Is design delegated or allocated?

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Author Message Susan Sprague (Unregistered Guest) Unregistered guest Posted on Monday, April 05, 2021 - 06:53 am:    I saw in the CSI Masterformat numbers/titles that there is a Delegated Design Procedures section. Has anyone ever used this? If not, where do you cover delegated design? in the submittals? J. Peter Jordan Senior Member Username: jpjordan Post Number: 1153 Registered: 05-2004 Posted on Monday, April 05, 2021 - 10:26 am:    City of Houston has a list of items for which they use a "deferred submittal" process. These items include metal building systems, wood trusses, curtain wall systems, raised access floors, retractable bleachers, and canopies. The process is used where the engineering is done after the regular building permit is processed. I use "delegated design" because MasterSpec uses that language, makes it easier all the way around J. Peter Jordan, FCSI, AIA, CCS, LEED AP, SCIP Michael Chusid, RA FCSI CCS Senior Member Username: michael_chusid Post Number: 597 Registered: 10-2003 Posted on Monday, April 05, 2021 - 11:10 am:    I make frequent use of Delegated Design. You can see an example in this guide spec section for lightning protection: http://www.constructionspecifier.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/264100-LightningProtection-guidespec.doc Michael Chusid, RA FCSI CCS 1-818-219-4937 www.chusid.com www.buildingproduct.guru Ed Storer Senior Member Username: ed_storer Post Number: 84 Registered: 05-2009 Posted on Monday, April 05, 2021 - 04:13 pm:    I've used Delegated Design where the Contract Documents were based on proprietary material (sometimes, not identified as such"). The old saying, "more than one way to skin a cat" was applicable and things like manufactured metal stairs were such an example. It's really a way of performance specifying, but tends to throw the performance requirements to the building code, regulations (e.g. OSHA) or a reference standard. Then there are elements like architectural precast concrete, where the designer has very little information about the means and methods of the attachment of the precast to the structure. Ed Storer, CSI Member Emeritus