A superintendent receives a verbal direction to add temporary heat for finished drywall, but the contract requires written authorization for extra work. What should be done before relying on payment?
Correct Answer
C) Confirm the direction in writing and follow the contract change or notice procedure
When the contract requires written authorization, the contractor should document the direction and follow the change or notice procedure. Other choices create payment risk or remove required protection.
Why This Is the Correct Answer
When the contract requires written authorization, the contractor should document the direction and follow the change or notice procedure. Other choices create payment risk or remove required protection.
Why the Other Options Are Wrong
Option A: Proceed silently and price it at final payment
Choice A gives Proceed silently and price it at final payment. Its specific error: the option answers a paperwork, payment, or bonding issue.
Option B: Treat the verbal direction as a bid alternate
Choice B (Treat the direction as a bid alternate) is rejected because it shifts the question into contract administration money flow.
Option D: The superintendent should delete temporary heat from the schedule
The trap in D is Delete temporary heat from the schedule. That selection is wrong because the option tries to substitute, waive, or delete the Undocumented direction control; the item instead requires Confirm the direction in writing and follow the contract change or notice procedure; Extra work should be authorized and noticed as required by the contract.
Memory Technique
Pair undocumented direction with the real field trigger, then choose the response that produces Confirm the direction in writing and follow the contract change or notice procedure.
Reference Hint
Open NASCLA Contractors Guide to Business, Law and Project Management, 14th Ed.; use the index entry or section for "Written authorization for extra work" to confirm that When the contract requires written authorization, the contractor should document the direction and follow the change or notice procedure.
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