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Wayne Yancey
Senior Member
Username: wayne_yancey

Post Number: 851
Registered: 01-2008


Posted on Monday, January 22, 2018 - 11:19 am:   Edit PostDelete PostPrint Post

Where can I find wording that states I do not have a duty to review submittals for products specified by a separate entity, such as an interior design firm.

Should I treat such submittals as informational submittals which the Architect is not expected to take responsive action as so identified in the Contract Documents?

I need some "thanks but no thanks" language in my response.

Thanks,

Wayne
Nathan Woods, CSI, CCCA, LEED AP
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Username: nwoods

Post Number: 732
Registered: 08-2005


Posted on Monday, January 22, 2018 - 11:27 am:   Edit PostDelete PostPrint Post

I don't have an answer to your question, but I do have a caution for you. In your contract there is most certainly a duty to coordinate with the interior design firm. Has that coordination already occurred? Are you already familiar with everything they have specified, and are they compatible with your scope of work? If so, then the only thing you may be required to review would be substitutions, and potentially, as a compensable review.
Robin E. Snyder
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Username: robin

Post Number: 714
Registered: 08-2004
Posted on Monday, January 22, 2018 - 11:56 am:   Edit PostDelete PostPrint Post

It really depends on the language in the underlying contracts. The architect-owner and consultant-architect agreements.
Steven Bruneel, AIA, CSI-CDT, LEED-AP, EDAC
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Username: redseca2

Post Number: 627
Registered: 12-2006


Posted on Monday, January 22, 2018 - 11:59 am:   Edit PostDelete PostPrint Post

I agree with Robin. You may find, as I have at times, that there is no contract provision for the separate interior design firm to carry on into CA responsibilities.
Wayne Yancey
Senior Member
Username: wayne_yancey

Post Number: 852
Registered: 01-2008


Posted on Monday, January 22, 2018 - 12:03 pm:   Edit PostDelete PostPrint Post

ID does not work for the Architect. ID was just a convenient example.
anon (Unregistered Guest)
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Posted on Monday, January 22, 2018 - 01:03 pm:   Edit PostDelete PostPrint Post

why is it necessary for you to do anything with submittals that have nothing to do with your contractual scope?

If you take a look at AIA B101, under Article 4 Supplemental and Additional Services, you will find the following:

4.1.1.20 Architect's Coordination of the Owner's consultants.

That would be an additional service, if Architect takes it on, and Owner agrees to pay for it.

You could also add specific language under this Article for review of Owner's consultant submittals.
Wayne Yancey
Senior Member
Username: wayne_yancey

Post Number: 853
Registered: 01-2008


Posted on Monday, January 22, 2018 - 01:50 pm:   Edit PostDelete PostPrint Post

Anon,

Exactly. Thanks for the tip to B101.

My reply used the strategy that the submittal is informational per (A201) and Div 01 therefore does not require a review.

Legal states do not review, return them noting they have not been reviewed as the products were not specified by WXYZ and, in any event, direct submission to WXYZ is improper.

I think I am covered. Thanks to those who replied promptly.

I will change my photo soon sitting on an new 2016 H-D Road King. The one in the photo above has been put out to pasture after 125,000 miles. Great bike.

Wayne

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