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Consultant can establish and which would have been compensated for over the life of this Agreement, but because of the convenience termination would have to be absorbed by the Consultant without further compensation. If state or federal funds support this Agreement, settlement in the event of default or convenience termination must be approved by the County and any appropriate state or federal agency. VIII. Independent Consultant Except in those instances specifically provided for herein, the Consultant and any of its agents and employees shall act in an independent capacity and not as agents of the County in the performance of the Agreement. IX. Ownership of Work Products: Work products produced under this Agreement, except items which have preexisting copyrights, are the property of the County. Payments to the Consultant for services hereunder includes full compensation for all work products, field notes, interim work, reports, and other materials produced by the Consultant and its Subconsultants pertaining to this Agreement. Any re-use the County might make of these work products shall be at the County’s own risk and the Consultant shall not incur any liability for the County’s re-use of the work products on any project for which they were not intended. X. Subconsultants. Successors and Assigns: The County must concur in the selection of all Subconsultants for professional services to be engaged in performance of this Agreement. As soon as practicable after the award of the contract, the Consultant shall furnish to the County in writing the names of the proposed Subconsultants for each of the principal portions of the work. The County shall promptly notify the Consultant if it has reasonable objection to any of the proposed Subconsultants. Failure of the County to give prompt notification shall constitute notice of no reasonable objection. The Consultant shall not contract with any Subconsultant to whom the County has made reasonable objection. If this Agreement includes named firms or individuals, then such firms or individuals shall be employed for the designated services, unless the Agreement is changed by amendment. The Consultant shall not assign, sublet or transfer any interest in this Agreement without the prior written consent of the County. The Consultant binds itself, its partners, its Subconsultants, assigns and legal representatives to this Agreement and to the successors, assigns and legal representatives of the County with respect to all covenants of this Agreement. XI. Claims and Disputes: If the Consultant becomes aware, or reasonably should have become aware of any act or occurrence which may form the basis of a claim, the consultant shall immediately inform the County’s Project Manager. If the matter cannot be resolved within seven (7) days, the Consultant shall within the next fourteen (14) days submit written notice of the facts which may form the basis of the claim. In addition, all claims by the Consultant for additional compensation or an extension of the time for performance of any dispute regarding a question of fact or interpretation of this Agreement shall be presented in writing by the Consultant to the County’s Project Manager within the next sixty (60) days unless the Project Manager agrees in writing to an extension of time for good cause shown. Good cause shown includes time for the Consultant to prepare the claim, and the County’s Project Manager will grant an extension of not more than sixty (60) days for preparation of the claim. The Consultant agrees that unless these written notices are provided, the Consultant shall not be entitled to additional time or compensation for such act, event or condition. The Consultant shall in any case continue diligent performance under this Agreement. The Consultant shall in any case continue to expeditiously accomplish disputed services pending future resolution of the Consultant’s claim unless notified by the County to stop work on the disputed matter. In presenting any claim, the Consultant shall specifically include, to the extent then possible, the following: