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necessary to prevent damage or injury tho•reto. He shall , 'ect carefully from disturbance or damage all monuments and property markers ; l an author- ized agent has witnessed or otherwise referenced their location and shall not remove them until directed. 5.3 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 c+pon the information pro- vided 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 re- sponsible 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 result- ing therefrom and shall he responsible for any mistakes that may be caused by the unnecessary loss or disturbance of such bench marks, reference points and stakes. 5.4 UTILITIES The contractor shall be solely responsible for verifying the exact location of all utilities, whether or not shown on the Drawings or referenced in the Spec- ifications. Prior to the start of env construction, the Contractor shall notify all utility companies having utilities in the Project area. The Con- tractor shall have sole responsibility for providing temporary support and for protecting and maintaining all existing utilities in tt:e Project area during the entire period of construction, including but not limited to the period of excavation, ha kfill and compaction. in carrying out this responsibility, the Contractor shall exercise particular cart-, whenever gas mains or other utility lines are .rossed, to provide compacted backfill or ether stable support for such lines to prevent any detrimental displacement, rupture or other failure. 5.5 INVESTIGATIONS Reference is made to the Contract Documents for identification of those re- ports of investigations and testa of subsurface or ]at,-nt physical conditions at the site or otherwise affecting cost, progress or r-rformance of the Work which have been relied upon by Engineer in preparation of the Drawings and Specifications. Such reports or tests are not guaranteed as to accuracy or completeness and if incorporated into the Contract Documents, they shall be for general information only. Contractor shall be rerponsible for verifying site and subsurface conditions to his satisfaction prior to submitting a bid on the project. 5.6 UNFORESEEN PHYtiICAL CONDITIONS Contractor shall immediately notify Owner an surface or latent physical conditions at the differing ma*prially from those indicated or - 1? •- 1/85 - H`il15h :opyright 1985 Bonestroo, Rosenp, Anderlik 6 AsoociatNm, Inc. d Engineer in writing of any sub - site or �-, au existing structure refer ed ,ci in the contract Ducu- •. s.