A subcontractor disagrees with an assigned action item in draft meeting minutes. What should the contractor do?
Correct Answer
C) Resolve the comment promptly and issue corrected or confirmed minutes.
Meeting minutes should be corrected or confirmed so the project record is reliable.
Why This Is the Correct Answer
Meeting minutes should be corrected or confirmed so the project record is reliable.
Why the Other Options Are Wrong
Option A: The contractor should ignore the comment permanently
Choice A (Ignore the comment permanently.) is rejected because it tries to bypass the Meeting minutes dispute checkpoint.
Option B: The contractor should delete all action items
In general project requirements, Delete all action items. is the wrong selection for Meeting minutes dispute: it removes the controlling Meeting minutes dispute requirement instead of meeting it.
Option D: Convert the minutes into a change order, leaving meeting minutes dispute unverified
Choice D gives Convert the minutes into a change order. Its specific error: the option answers a paperwork, payment, or bonding issue.
Memory Technique
Tag the scene with meeting minutes dispute: wrong actor or wrong timing means the fix is not Resolve the comment promptly and issue corrected or confirmed minutes.
Reference Hint
Open Construction Jobsite Management, 5th Ed. (2024); use by topic index - documentation / submittals / RFIs / closeout to confirm that Meeting minutes should be corrected or confirmed so the project record is reliable.
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