A critical equipment submittal is two weeks late and fabrication cannot start. What should be escalated?
Correct Answer
C) Submittal status, decision owner, recovery options, and schedule impact.
Long-lead delays need prompt escalation because review and fabrication control delivery.
Why This Is the Correct Answer
Long-lead delays need prompt escalation because review and fabrication control delivery.
Why the Other Options Are Wrong
Option A: Limit long-lead submittal delay to the color of the cover sheet
Choice A (Only the color of the cover sheet.) is rejected because the action skips the timing, documentation, or field-control step needed for Long-lead submittal delay.
Option B: Base the long-lead submittal delay response on the warranty start date only
In general project requirements, Only the warranty start date. is the wrong selection for Long-lead submittal delay: it tries to bypass the Long-lead submittal delay checkpoint.
Option D: Treat the condition as requiring no action until delivery day
Choice D gives No action until delivery day. Its specific error: the option does not produce the required Long-lead submittal delay outcome, Submittal status, decision owner, recovery options, and schedule impact.
Memory Technique
Use the phrase "problem, control, result" for long-lead submittal delay; the result side is Submittal status, decision owner, recovery options, and schedule impact.
Reference Hint
Open Construction Jobsite Management, 5th Ed. (2024); use by topic index - documentation / submittals / RFIs / closeout to confirm that Long-lead delays need prompt escalation because review and fabrication control delivery.
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