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175 1.5.1. Consult with and advise OWNER and act as OWNER's representative as set forth herein and as provided in the ENGINEER's General Conditions and Supplementary General Conditions of the Standard Documents of the Construction Contract. 1.5.2. Make periodic visits to the site to observe the progress and quality of the executed work and to determine in general if the work is proceeding in accordance with the Contract Documents. ENGINEER will not be required to make exhaustive or continuous on-site inspections to check the quality or quantity of the work. ENGINEER will not be responsible for the construction means, methods, techniques, sequences, or procedures or the safety precautions incident thereto. ENGINEER's efforts will be directed toward providing assurance for OWNER that the completed project will conform to the require- ments of the Contract Documents, but ENGINEER will not be responsible for the Contractor's failure to perform the construction work in accordance with the Contract Documents. During such visits and on the basis of ENGINEER's on-site observations as an experienced and qualified design professional, ENGINEER will keep OWNER informed of the progress of the work, will endeavor to alert OWNER to defects and deficiencies in the work of the Contractor, and may disapprove or reject work as failing to conform to the Contract Documents. 1.5.3. Review and approve or take other appropriate action in respect of Shop Drawings, samples, and other data which Contractor is required to submit, but only for conformance with the design concept of the PROJECT and compliance with the information given in the Contract Documents. Such reviews and approvals or other action shall not extend to means, methods, techniques, sequences, or procedures of construction or to safety precautions and programs incident thereto. 1.5.4. Act as initial interpreter of the requirements of the Contract Docu- ments and judge of the acceptability of the work thereunder and make decisions on all claims of OWNER and Contractor relating to the acceptability of the work or the interpretation of the requirements of the Contract Documents pertaining to the execution and progress of the work. ENGINEER shall not be liable for the results of any such interpretations or decisions rendered in good faith. 1.5.5. Based on ENGINEER's on-site observations as an experienced and qualified design professional and on ENGINEER's review of the Contractor's applications for payment and supporting data, ENGINEER will determine the amount owing to the Contractor and approve in writing payment to the Contractor in such amounts. Such approvals of payment shall constitute a representation to OWNER, based on such observations and review, that the work has progressed to the point indicated and that, to the best of ENGINEER's knowledge, information, and belief, the quality of the work is in accordance with the Contract Documents (subject to an evaluation of the work as a functioning project upon substantial completion, to the results of any subsequent tests called for in the Contract Documents and to any qualifications stated in his approval), but by approving an application for payment, ENGINEER shall not be deemed to have represented that ENGINEER has made any examination to determine how or for what purposes the Contractor has used the moneys paid on account of the contract price. 1.5.6. Receive and review maintenance and operating instructions, schedules, guarantees, bonds, and certificates of inspection, tests, and approvals which are to be assembled by Contractor in accordance with the Contract Documents to determine that their content complies with the requirements of, and in the case of certificates of inspection, tests, and approvals, the results certified indicate compliance with the Contract Documents; and shall transmit them to OWNER with written comments. 1.5.7. Conduct a Construction review to determine if the work is substan- tially complete and a final Construction review to determine if the completed work is acceptable so that ENGINEER may recommend, in writing, final payment to Contractor and may give written notice to OWNER and the Contractor that the work is acceptable subject to any conditions therein expressed. 1.5.8. Prepare a set of reproducible record prints of Drawings showing those changes made during the construction process, based on the marked-up prints, drawings, and other data furnished by Contractor to ENGINEER.