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Delete Subparagraph 15.2.8 in its entirety <br />Add the following to subparagraph 15.2: <br />LS.2.g The Contractor shall submit all Claims to the Owner and the Architect in writing <br />within ten (10) days of the discovery of the event(s) giving rise to them and shall include a <br />clear description of the Claim, the proposed change in the Contract Sum and/orTime of <br />the Claim, and provide data supporting the Claim. The Claim shall be deemed to include <br />all direct and indirect changes in cost and in time to which the Contractor as well as <br />Subcontractors and Suppliers of any tier are entitled. Prior to the initiation of the dispute <br />resolution procedure, the Owner or its representatives shall have the right to audit and <br />copy the Claim-related books and records of the Contractor and of any Subcontractor or <br />Supplier of any tier whose claim is a part of or included in the Claim. The claim of a <br />Subcontractor or Supplier of any tier may be brought only through the Contractor and <br />only after the Contractor notifies the Owner in writing that the Contractor has reviewed <br />the Claim and believes to be meritorious. <br />1.5.3 MEDIATION <br />ln Subparagraph L5.3.2 delete the third sentence. <br />Add the following to Subparagraph 15.3 <br />L5.3.4 Mediation <br />lf the Claim is not resolved in the dispute resolution procedure, neither the Contractor <br />nor any Subcontractor or Supplier of any tier many bring a claim against the Owner in <br />litigation unless the claim is first subject to nonbinding mediation before a single mediator <br />under the Voluntary Construction Mediation Rules of the American Arbitration <br />Association. This requirement cannot be waived except by an explicit written waiver <br />signed by the Owner and the Contractor. An officer of the Contractor and the <br />Superintendent of the Owner, both having full authority to settle the claim, must attend <br />the mediation session. To the extent there are other parties in interest, such as the <br />Architect, Subcontractors or Suppliers of any tier, their representatives, with full authority <br />to settle the claim, shall also attend the mediation session. Unless the <br />Owner and the Contractor mutually agree in writing otherwise, all unresolved Claims <br />on the Project shall be considered at a single mediation session which shall occur <br />prior to Final Acceptance by the Owner. The Contractor is responsible for initiating <br />the mediation procedure. <br />15.3.5 Litigation <br />The Contractor may bring no litigation on claims unless such Claims have been <br />properly raised and considered in the procedures of Subparagraphs 15.2.L through <br />15.2.3 above. All unresolved Claims of the Contractor shall be waived and released <br />unless the Contractor has complied with the time limits of the Contract Documents <br />and litigation is served and filed within the earlier of; (a) 120 days after the Date of <br />Substantial Completion designated in writing by the Owner, (b) 60 days after Final <br />Acceptance. (These dates will be tolled during the pendency of a mediation <br />Kittitas County - Lower ValleY <br />Transfer Station <br />Supplementary General <br />Conditions of the Contract <br />June 18, 2024 <br />23 of 24