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. From time to time, as the work of construction or alteration
progresses and whenever the Department of General Services requires,
the licensed architect or structural engineer in charge of
observation of construction or registered engineer in charge of
observation of other work, the inspector on the work, and the
contractor shall each make to the Department of General Services a
report, duly verified by him or her, upon a form prescribed by the
Department of General Services, based upon his or her own personal
knowledge, indicating that the work during the period covered by the
report has been performed and materials have been used and installed,
in every material respect, in compliance with the approved plans and
specifications, setting forth such detailed statements of fact as
are required by the Department of General Services.
The term "personal knowledge" as used in this section and as
applied to the architect, and the registered engineer, means the
personal knowledge which is obtained from periodic visits to the
project site of reasonable frequency for the purpose of general
observation of the work, and also which is obtained from the
reporting of others as to the progress of the work, testing of
materials, inspection and superintendence of the work that is
performed between the above-mentioned periodic visits of the
architect or the registered engineer. The exercise of reasonable
diligence to obtain the facts is required.
The term "personal knowledge" as applied to the inspector means
the actual personal knowledge which is obtained from his or her
personal continuous inspection of the work of construction in all
stages of its progress at the site where he is responsible for
inspection and, when work is carried out away from the site, that
personal knowledge which is obtained from the reporting of others on
the testing or inspection of materials and workmanship for compliance
with plans, specifications or applicable standards. The exercise of
reasonable diligence to obtain the facts is required.
The term "personal knowledge" as applied to the contractor means
the personal knowledge which is obtained from the construction of the
building. The exercise of reasonable diligence to obtain the facts
is required.