An owner representative tells the GC exactly how to sequence temporary shoring. What AIA A201 contractor responsibility should the GC protect?
Correct Answer
B) Responsibility for construction means, methods, techniques, sequences, and procedures
A201 generally keeps means and methods responsibility with the Contractor.
Why This Is the Correct Answer
A201 generally keeps means and methods responsibility with the Contractor.
Why the Other Options Are Wrong
Option A: The Owner's exclusive right to direct all field techniques after financing is shown
The Owner's exclusive right to direct all field techniques after financing is shown skips the written authority, scope, price, notice, or release control needed for means and methods.
Option C: The building official's duty to supervise daily contractor labor production
The building official's duty to supervise daily contractor labor production skips the written authority, scope, price, notice, or release control needed for means and methods.
Option D: The supplier's authority to issue binding interpretations of design intent, while making a field preference override the written process
The supplier's authority to issue binding interpretations of design intent, while making a field preference override the written process skips the written authority, scope, price, notice, or release control needed for means and methods.
Memory Technique
Structural renovation cue: design may point, but the contractor steers the field sequence.
Reference Hint
Open-book path: tab AIA A201-2017 to Article 3, §3.3 Supervision and Construction Procedures; match the contract role, notice step, and timing in the stem before choosing.
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