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1. The term "Secretary of War" as used herein shall include the Under Secretary of War; and the term "Chief of Supply Arm or Service" shall mean the Chief of..

2. The term "his duly authorized representative" shall mean any person or board authorized by the Secretary of War or the Chief of the Supply Service, as the case may be, to act for him, other than the Contracting Officer.

3. Except for the original signing of this contract, and except as otherwise stated herein, the term "Contracting Officer" as used herein shall include his duly appointed successor or his authorized representative.

4. The term "construction plant" shall Include any part thereof.

ART. XX. Approval required. This contract shall be subject to the approval of and shall not be

binding unless so approved.

ART. XXI. Alterations. The following changes were made in this contract before it was signed by the parties hereto:

In witness whereof, the parties hereto have executed this contract as of the day and year first above written:

THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

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2. Non-manual employees will be classified in the following groups:

a. Group "A" Employees whose base salaries are $53.31 or less per week.

b. Group "B". Employees whose base salaries are over $53.31 and not over $90.00 per week.

c. Group "C". Employees whose base salaries are over $90.00 per week.

d. Group "D" Trade foremen employed by construction contractors

3. The base salaries of all employees in Groups "A" and "B" are based on a work week of 40 hours The base salaries of all employees in Group "C" are based on a minimum work week of 48 hours.

4. No offer of employment will be made to any prospective employee for work of the same general classification and responsibility as his present employment at a rate exceeding his present salary.

5. The base salary of a person not in the employ of the contractor prior to the execution of this contract will not be approved at a rate in excess of the maximum prescribed for the job classification in the approved salary schedule attached.

6. The base salary of a person in the employ of the contractor prior to the execution of the contract will not be approved at a base salary in excess of that paid immediately prior to execution plus such increases as the contractor customarily grants for work away from the home office, except that, in cases where the classifications of such a person is changed incident to or during his assignment to the project, the salary range in the approved salary schedule shall govern.

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7. With regard to overtime payments. Group "A" employees will be paid at the rate of time and one-half for all work which they are required to perform in excess of 40 hours during the first six days of any regularly scheduled work week, and at the rate of two times straight time for work which they are required to perform on the seventh consecutive day of such work week.

b. Group "B" employees will be paid at the rate of straight time for all work which they are required to perform in excess of 40 hours per week.

c. Group "C" employees will work any necessary number of hours (including work on Sundays) without payment of additional compensation.

d. Group "D" employees normally employed on an hourly basis will be granted the same overtime pay as the laborers and mechanics

under their supervision. Group "D" employees employed on a weekly or monthly basis will be governed by the overtime provisions applicable to employees in Groups "A", "B", or "C".

8. With regard to holiday payments:

a. No deductions from weekly or monthly base salaries of employees in Groups "A", "B", and "C" shall be made for approved absences on customary holidays, and no premium wage or extra compensation shall be paid for work on such holidays, except that employees in Group "A" who are required to work on the holidays specified below, shall be paid at the rate of one and one-half times the straight time rate:

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b. Group "D" employees normally employed on an hourly basis will be granted the same overtime pay as the laborers and mechanics under their supervision. Group "D" employees employed on a weekly or monthly basis will be governed by the holiday provisions applicable to Groups "A", "B", or "C."

9. Work on the seventh consecutive day: a. Since it is the policy to provide that each worker will have one day of rest in seven, operations shall be arranged so as to permit one scheduled day of rest in each seven for all employees not engaged in an executive or supervisory capacity.

b. Only in situations of emergency will approval be granted to work, on the seventh consecutive day or more than 48 hours in any scheduled work week, those employees who are not engaged in executive or supervisory capacities. The Contracting Officer will obtain the prior approval of the Division Engineer or his designated representative before approving work in such cases.

10. Leave privileges: All employees of Groups "A", "B", "C", and those employees of Group "D" who are employed on a weekly or monthly basis, shall accrue leave with pay at the rate of two days per month for each month of service in lieu of any sick or vacation allowance, subject to the following rules:

a. Leave granted for any reason in excess of two days per month will not be reimbursable.

b. Leave may be granted by the contractor, with the approval of the Contracting Officer, at such time or times as may be deemed in the best interests of the Government. Leave may be granted during the course of employment or at the completion of employment.

c. No leave will be accrued to any employee in excess of 48 days.

d. Unearned leave may not be advanced. e. Employees separated because of their own misconduct (including such causes as insubordination, drunkenness on the job, theft, etc.) shall forfeit any leave which they may have accrued at the time of separation.

f. Employees who resign, or are involuntarily separated for causes not due to their misconduct, shall be entitled to all leave to and including date of separation.

g. Employees shall be charged with leave only for absence on days upon which they would normally be on duty.

h. The minimum charge for leave shall be one hour. Leave granted for less than one full day shall be proportionately charged.

