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the construction and erection of the work or works the subject of the 

 contract. 



[NOTE. See generally as to this provision, Chap. XVIII.] 



"Work" or "works" shall mean and include work to be done and 

 plant and materials to be provided by the contractor under the contract, 

 and where appropriate according to the context " work " or " works " as 

 used in these conditions shall include or denote plant and materials. 



The " contract " shall mean the agreement to be entered into between 

 the contractor and the purchaser under clause 10 of these conditions, and 

 shall include the general conditions, specification, drawings, form of 

 tender and schedule of prices. 



The "specification" shall mean the specification annexed to these 

 general conditions. 



The " site " shall mean the site of the electricity works, situate in (here 

 give full description of locality), and any other place in the said 

 where work is to be executed under the contract. 



"Writing " shall mean any written, typed or printed statement under 

 or over signature or seal as the case may be. 



Words importing the singular shall also import the plural and vice 

 versa. 



[NOTE. For the definition of a number of other terms used in contracts, 

 see Chap. VI., 34.] 



lA*. Assistant engineer. An assistant engineer will be appointed by the 

 engineer and is, in the engineer's absence, to be considered his deputy ; 

 but he shall have no power to order or permit any deviation from the 

 contract. His directions on all points relative to the mode of carrying on 

 the works, or to the nature and quality of the materials used, or work- 

 manship executed, are to be received and acted on by the contractor. 



[NOTE. See Chap. XIX., 2.] 



2. Drawings issued with specification. The drawings issued with the 

 specification are enumerated under the different sections to which they 

 refer. They will be issued only to tenderers under these sections. 



3. Foundations and builders' work. Unless otherwise specified, the 

 necessary foundations and builders' work generally will be provided by 

 the purchasers. 



4. Use of crane. Each contractor for plant to be erected in the engine 

 house will be permitted for the purposes of the contract to use, free of 

 charge, but at his own risk, and entirely under the directions of the 

 engineer, the -ton overhead crane in the engine house, but each 

 contractor will be required to leave the same in as good a condition as he 

 finds it, fair wear and tear excepted, and he shall not so use it as to 

 hinder or interfere with the use thereof by the purchasers or any other 

 contractor. 



5. Site. Proper access will be provided by the purchasers to the place 

 where the work is to be executed. 



There will be (or will not be) a railway siding of feet gauge on to the 

 site. (Full information as to the site and point or points of access thereto 

 should be set forth by the engineer in this clause or in some other writing. 



