The owner verbally asks for a small added task during a site walk. What is the best field-administration response before doing the work?
Correct Answer
D) Document the request and obtain the required written direction or change authorization
Field changes should be documented and authorized through the contract process.
Why This Is the Correct Answer
Field changes should be documented and authorized through the contract process.
Why the Other Options Are Wrong
Option A: Proceed from memory and price it at closeout without records, signatures, or written direction
Proceed from memory and price it at closeout without records, signatures, or written direction belongs to a different file or record trail; it does not prove the field change record event.
Option B: Use the daily weather report as the owner's authorization
Use the daily weather report as the owner's authorization belongs to a different file or record trail; it does not prove the field change record event.
Option C: Ask a supplier to approve the owner-directed scope
Ask a supplier to approve the owner-directed scope belongs to a different file or record trail; it does not prove the field change record event.
Memory Technique
A record works only when it proves the exact changes event for Owner Asks.
Reference Hint
Open-book path: tab Principles and Practices of Commercial Construction, 11th Edition, 2024 to Field administration; change documentation and authorization; match the role, timing, and required approval before choosing.
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