A subcontractor submits a different air barrier product in a normal product-data submittal without marking it as a substitution. What should the reviewer require?
Correct Answer
A) Process it through the contract substitution procedure before accepting a product different from the specified basis
A product differing from specified requirements should be identified and reviewed through the substitution procedure. Other choices bypass contract review or omit required work.
Why This Is the Correct Answer
A product differing from specified requirements should be identified and reviewed through the substitution procedure. Other choices bypass contract review or omit required work.
Why the Other Options Are Wrong
Option B: The reviewer should approve it silently to reduce paperwork
Choice B gives Approve it silently to reduce paperwork. Its specific error: it points to Approve it silently to reduce paperwork, but.
Option C: The reviewer should install first and ask for substitution approval during warranty
Choice C (Install first and ask for substitution approval during warranty) is rejected because it answers the Submittal as substitution prompt with the wrong practical move.
Option D: The reviewer should delete the air barrier requirement
In procurement and contracting, Delete the air barrier requirement is the wrong selection for Submittal as substitution: it removes the controlling Submittal as substitution requirement instead of meeting it.
Memory Technique
Use the phrase "problem, control, result" for submittal as substitution; the result side is Process it through the contract substitution procedure before accepting a product different from the specified basis.
Reference Hint
Open NASCLA Contractors Guide to Business, Law and Project Management, 14th Ed.; use the index entry or section for "Substitution and submittal procedure" to confirm that A product differing from specified requirements should be identified and reviewed through the substitution procedure.
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