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i5.2.4. if CONTRACTOR tiles a petition to'ake Ad- vantage of any debtor's act, or to reorganize under the bankruptcy or similar laws, 15.2.5. if CONTRACTOR repeatedly fails to supply sufficient skilled workmen or suitable materials or equipment. 15.2.6. if CONTRACTOR repeatedly fails to make prompt payments to Subcontractors or for labor, materials or equipment, 15.2.7. if CONTRACTOR disregards laws• ordi- nances, rules, regulations or orders of any public body has ing jurisdiction, 15.2.8. if CONTRACTOR disregards the authority of ENGINEER, or I5.2.9. if CONTRACTOR otherwise violates in any substantial way any prove sons of the Contract Documents. OWNER may after giving CONTRACTOR and his Suretv seven days' written notice, terminate the services of CON- TRACTOR, exclude C YNTRACTOR from the site and rake possession of the WorK and of all CONTRACTOR's tools. appliances, construction equipment and machinery at the site and use the same to the full extent they could be used by CON- TRACTOR (without liability to CONTRACTOR for trespass or conversion!, incorporate in the Work all materials and equipment stored at the site or for which OWNER has paid CONTRACTOR but which are stored elsewhere. and finish the Work as OWNER may deem expedient In such case CONTRACTOR shall not be entitled to receive any further payment until the Work is finished. If the unpaid balance of the Contract Price exceeds the direct and indirect costs of completing the Work. including comFensation for additional professional sere ices, such excess shall be paid to CONTRAC TOR. If such costs exceed such unpaid balance, CONTRAC- TOR shall pay the difference to OWNER. Such :osts incurred by OWNER shall be verified by ENGINEER and .ncorpo- rated in a Change Order, but in finishing the µork OWNER shall riot be -equired to obtain the Ic -west figure for the Work performed. 15.3 where CONTRACTOR', scry :es !cave been so terminated by OWNER. the termination shall not affect any nghts of OWNER against CONTRACTOR then existing or which may thereafter accrue. A:tv retention or payment of moneys due CONTRACTOR by OWNER will not release CONTRACTOR from liability. 15.4 Upon seven days' writ-n notice to CONTRACTOR and ENGINEER. OWNER may, without cause and without prejudice to anv other right or remedy, elect to abandon the Work and terminate the Agreement. In such case. CON- TRACTOR shall be paid for all Work executed and any ex pence sustained plus reasonable termination expenses Conrracror tfay Stop Work or Terminate: 15.5. If. through no act or fault of CONTRACTOR, the Work is suspended for a period of more than ninety days by OWNER or under an crder of tour! or other public authoniv. or ENGINEER fails to act on am Application for Payment within they Aays after it is submitted, or OWNER fails for thirty days to pay CONTRACTOR any sum finaliv deter- mined to be due, then CONTRACTOR may, upon seven days' written notice to OWNER and ENGINEER. terminate the Agreement and recover from OWNER payment for all Work executed and any expense sustained plus reasonable termination expensesin addition and In lieu of terminating the Agreement EN• .INEER has failed to act on an Appli- cation for Pav VNER has failed to make any pay- ment as afore5 , .""RACTOR may upon seven days' notice to OWNL .-�GINEER stop the Work until pay- ment of ail !mou,. ,hen due. Th- provisions of this para- graph hall not relieve k OvTRAt- TOR of his obiigations under paragraph 6.29 to carry on the Work in accordance with the progress schedule and without delay during disputes and disagreements with OWNER. ARTICLE 16—ARBITRATION 16A All claims• disputes and other matters in question between OWNER and CONTRACTOR arising out of, or re- lating to the Contract Documents or the breach thereof except for claims which have beer, waived Iv the making or accept- ance of final payment as provided by paragiaph Ii '6, shall be decided by arbitration in accordance with the Construction indusiry Arbitration Rules of 'he American .Arbitration Asso- ciation then obtaining subject to ine limitations of this Artic!e 16 This agreement so to arbitrate and am other agreement or :onsent to arbitrate entered into in accordance herewith as provided in this Article 16 will be specifically enforceable under the pr,-sailing arbitration law of any court having juris- diction. 16.:. No demand for arbitration of am claim. dispute or other matter that :s required to be referred to ENGINEER int- ualiv for decision in accordance with paragraph 9 9 shall be made until the earlier of tat the date on which ENGINEER has rendered a decision or ibj the tenth day after the parties nave presented their evidence to ENGINEER if a +ritten dect- ston has not heen rendered by ENGINEER before that date No demand for arbitration of any st.ch claim. dispute or other matter shall be made later than thirty days after the date on which ENGINEER nas rendered a written decision in respect ;hereof in accordance with paragraph 9 9: and the failure to demand arbitration within said'hirty days' period shall result in ENGINEER': decision being final and binding upon OWNER and CONTRACTOR If ENGINEER renders a de- cision after arbitration proceedings have been initiated. such decision may be entered as evidence but shah not supersede the ubitraaon proceedings. except where the decision is acceptable to the parties concerned 16 3 Notice of the demand for arbitration shall be : iced :n writing with the other parts to he Agreement and -Ann the :b