CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT - FIRE HOUSE NO. 3/BELLEVIEW COURT SUBDIVISION BLK. C. LOTS 5 AND 6
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THIS AGREEl\/IENT made the ,j day of January, A, D, ,1950
by and between R, M, THOMPSON CO., a Florida corporation, herein-
after called the Contractor, and CITY OF CLEARWATER, FLORIDA, a
Municipal Corp~ration, hereinafter called the Owner,
WI'i'NESSE~H :
That the Contractor and the Owner for the considerations
hereinafter named agree as follows:
ARTICLE 1. SCOPE OF THE ~ORK: The Contractor shall fur-
nish all of the IIR terials and perform all of the work shown on the
Drawings and described in the Specifications for Fire House No.3,
City of Clearwater, prepared by J. A. Altschuler, Architect, acting
as and in theBe Contract Documents entitled the Architect; and shall
do everything required by this Agreement, the General Conditions of
the Contract, the Specificati ons and the Drawings. Said fire house
to be constructed on Lots five (5)and six (6), Block "c" BELLE'HE\'I'
COURT SUBDIVISION, according to the map or plat thereof as recorded
in plat book 10 at page 42 of the public records of Pinellas County,
Florida.
ARTICLE 2. TI1m OF COMPLETION: The work to be performed
under this Contract shall be commenced at such time as to insure
completion for occupancy and use by July 1, 1950.
ARTICLE 3. THE CONTRACT SUM: The Owner shall pay the
Contractor for the performance of the Contract, subject to additions
and deductions provided therein, in current funds as follows:
Seventeen Thousand Seven Hundred Fourteen Dollars (~l7,714.00),
Where the qU!l.Iitities'"Qriginally contemplated are so changed that
application of the a.greed unit price to the quantity of work performed
is shown to create a hardship to the Owner or the Contractor, there
shall be an equitable adjustment of the Contract to prevent such
hardship.
ARTICLE 4. PROGRESS PAYMENTS: The Owner shall make payments
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on account of the Contract as provided therein, as follows:
On or about the 26th day of each month 85 per cent of
the value, based on the Contract prices, of labor and mat,erials in-
corporated in the work and of materials suitably stored at the site
thereof up to the 25th day of that month, as estimated by the Architect,
less the aggregate of previous payments; and upon substantial comple-
tion of the entire work, a sum sufficient to increase the total pay-
ments to 85 per cent of the Contract price.
ARTICLE 5. ACCEPTANCE AND FINAL PA'{MENT: Final payment
shall be due 30 days after substantial completion of the work pro-
vided the work be then fully completed and the Contract fully performed.
Upon receipt of written notice that the work is ready for
final inspection and acceptance, the Architect shall promptly make
such inspection, and when he finds the work acceptable under the Con-
tract and the Contract fully performed he shall promptly issue a final
certificate, over his own signature, stating that the work provided
for in this Contract has been completed and is accepte9 by him under
the terms and conditions thereof, and that the entire balance fbund to
be due the Contractor, and noted in said final certificate, is due a1 d
pa~Table .
Before issuance of final certificate the Contractor shall
submit evidence satisfactory to the Architect that all payrolls, ma-
terial bills, and other indebtedness connected with the work have been
paid.
If after the work has been substantiaL ly completed, full
cOl~letion thereof is materially delayed through no fault of the Con-
tractor, and the Architect so certifies, the Owner shall, upon cer-
tificate of the Architect, and without terminating the Contract make
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payment of the balance due for that portion of the work fully completed
and accepted. Such payment shall be made under the terms and conditions
governing final payment, except that it shall ffi t constitute a waiver
of claims.
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AHTrCL:i: 6, THE CONT:\ACT DOCn.lENTS: The General Conditions
of the Contract, the Specifications and the Drawings, together with
this Agreement, form the Contract, and they are as fully a part of
the Contract as if hereto attached or herein repeated. The follow-
ing is an enumeration of the SpecificEtt:i,ons and Drawings:
Specif:ic&l:'ic,ns I ds.ted December, 1949, prepared by
J, A, Altschuler, Architect, consisti,ng of fifteen
(15) pages, supplemented by:
Addenda #1, dated Decenber 13, 1949, and
Addenda #2, dated December lLe, 1949,
~lans for Fire Station No.3, consistinf of five
(5) sheets, prepared by J, A. J.ltschu18r, Architect,
dated December 11, 1949.
Il! WITNESS ViHEHhOI:' the parties hereto have executed thls
Agreement, the day and year first above written.
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LIND and MAPES
612 FRANKLIN STREET
CLEARWATER, FLORIDA
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ALL BARBER GINASCO ROOFINGS ARE MADE WITH TNI VITA6. 16.IMINT
TO R. M. THOMPSON COMPANY,
. CITY OF CLEARWATER,
JACK: A. ALTSCHULffi
CITY .
February 27th,1950
This to certiry that R. A. Mapes & W. H. Barnes doing business
as CO-Partners Under The Trade Bame or Lind & Mapes, guarantees
the Aluminum Type Built Up Root on #3 Fire Station tor a Period
of 10 Years, and will upon the request of the Fire Chier make
inspection, in company with he or anyone desinatod by him at
regularly intervals during this time to insure wate~tightness
against this bUilding, inso far as workmanship and Materials are
concerned.
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Architect
BEAUTY AND DURABILITY ARE FEATURES OF BARBER ROOFS
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MUTUAL
RELEASE
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For: City of Clearwater
Fire Station #3
By: R, M. Thompson Company
PURSUANT to the provisions of the contract for the construction
of a Fire Station for the City of Clearwater, Florida, located at 1445
N. Ft, Harrison Ave., Clearwater, Fla., and in consideration of the
payment of SEVEl.'TEEN THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED THIRTY NINE DOLLARS AND TWEN-
TY FOUR CENTS ($17,639.24), receipt of which is acknowledged, the Con~
tractor does hereby release the Owner from all claims arising under
and by virtue of said contract.
IT IS ALSO AGREED HEREIN THAT the Contractor has performed sat-
isfactorily any and all work specified under said contract and further
is not obligated to perform or accomplish any additional work desired
by the Owner pertaining to the building constructed under said contract,
except that work which might have to be done under any maintenance
EXECUTED,at Clearwater,
compensation to the Contractor.
Florida, this ~ day Of~,
1950.
guarantee, without additional
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R. M. THOMPSO
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Witnesses as to R. M. Thompson Co,:
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