The Contractor shall within 30 days of commencement prepare a submittal schedule including all the submittal elements required by the Contract Specifications. The submittal schedule shall be fully coordinated with the sequence of the work, and the time allowed for the submittal process for each element of the work shall cause no delay to the work. The Contractor shall allow for a reasonable period in the schedule for the Consultant review and approval of the submittals.
The consultant shall review the submittal schedule within 30 days of receipt and confirm to the Contractor: either, i)that adequate time has been allowed for the review and approval of each submittal or, ii) that inadequate time has been allowed for each submittal, and the Contractor shall provide a revised schedule to the reasonable satisfaction of the Consultant, revising the review and approval times for submittals identified by the Consultant as inadequate.
Posted by: jim scott - Friday, October 11, 2013 10:17 AM
Uncoordinated and incomplete shop drawings and submittals create nightmares for owners and presenting a Hobson's choice for designers who need to review submittals timely, but who often never receive a complete set of submittals needed to approve an entire system or assembly. If they wait for the entire set of submittals (for a wall system, for example), the contractor will ring up a delay for each of those early submittals--which cannot be conscientiously approved without the complementary components. In other words: a 'claim game.'
Posted by: Michael E. Peters RA Esq - Friday, October 11, 2013 11:00 AM
The real key here is the specification writer and the design reviewer/coordinator. We consult exclusively in the federal contracting sector for both AE firms and Contractors. Most of these contracts are specified using general guide specifications that require severe site specific editing. Most do not include coordinating language when a system requiring submittal analysis is covered in more than one section. That language needs to be added by the designer/specify. On the AE side we always recommend language be added where necessary to assure all pieces of a system be submitted together or they will be returned not reviewed or approved. We recommend to our contractors that they bundle their submittals whether required or not into the largest package tor preclude delays when the reviewer cannot find a key element that prevents complete understanding. I personally have been on all the sides of this issue in the past having been a government developer/reviewer/approver of both designs and contractor submittals, a contractor PM responsible for submitting, a contractor QC manager approving submittals on Contractor QC projects, and a contractor coordinator of design-build designs and subcontractor interfaces into the effort.
My experience is that the government is sloppy and maybe inept in reviewing designs for these glitches and contractors are pushing submittals w/o adequate attention to detail trying to meet there unrealistic schedule. The combination sometimes gets viral. Contractor; due to competitive pressures never have enough dollars or resources planned to do submittals effectively and efficiently.
Posted by: Ron Vietmeier - Friday, October 11, 2013 11:29 AM
Most federal and state contract documents contain a fairly protective clause on submittals in the "front end." This language requires submittals to be complete and coordinated, as in the example. It is fairly common (and good practice) to require the Contractor to prepare a submittal register and include submittals in the baseline schedule. These should be reviewed at the pre-construction stage, which also is an opportunity to reference the Contract General Conditions requirements, and to reinforce the GC's responsibility for organizing submittals prepared by subcontractors.
From the Engineer/owner side, a submittal register provides a check for conflicts before bid, and an opportunity to define primary and secondary reviewer responsibilities.
Distribution of the Contractor's submittal register and schedule provides early identification of when reviewers can expect to see submittals. Together with initial completeness review of submittals, these steps allow the Engineer / owner team to conduct timely and coordinated reviews, and encourage Contractor attention to submittal quality.
Posted by: Chris Barnett - Friday, October 11, 2013 12:39 PM
You've made some decent points there. I checked on
the internet to learn more about the issue and found most individuals will go along with your views on this web site.
Posted by: McKerihan - Wednesday, October 16, 2013 10:40 PM
The simple answer is no. Submittal requirements and many other "rules of the road" for a project belong in Division 01 specifications where they can be given sufficient detail.
Posted by: John Ware - Thursday, October 17, 2013 4:34 AM
Way cool! Some extremely valid points! I appreciate you
writing this article plus the rest of the website is extremely
good.
Posted by: Ehmann - Thursday, October 17, 2013 10:42 AM
You've made some good points there. I looked on the web to find
out more about the issue and found most people will go along
with your views on this site.
Posted by: Aiello - Saturday, October 19, 2013 1:46 PM
I'm curious to find out what blog system you happen to be working with?
I'm experiencing some small security issues with my latest site
and I'd like to find something more secure.
Do you have any suggestions?
Posted by: Marou - Sunday, October 20, 2013 6:37 AM
Greetings! Very useful advice within this article!
It's the little changes which will make the greatest changes.
Thanks for sharing!
Posted by: Bynum - Monday, October 21, 2013 1:53 PM
I really like what you guys tend to be up too. This sort of clever wlrk and coverage!
Keeep up the fantastic wolrks guys I've added
you guys to blogroll.
