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Chapter 10. Construction Contract Documents ExamUnderstanding 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
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