1. Leave may not be granted for days of disability because of accidents which are covered by compensation insurance.

11. Approved salary schedule:

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Designer. Architectural Designer, Engineering. Draftsman Chief...

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Draftsman

Engineer, Chief

Engineer, Asst. Chief. Engineer, Departmental. Engineer. Office..

Engineer, Junior.

$92.31 $150.00 $400.00 $650,00 44. 31 103.85 192.00 450.00 35.54 67 38 154.00 292.00 31. 15 53.31 135.00 231.00 35.54 92.31 154.00 400.00 67.38 115. 38 292.00 500.00 103. 85 192.00 450,00 44.31 103. 85 192, 00 53. 31 103. 85 231 00 450.00 26.54 53. 31 115,00 231.00 92.31 150.00 400.00 650.00 92.31 138.46 400.00 600.00 92.31 138.46 400.00 600.00 67.38 115.38 292.00 500.00 26. 54 44.31 115. 00 192.00

Timekeeper

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Traffic Manager.

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Traffic Manager, Asst.

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Attorney and Notary. Auditor

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Blue Print Operator.

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Bookkeeper..

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Cashier.

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39. 92 135.00 173.00 48. 92 115.00 212.00 53.31 154.00 231,00 26.54 77.00 115.00 53.31 115.00 231.00 35.54 77.00 154.00 92.31 192.00 400.00

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Office Machine Oper

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TITLE I

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(hereinafter referred to as "the ArchitectEngineer"). witnesseth that:

Whereas, the accomplishment of the hereinafter described work and services is authorized by law and will facilitate the prosecution of the war; and

Whereas, it is deemed by the Secretary of War to be advantageous to the war effort to employ the Architect-Engineer to render services as hereinafter set forth for the preparation of necessary reports, designs, drawings, specifications, and other documents; and, at the option of the Government, for technical supervision of the construction of the project described in Article I-A hereof; and

Whereas, the Secretary of War has authorized the Government to negotiate this CostPlus-A-Fixed-Fee Architect-Engineer

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Now, therefore, the parties hereto do mutually agree as follows:

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ARTICLE I-A. Description of Project. 1. The project shall be located at or near and is generally described as follows:

ART. I-B. Statement of Architect-Engineer services. The Architect-Engineer shall, in the shortest reasonable time, establish and maintain an office at or near the site of the work under the full-time resident direction of the Architect-Engineer; of one or more principal partners if the Architect-Engineer is a partnership or in case the ArchitectEngineer is a corporation, association, or similar legal entity, one or more corporate officers thereof; or a responsible representative approved by the Contracting Officer; and the Architect-Engineer shall perform the following services (in addition to such services which may be required to be performed under Title III of this Contract):

a. Make all necessary topographical and other surveys and maps; arrange for and supervise necessary test borings and other subsurface investigations: Provided, however, That this provision is not to be deemed to require the Architect-Engineer to make real estate or boundary surveys.

b. Prepare, subject to the approval of the Contracting Officer, preliminary studies, sketches, and layout plans and reports including estimates of cost of the proposed project and of all structures, utilities and appurtenances thereto.

c. Adapt Government designs, drawings, specifications and standards for buildings and other structures as necessary to meet the requirements of the approved layout of the proposed project, and prepare detailed designs, specifications and drawings in required form for which Government designs are incomplete or unavailable.

d. Obtain necessary permits and approvals from all local, State, and Federal authorities. Should it become necessary in the performance of the work and services for the Architect-Engineer to secure the right of ingress and egress to perform any of the work required by this contract on properties not owned or controlled by the Government, the Architect-Engineer shall secure the consent of the owner, his representative, or agent, prior to effecting entry on such property. In the event the owner requires the payment of any fee for a license to enter upon and/or use such property, the Architect-Engineer, when so directed by the Contracting Officer, shall pay such fee and obtain a receipt therefor.

e. Prepare estimates of material quantities required to construct the project.