Posted by: Weatherburn - Monday, October 21, 2013 3:47 PM
Hey just wanted to give you a quick heads up. The words in your content
seem to be running off the screen in Opera. I'm not sure if this is a formatting issue or something to
do with internet browser compatibility but I figured I'd post to let you know.
The design and style look great though! Hope you get the problem resolved soon.
Thanks
Posted by: Garran - Sunday, October 27, 2013 10:10 AM
Way cool! Some very valid points! I appreciate you writing this article and
the rest of the websie is also really good.
Posted by: Avery - Monday, October 28, 2013 4:23 AM
Hello! Do you know if they make any plugins to safeguard against hackers?
I'm kinda paranoid about losing everything I've worked hard on.
Any suggestions?
Posted by: Caviness - Wednesday, January 1, 2014 1:52 AM
top auto insurance companies - cheap auto insurance online - texas auto insurance
Posted by: Chilton - Sunday, January 19, 2014 1:30 PM
Thank you for sharing your info. I truly appreciate
your efforts and I am waiting for your next post thanks once
again.
Posted by: Freel - Wednesday, February 5, 2014 7:30 AM
What's up to all, how is everything, I think every one is getting more from this web site,
and your views are fastidious in support of new users.
Posted by: Jean - Wednesday, February 12, 2014 4:33 PM
This is a topic that's close to my heart... Many thanks!
Where are your contact details though?
Posted by: Wanganeen - Thursday, February 13, 2014 9:26 AM
I was suggested this blog by my cousin. I'm not sure whether this post is written by him as nobody else know such detailed about my difficulty.
You are wonderful! Thanks!
Posted by: Castle - Friday, February 21, 2014 5:06 PM
Do you mind if I quote a couple of your posts as long as I provide credit and sources back to your blog?
My blog is in the very same area of interest as yours and my visitors would genuinely benefit from a lot of the information
you present here. Please let me know if this alright with you.
Appreciate it!
Posted by: Icely - Thursday, February 27, 2014 6:46 AM
Hi there mates, how is all, and what you want to say about this paragraph, in my view its truly remarkable designed for me.
Posted by: Baader - Thursday, February 27, 2014 8:24 PM
Hey there, You have done an incredible job.
I will definitely digg it and personally suggest to my friends.
I am sure they will be benefited from this web site.
Posted by: Rolph - Friday, February 28, 2014 10:25 AM
Hello colleagues, its fantastic article concerning educationand fully defined, keep it up all the time.
Posted by: Seaton - Tuesday, March 4, 2014 8:22 PM
I was wondering if you ever thought of changing the layout of
your site? Its very well written; I love what youve got to say.
But maybe you could a little more in the way of content so people
could connect with it better. Youve got an
awful lot of text for only having one or two pictures. Maybe you could space it out better?
Posted by: Spear - Tuesday, March 4, 2014 9:17 PM
Hmm it appears like your website ate my first comment (it was super long) so
I guess I'll just sum it up what I had written and say,
I'm thoroughly enjoying your blog. I as well am an aspiring blog blogger but I'm still
new to everything. Do you have any tips and hints for beginner
blog writers? I'd certainly appreciate it.
Posted by: Choi - Sunday, April 13, 2014 5:41 PM
Have you ever thought about writing an ebook or guest
authoring on other websites? I have a blog based upon
on the same information you discuss and would really like to
have you share some stories/information. I know
my audience would enjoy your work. If you're even remotely interested,
feel free to send me an email.
Posted by: Picton - Tuesday, April 15, 2014 12:51 PM
Awesome article.
Posted by: Levy - Tuesday, April 22, 2014 7:04 PM
Online research helps you in enabling low rate through comparison of
all loan quotes Just bear in mind that you ought to take credit just the maximum amount
of as you'll need because you still have to pay it Avicii 2014 tour dates
luckily, the lender won't have a chance to review your individual credit history before
you decide to do.
Posted by: Oliveira - Sunday, April 27, 2014 3:58 PM
Thanks for sharing such a nice thinking, post is pleasant, thats why i have read it entirely
Posted by: Mahlum - Tuesday, April 29, 2014 7:23 AM
I have been surfing online more than nine hours today for http://cheapcalgarypaintings.blogspot.com & %blogtitle%,
yet I never found any interesting article like yours.
It's pretty worth enough for me. In my view, if all site owners and bloggers made good content
as you did, the web will be much more useful than ever before.
Posted by: Noyes - Thursday, March 24, 2016 3:18 AM
I have been surfing online more than nine hours today for http://cheapcalgarypaintings.blogspot.com & %blogtitle%,
yet I never found any interesting article like yours.
It's pretty worth enough for me. In my view, if all site owners and bloggers made good content
as you did, the web will be much more useful than ever before.
Posted by: Noyes - Thursday, March 24, 2016 3:18 AM
