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19. Safety
19.1 The Contractor shall be responsible for the safety of all activities on the site.
20. Discoveries
20.1 Anything of historical or other interest or of significant value unexpectedly discovered on the Site is the
property of the Employer. The Contractor is to notify the Engineer of such discoveries and carry out the Engineer‟ s
instructions for dealing with them.
21. Possession of the Site
21.1 The Employer shall give possession of all parts of the Site to the Contractor. If the possession of a part is not
given by the date stated in the Contract Data the Employer is deemed to have delayed the start of the relevant activities
and this will be Compensation Event.
22. Access to the Site
22.1 The Contractor shall allow the Engineer and any person authorized by the Engineer access to the Site, to any
place where work in connection with the Contract is being carried out or is intended to be carried out and to any place
where materials or plant are being manufactured/fabricated/assembled for the works.
23. Instructions
23.1 The Contractor shall carry out all instructions of the Engineer pertaining to works, which comply with the
applicable laws where the Site is located.
23.2 The Contractor shall permit the Employer to inspect the Contractor’s accounts and records relating to the
performance of the Contractor and to have them audited by auditors appointed by the Employer, if so required by the
Employer.
24. Disputes
24.1 If the Contractor believes that a decision taken by the Engineer was either outside the authority given to the
Engineer by the Contract or that the decision was wrongly taken, the decision shall be referred to the Dispute Review
Expert within 14 days of the notification of the Engineer’s decision.
25. Procedure for Disputes
25.1 The Dispute Review Expert (Board)* shall give a decision in writing within 28 days of receipt of a
notification of a dispute.
25.2 The Dispute Review Expert (Board)* shall be paid daily at the rate specified in the Contract Data together
with reimbursement expenses of the types specified in the Contract Data and the cost shall be divided equally between
the Employer and the Contractor, whatever decision is reached by the Dispute Review Expert. Either party may give
notice to the other to refer a decision of the Dispute Review Expert to an Arbitrator within 28 days of the Dispute
Review expert’s written decision. If neither party refers the dispute to arbitration within the next 28 days, the Dispute
Review Expert’s decision will be final and binding.
25.3 The arbitration shall be conducted in accordance with the arbitration procedure started in the Special
Conditions of Contract.
*Dispute Review Expert to be provided for works costing up to Rs. 50 Crores. Dispute Review Board of three
members (one from Employer, one from Contractor and one to be nominated by IRC Council and agree by the
representative members of Employer and Contractor) for works costing more than Rs. 50 Crores.