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Chapter 10. Construction Contract Documents Exam
Understanding of the design and construction documents used for construction projects - Solution
Construction Contract Documents - Solution Purpose of the documents:
- to describe and communicate the design
- to describe the conditions under which the construction work is to be completed
- to instruct interested bidders
Construction Contract documents include - Solution construction agreement, drawings, general conditions, supplementary provisions, technical specifications, and addenda
Construction Contract Documents - Solution - General Conditions
- Supplementary Conditions Technical Specifications Drawings Other: contract, addenda, instructions to bidders, bid forms, bond forms, non-collusion affidavit
Documents (created during construction) submittals, RFI's, NCN's, as-built drawings, O&M manuals, progress schedules, etc.
submittals: contractor must convey information to the owner, is usually done through the submission of the relevant information for the owner's approval
O&M manuals: operating and maintenance manuals
RFI: request for information, outlines the question to be clarified by the architect
General Conditions/boilerplate - Answer - Establish the rights, authority, and obligations of the contracting parties: owner, owner's representative, and the contractor
- Standard for all project ("boilerplate")
- Commonly used throughout the industry: AIA, AGC, ASCE, NSPE, Federal Acquisition Regulations(FAR)
- Advantages: court-tested; familiar to all parties
Supplementary Conditions - Answer serve the function of amending and augmenting the general conditions and thus tend to be more specific
- Job-specific conditions
- Modify and expand the General Conditions
as soon as a supplemental condition is no longer specific to one project, consideration may be made to adding it to the general conditions
Specification is often used very broadly to include all the contract documents, with the exception of the drawings - Answer Include:
- invitation to bid
- instructions to bidders
- general conditions
- supplementary conditions
- bid proposal form
- bid bond form
- contract bond form list of prevailing wages can be part of the supplementary conditions
- definite and clear stipulations
- fair and equitable requirements an easy format to apply at the time of bidding and construction legal enforceability
Types of Specifications - Answer - Design specifications
Performance specifications
Reference specification
Drawings - Answer - Define the physical and quantitative description of the project organized by discipline Building project: A,C,S,M,P,E,L Highway project: R,D,P,BR, I, S, CS, T, G -Plans, elevations, cross-sections, details, schedules
Plans/drawings/blueprints - Answer general categories on building project: general information and site work, structural, architectural, plumbing, heating, air-conditioning, and ventilation, electrical
roll of plans: a very bulky document
Project Manual - Answer consists of the bidding documents, general conditions, supplementary provisions, and the technical specifications
Contract Document Issues - Answer - Conflicts between documents Order of Precedence
- Review criteria: The 4C's Content, Constructability, Consistency, Clarity
- Who owns the: Documents? Design?
- Parol evidence > All of the requirements of the contract are contained within the "four corners of the contract" > The contract cannot be changed by other prior draft documents and oral statements
