2.1. PRE-CONSTRUCTION CONFERENCE AND PROJECT MEETINGS The Department will arrange a pre-construction conference as soon as possible after the award of each contract. The Contractor, its superintendent or its authorized agent shall be present at the conference and shall present the proposed schedule of work, a list of proposed subcontractors, if any, and a list of suppliers from whom the Contractor expects to purchase materials. The information presented shall be on forms submitted to the Contractor. The parties shall hold meetings at periodic intervals throughout the construction contract period for discussion of matters pertinent to the execution and administration of the project. The Engineer or Consulting Engineer, Contract Administrator, Inspector, Contractor and/or its superintendent, subcontractor(s), and/or project foremen, as required, shall attend these meetings. 2.2. CORRELATION OF DOCUMENTS The contract documents include all labor, materials, equipment, operations, and transportation necessary for the proper execution and completion of the work. The contract documents are complementary and what is required by one is required by all. The Contractor shall carefully study and compare the contract documents and shall report immediately to the Department any error, inconsistency or omission it may discover. The Contractor shall not proceed with the work affected by such error, inconsistency or omission until it is resolved to the satisfaction of both the Contractor and the Department. The drawings and specifications are correlative, and the Contractor shall accept and use them as a whole and not separately. Should any item be omitted from the drawings but included in the specifications, and that item is required to complete the work under the contract, the Contractor shall execute that item as though it were shown on both. However, the Contractor is not required to provide items or work not required by the contract documents or applicable to the project, unless such item or work is consistent with the contract documents and reasonably inferable therefrom as being necessary to produce the results contemplated by the contract. If the Contractor finds disagreement or conflict between drawings and specifications or inconsistencies, errors or omissions in the drawings and specifications or if the Contractor considers any part of the meaning of either the drawings or specifications vague, obscure or uncertain, the Contractor shall immediately notify the Contract Administrator. The Contractor shall not conduct any work so affected by such circumstances until the Contract Administrator renders a decision or interpretation thereon. 2.3. ALTERATIONS OF PLANS OR CHARACTER OF WORK When the accepted quantities of work vary from the quantities in the bid schedule, the Contractor shall accept as payment in full, so far as contract items are concerned, payment at the original contract unit price for the accepted quantities of work done. The Department will not make any allowance, except as noted below, for any increased expense, loss of expected reimbursement or loss of anticipated profits suffered or claimed by the Contractor resulting either directly from such alterations or indirectly from unbalanced allocation among the contract items of overhead expense on the part of the Contractor and subsequent loss of expected reimbursements therefor or from any other cause. Increased work involving supplemental agreements will be paid for as stipulated in such agreements. The Contractor shall furnish substantiating data required in the preparation of these agreements. Under no circumstances should alterations of plans or the nature of the work involve work beyond the project limits of the proposed construction, except as may be necessary to satisfactorily complete the project. The Contractor shall perform unforeseen work for which there is no price included in the contract whenever the Contract Administrator deems it necessary or desirable in order to complete fully the work as contemplated. The Contractor shall perform the work in accordance with the specifications and as directed and will be paid for as provided by a written supplemental agreement on a unit price or lump sum basis. In the event that the Contract Administrator and the Contractor are unable to agree upon the terms of the supplemental agreement, the Contractor shall proceed with the work and receive payment therefore in the manner and amount prescribed in Section 6 (Force Account Work) below.
