A Florida GC finds a conflict between a plan note and the specifications during buyout. Under AIA A201, what should the GC do with the Contract Documents?
Correct Answer
A) Treat them as complementary and seek interpretation instead of choosing one unilaterally
A201 treats the Contract Documents as complementary and provides a process for interpretation rather than unilateral selection.
Why This Is the Correct Answer
A201 treats the Contract Documents as complementary and provides a process for interpretation rather than unilateral selection.
Why the Other Options Are Wrong
Option B: Treat the larger drawing scale as automatically voiding all written specifications
Treat the larger drawing scale as automatically voiding all written specifications skips the written authority, scope, price, notice, or release control needed for contract documents.
Option C: Ignore the conflict until final payment because buyout is outside the contract
Ignore the conflict until final payment because buyout is outside the contract skips the written authority, scope, price, notice, or release control needed for contract documents.
Option D: Let the lowest subcontractor decide the conflict based on the cheapest interpretation and issue pricing on that basis
Let the lowest subcontractor decide the conflict based on the cheapest interpretation and issue pricing on that basis skips the written authority, scope, price, notice, or release control needed for contract documents.
Memory Technique
Office Build-Out shortcut is not a term until paper carries it.
Reference Hint
Open-book path: tab AIA A201-2017 to Article 1, §1.2 Correlation and Intent of the Contract Documents; match the contract role and timing in the stem before choosing.
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