The contractor is responsible for negligence or
faulty materials or workmanship within the period provided by law,
and upon written notice must remedy such defects and pay all
expenses for any damage resulting from them. The contractor must
remedy any work not according to plans and specifications regardless
of time of discovery.
The contractor’s responsibility shall not extend
to the liability of the architect arising out of the preparation or
approval of maps, drawings, opinion, reports, designs, surveys,
change orders, or specifications, for the giving or failure by the
architect to give directions or instructions.