Common use of Master Plan Clause in Contracts

Master Plan. (1) The master plan shall be as shown in the Authority’s Drawings. The master plan has been developed by the Authority to meet operational and technical criteria. The Contractor is not required to evaluate the master plan for compliance with these criteria, but shall review, verify and validate it with respect to his own design and construction proposals and shall also satisfy himself that there is no conflict with any existing structures (both underground and above ground) which are to be preserved. However, as a result of Contractor’s detailed topographic survey, verification, staking and setting out of the master plan at site, if any error/ mismatch /conflict etc. is detected in Authority’s Drawings, the Contractor shall undertake the required modifications in the Master Plan in agreement with the Engineer and as stipulated in the sub-clauses below without any additional cost or implications to the Authority. (2) The Contractor is permitted to propose deviations in Master Plan to suit his construction proposals or rectify any error/ mismatch/ conflict etc. detected in the Authority’s Drawings, but he must demonstrate that any such deviations do not reduce the technical and operational performance. The Contractor needs to verify the Agreement boundaries while proposing any change in the master plan but such deviations shall require a Notice of No Objection from the Engineer subject to the following conditions:-  There is no extra cost to the Authority,  Changes proposed are absolutely essential to suit the Contractor’s specific design or rectify any error/mismatch/conflict etc. detected in the Authority’s Drawings.  There is no change at the Agreement boundaries and if there is any, the same shall have to be agreed by the Authority without any extra cost to the Authority. (3) The Contractor should note the existing land constraints outside of the station boundaries as shown on the drawings, and that no additional land will be made available by the Authority.