CE — Search for a Defect Where No Defect is Found
The Supervisor instructs the Contractor to search for a Defect and no Defect is found, unless the search is needed only because the Contractor gave insufficient notice of doing work obstructing a required test or inspection.
A fruitless search instructed by the Supervisor is a compensation event.
No compensation event arises if the search was needed because the Contractor failed to give notice of work obstructing a test or inspection.
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