Several underground conduit reroutes were made, but the record drawings still show the original alignment. What should be corrected before closeout?
Correct Answer
D) Update the record drawings to show the installed reroutes
Record drawings should document installed conditions, especially concealed reroutes. Other choices defeat the owner's future maintenance and renovation use.
Why This Is the Correct Answer
Record drawings should document installed conditions, especially concealed reroutes. Other choices defeat the owner's future maintenance and renovation use.
Why the Other Options Are Wrong
Option A: Wait until a future tenant improvement discovers the reroute
The trap in A is Wait until a future tenant improvement discovers the reroute. That selection is wrong because the option delays or omits the controlling step.
Option B: Submit the original bid plan as the as-built record
Choice B gives Submit the original bid plan as the as-built record. Its specific error: it names a financial document or payment mechanism, not the Record drawings not current action/result stated by Update the record drawings to show the installed reroutes.
Option C: Remove all conduit from the closeout package
Choice C (Remove all conduit from the closeout package) is rejected because the option does not produce the required Record drawings not current outcome, Update the record drawings to show the installed reroutes.
Memory Technique
Picture a tab on the jobsite; record drawings not current is solved by the action that leads to Update the record drawings to show the installed reroutes.
Reference Hint
Open Construction Jobsite Management, 5th Ed.; use the index entry or section for "Record drawing updates" to confirm that Record drawings should document installed conditions, especially concealed reroutes.
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