Contracts and Specifications: A Working Manual of Correct Forms Covering the Relations of Architect, Contractor, and Owner, Methods of Awarding and Executing Public and Private Contracts, and Instruction in the Art of Specification Writing |
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Page 60 - K default, and it is understood and agreed by the parties to this contract 6 that the liquidated damages hereinbefore mentioned are in lieu of the 7 actual damages arising from such breach of this contract; which said 8 sum the said party of the first part shall have the right to deduct from 9 any moneys in its hands otherwise due, or to become due, to the said 10 party of the second part, or to sue for and recover compensation or 11 damages for the nonperformance of this contract at the time or...
Page 60 - States harmless from and against all and every demand, or demands, of any nature or kind for, or on account of, the use of any patented invention, article, or process included in the materials hereby agreed to be furnished and work to be done under this contract.
Page 48 - Dollars on account of these changes. In witness of the foregoing, the parties above said have set their hands and seals to this and one other instrument of like tenor and date this day of , 1907.
Page 87 - ... be honored on presentation to the Owner; but this clause will not require the Architect to include in the voucher the value of any material placed in the building which in his opinion does not meet the contract requirements. The Architect...
Page 47 - ... the said party of the first part agrees to pay to the said party of the second part one cent per bushel on the amount of such deficiency, settlements to be made At the close of each year.
Page 29 - ... to be made, so that there shall be at no time any standing water in the excavation, should it develop that the gravel is a water-bearing stratum. The water connections will be encountered in making the wall at the curb line, about 4 feet below grade. MASONRY MATERIALS [Cement. All cement required is to be Portland cement of such fineness that 90 per cent will pass through a 100-mesh sieve. The initial set shall be in not less than 30 minutes; and pats of neat cement about 3 inches in diameter...
Page 47 - Dollars, in payments as set forth in the specification, agrees to construct a city dwelling for the said party of the first part, at the corner of Ave. and St., City of Chicago, in accordance with drawings numbered and specifications all prepared therefor by Architect.
Page 60 - ... account of, the use of any patented invention, 17 article, or appliance, included in the materials hereby agreed to be 18 furnished under this contract. 19 It is further covenanted and agreed by and between the parties hereto 20 that the said party of the second part will, without expense to the United 21 States, comply with all the municipal building ordinances and regula22 tions, in so far as the same are binding upon the United States, and obtain 23 all required licenses and permits, and be...
Page 30 - ... be allowed which is soft enough to absorb over 12 per cent of its weight in water. The facing brick are to have full, square edges free from chipped corners. Granite. All granite (the exterior wall below water table, and front steps and buttresses, are to be of granite) is to be of light color, free from black knots, and is to be finished 4-cut work. The joints are to be | inch wide, and tooled back full 'for 1 inch from exterior surface; and the stones may be as thin as economical dressing will...