The Contractor shall carry out at his expense all the temporary works to enable the Works to be carried out. He shall submit specification and drawings showing the proposed temporary work to the Engineer, who is to approve them if they comply with the specification and drawings. The Contractor shall take into account any observations made to him by the Engineer while assuming responsibility for these drawings.
The Contractor shall be responsible for design of Temporary Works.
The Engineer’s approval shall not alter the Contractor’s responsibility for design of the temporary works.
Where the design of particular temporary works is specified in the SCC to be the responsibility of the Public Body, the Engineer shall provide the Contractor with all drawings necessary in reasonable time to enable the Contractor to undertake the temporary works in accordance with his program. In such cases, the Public Body shall be solely responsible for the safety and adequacy of the design. However, the Contractor shall be responsible for the proper construction.
Subject to the SCC and to the technical specifications, the Contractor shall make available to the Engineer, the personnel and equipment necessary for carrying out any soil survey which the Engineer considers reasonably necessary. The Contractor shall be compensated for the actual cost of the manpower and equipment used or made available in such work, if not already provided for in the contract.
