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6.3 PRIVATE PROPERTY The Contractor shall not enter upon private property for any purpose without obtaining permission from the Owner thereof, and he shall be responsible for the preservation of all public property, trees, monuments, etc., along and adjacent to the street and/or right-of-way, and shall use every precaution necessary to prevent damage or injury thereto. He shall protect carefully from disturbance or damage all monuments and property marks until an authorized agent has witnessed or otherwise referenced their location and shall not remove them until directed. 6.4 SURVEYS Unless otherwise specified, the Owner shall establish all base lines for the location of the principal component parts of the Work together with a suitable number of bench marks adjacent to the Work. Based upon the information provided by the Owner, the Contractor shall develop and make all detail surveys necessary for construction, including batter boards, stakes for pile locations and other working points, lines and elevations. The Contractor shall be responsible for carefully preserving bench marks, reference points and stakes, and, in the case of destruction thereof resulting from his negligence or otherwise, the Contractor shall be charged with the expense and damage resulting therefrom and shall be responsible for any mistakes that may be caused by the unnecessary loss or disturbance of such bench marks, reference points and stakes. 6.5 UTILITIES The contractor shall he solely responsible for verifying the exact location of all utilities. Prior to the start of any construction, the Contractor shall notify all utility companies having utilities in the Project area. The Contractor shall have sole responsibility for providing temporary support and for protecting and maintaining all existing utilities in the Project area during the entire period of construction, including but not limited to the period of excavation, backfill and compaction. In cirrviog out this responsibility, the Contractor shall exercise. particular -are., whenever gas mains or other utility lines ar- crossed, to provide comEacted backfill or other stable support for such lines to prevent any detrimentai Misplacement, rupture or other failure. 6.6 INVESTIGATIONS Reference is wade to the Specifications for identification of those reports of inve st ig•ot ions and tests of subsurface and latent physical conditions at the site or otherwise affecting cost, progress or performance of the Work which have been relied upon by Engineer in preparation of the Drawings and Specifications. Such reports are not guaranteed as to accuracy or completeness and are not part of the Contract Documents. ., tN 3516a 6/P t