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In the event of any discrepancy between any drawino and the figures written thereon, the figures shall be taken as correct. 5.206 Order of Work When required by the Special Provisions or p ons, the Contractor shall follow the sequence of operations as set forth therein. Full compensation for cunforming with such requirements will be considered as included in the prices paid for the various contract items of work, and no additional compensation will be allowed therefor. 5.207 Plans and Specifications on Job Site A complete, approved set of pans, specifications and change orders shall be kept on the job site and available at all times. Non-availability_ shall be deemed a cause for temporary suspension of work. 5.208 Superintendence Before starting work, the Contractor shall designate in writing an authorizea representative who shall have the authority to represent and act for the Contractor. Said authorized representative shall be present at the site of the work at all times while work is actually in progress on the contract. When work is not in progress and during periods when work is suspended, arrangements acceptable to the Engineer shall be made for any emergency work which may be required. Whenever the Contractor or Contractor's authorized representative is not present on any particular part of the work where it may be desired to give direction, orders will be given by the Engineer, which shall be received and obeyed by the superintendent or supervisor who may have charge of the particular work in reference to which the orders are given. Any order given by the Engineer, not otherwise required by the specifications to be in writing, will, on request of the Contractor, be given or confirmed in writing. 5.209 Lines and Grades All distances and measurements are given and will be made in a horizontal plane. Grades are given from the top of stakes or nails, unless otherwise noted. Such stakes or points will be set as the Engineer determines to be necessary to establish the lines and grades required for the completion of the work specified in the plans and specifications. Three consecutive points shown on the same rate of slope must be used in comnon in order to detect any variation from a straight grade; and in case any such discrepancy exists, it must be reported to the City Engineer. If such a discrepancy is not reported to the City Engineer, the Contractor shall be responsible for any error in the finished work. The Contractor shall give at least 24 hours notice whrr Ow ,ervicv% of the City Fnrdiner-r dre requirt•d for laying out any portion of the work. Stakes and points set by the Engineer shall be carefully preserved by the Contractor until authorized to remove them by the City Engineer. In case such stakes and points are destroyed or 5.2 damaged, they will be replaced at the Engineer's earliest convenience. The Contractor will be charged for the cost of necessary replacement or restoration of stakes and points which, in the judgment of the Engineer, were carelessly or willfully destroyed or damaged by the Contractor's operations. This charge will be deducted from any moneys due or to become due the Contractor. 5.210 Inspection The Engineer shall at all times have access to the work during its construction, and shall be furnished with every reasonable facility for ascertaining that the materials and the workmanship are in accordance with the requirements and intentions of the specifications, the General Provisions, and the plans. All work done and all materials furnished shall be subject to the Engineer's inspection. The Contractor shall provide excavations for the Engineer for the purpose of taking compaction tests in areas below existing grade where embankments or trench and structure backfill has not been tested. Whenever the Contractor varies the period during which work is carried on each day, due notice shall be given to the City Engineer so that proper inspection may be provided. The inspection of the work or materials shall not relieve the Contractor of any obligations to fulfill the contract as prescribed. Work and materials not meeting such requirements shall be made good, and unsuitable work or materials may be rejected, notwithstanding that such work or materials have been previously inspected by the Engineer or that payment therefor has been included in a progress estimate. The projects financed in whole or in part with State funds shall be subject to inspection at all times by the designated agents of the State of California. Portions of the work done under a San Joaquin County encroachment permit shall be subject to County inspection. 5.211 Removal of Defective and Unauthorized Work All work which is defective in its construction or deficient in any of the requirements of these specifications shall be remedied, or removed and replaced by the Contractor in an acceptable manner, and no compensation will be allowed for such correction. All work done beyond the lines and grades shown on the plans or established by the City Engineer, or any extra work done without written authority, will be considered as unauthorized and will not be paid for. Upon failure on the part of the Contractor to comply forthwith with any order of the City Engineer made under the provisions of this section, the City Engineer shall have authority to cause defective work to be rrnuedied, or rrmoved and replaced, and unauthorized work to be removed and to deduct the costs thereof from any moneys due or to become due to the Contractor.