The owner directs changed work to proceed on a force-account basis until price is settled. Which record set should be kept each day?
Correct Answer
C) Signed daily records of labor, equipment, materials, and subcontractor costs
Force-account work needs daily signed records of labor, equipment, materials, and subcontractor costs to support later pricing. Other choices do not document actual changed-work cost.
Why This Is the Correct Answer
Force-account work needs daily signed records of labor, equipment, materials, and subcontractor costs to support later pricing. Other choices do not document actual changed-work cost.
Why the Other Options Are Wrong
Option A: Base the force-account records response on the original bid form
Choice A (Only the original bid form) is rejected because it leaves the work at an informal or incomplete stage, while Force-account records requires Signed daily.
Option B: Base the force-account records response on the final lien waiver
In procurement and contracting, Only the final lien waiver is the wrong selection for Force-account records: the option delays or omits the controlling step.
Option D: Base the force-account records response on the architect's color board
Choice D gives Only the architect's color board. Its specific error: it tries to bypass the Force-account records checkpoint.
Memory Technique
Link force-account records to its book condition; a different condition means a different answer than Signed daily records of labor, equipment, materials, and subcontractor costs.
Reference Hint
Open Construction Jobsite Management, 5th Ed.; use the index entry or section for "Force-account change documentation" to confirm that Force-account work needs daily signed records of labor, equipment, materials, and subcontractor costs to support later pricing.
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