f. When preliminary drawings are approved in writing by the Contracting Officer, prepare final designs, detailed working drawings and specifications in accordance with Government standards necessary for the effective coordination and efficient execution of the construction work and revise such drawings and specifications if necessary. Unless otherwise directed or authorized by the Contracting

Officer, drawings will be prepared in pencil on tracing paper or pencil tracing cloth of approved quality by such methods and of such quality of workmanship as will permit the revision of such drawings for record purposes and the making of satisfactory reproductions thereof. Drawings shall be prepared in ink on linen only where satisfactory results cannot be obtained otherwise. Prepare copies of the specifications and sets of full size copies of working drawings in such manner and in such numbers as the Contracting Officer may require. There shall be included in the specifications all provisions which the Contracting Officer may direct to have incorporated therein relating to the negotiating or awarding of contract or contracts, conditions under which the work shall be done, and any special provisions required by statute or existing War Department regulations or instructions.

g. Prepare an estimate of the cost of the proposed project based on the approved designs, drawings and specifications therefor.

h. Establish a permanently monumented base line, with elevations, tied into North American Datum, unless specifically exempted by written instructions of the Contracting Officer.

i. Check and approve all shop and working drawings submitted in connection with the construction work to assure that they conform with approved drawings.

j. Assist the Contracting Officer in preparing invitations for offers, analyzing and evaluating proposals for a construction contract or contracts based upon the approved drawings and specifications.

ART. I-C. Period of service. The Architect-Engineer shall complete all work and services under Title I of this contract except work and services required under subsection i of Article I-B, within months

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after the date of this contract, but such services will extend thereafter, without additional fee, until the services set forth in Article I-B are complete or otherwise terminated.

ART. I-D. Fixed fee and reimbursement of expenditures. 1. In consideration for his undertakings under this Title I, the Architect-Engineer shall be paid the following: a. A fixed fee in the amount of....

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(8. .) which shall constitute complete compensation under this Title I for the Architect-Engineer's services, including the services of the resident partners or corporate officers, or the representative referred to in Article I-B and also all general overhead expenses except as otherwise herein expressly provided. Payments on account of the fixedfee shall be made as provided in Article III-G hereof.

b. Reimbursement for expenditures as specified in Article III-E hereof.

TITLE II

At any time prior to six months after satisfactory completion and acceptance of the

work and services to be furnished under Title I except subsection i of Article I-B, the Government, at its option, may direct, by a written order, the Architect-Engineer to perform the work and services provided under this Title II. Upon receipt of such direction, the Architect-Engineer shall proceed with such work and services.

ART. II-A Services to be furnished by Architect-Engineer. 1. The Architect-Engineer shall perform the following services:

a. Furnish all governing lines, bench marks and grades essential to the construction of the project.

b. Supervise the work included in this contract to assure the construction of every part of the work in accordance with the approved drawings and specifications within the areas and boundaries designated for the project.

c. Make such field and laboratory tests of concrete and concrete aggregates and other materials at the site or at any time or place as the Contracting Officer may require. Inspect and report to the Contracting Officer in writing as to the conformity or nonconformity of the workmanship and materials to specifications; and on the progress of the project.

(1) When so directed by the Contracting Officer, arrange for, by subcontract or otherwise, and supervise tests and inspections of materials and workmanship by commercial testing laboratories or other similar agencies, either at such laboratories or at the points of manufacture or fabrication of materials. The cost of such tests and inspection shall be reimbursable and subcontracting thereof shall entail no adjustment in the fixed fee.

d. Furnish for the approval of the Contracting Officer:

(1) Labor estimates, to be prepared with the assistance of the Contractor, showing the approximate numbers, trades and dates required to meet the approved construction schedule.

(2) In addition to the requirements of Article III-L, semimonthly progress reports in approved form showing the progress of the construction work and any deviation from the approved construction schedule.

e. Upon termination or completion of this contract, as determined by the Contracting Officer, and before final payment of the fixedfee, the Architect-Engineer shall:

(1) Prepare record drawings to show construction as actually accomplished. These record drawings shall be prepared by correcting drawings as prepared for construction purposes or, where construction drawings cannot be satisfactorily revised for record purposes, by preparation of appropriate new drawings. All such drawings shall be prepared in pencil on tracing paper or pencil tracing cloth of approved quality unless otherwise directed or authorized by the Contracting Officer Drawings shall be prepared in ink on linen only where satisfactory results cannot be obtained otherwise.

(2) Supervise the testing of operating units designed by the Architect-Engineer to assure

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