges and for other services to be provided by others to OWNER under paragraphs 4.4, 4.5 and 4.7 through 4.14, inclusive. 1.3.11 Direct Labor Cost. Direct Labor Cost means salaries and wages(basic,premium and incentive)paid to ENGINEER's personnel,but does not include indirect payroll related to costs or fringe benefits. Direct Labor Cost will be adjusted annually and equitably to reflect changes in various elements that comprise such Direct Labor Cost. All such adjustments will be in accordance with generally accepted accounting practices as applied on a consistent basis by ENGINEER and consistent with ENGINEER's overall compensation practices and procedures. SECTION 2 - BASIC SERVICES OF ENGINEER 2.1 Basic Services under this Agreement consist of those tasks described in Exhibit A, Scope of Work, attached hereto and incorporated herein. 2.2 Construction Phase services as provided in Exhibit A shall be subject to the following terms and conditions: 2.2.1 Visits to Site and Observation of Construction. In connection with observations of the work of Contractor while it is in progress: 2.2.1.1 ENGINEER shall make visits to the site at intervals appropriate to the various stages of construction as ENGINEER deems necessary in order to observe as an experienced and qualified design professional the progress and quality of the various aspects of Contractor's work. Such visits and observations by ENGINEER are not intended to be exhaustive or to extend to every aspect of the work in progress, or to involve detailed inspections of the work beyond the responsibilities specifically assigned to ENGINEER in this Agreement and the Contract Documents, but rather are to be limited to spot checking, selective sampling and similar methods of general observation of the work based on ENGINEER's exercise of professional judgment. Based on information obtained during such visits and such observations, ENGINEER shall endeavor to determine in general if such work is proceeding in.accordance with the Contract Documents and ENGINEER shall keep OWNER informed of the progress of the work. The responsibilities of ENGINEER contained in this paragraph are expressly subject to the limitations set forth in the next paragraph and other express or general limitations in this Agreement and elsewhere. 2.2.1.2 The purpose of ENGINEER's visits to the site will be to enable ENGINEER to better carry out the duties and responsibilities assigned to and undertaken by ENGINEER during the Construction Phase, and, in addition, by the exercise of ENGINEER's efforts as an experienced and qualified design professional, to provide for OWNER a MOUNDSV.JH Rev. November 21, 1995