Switchgear has a 28-week lead time, but the electrical submittal is still in draft while rough-in dates are approaching. What is the best procurement-control action?
Correct Answer
D) Escalate the submittal, approval, release, and delivery dates in the procurement log
Long-lead risk is controlled by actively managing submittal, approval, release, fabrication, and delivery dates. Other choices delay procurement or track information too late to protect the schedule.
Why This Is the Correct Answer
Long-lead risk is controlled by actively managing submittal, approval, release, fabrication, and delivery dates. Other choices delay procurement or track information too late to protect the schedule.
Why the Other Options Are Wrong
Option A: The contractor should wait until rough-in is complete to submit
Choice A gives Wait until rough-in is complete to submit. Its specific error: the option delays or omits the controlling step.
Option B: The contractor should track only the delivery truck number
Choice B (Track only the delivery truck number) is rejected because the action skips the timing, documentation, or field-control step needed for Long-lead procurement.
Option C: The contractor should remove switchgear from the project schedule
In procurement and contracting, Remove switchgear from the project schedule is the wrong selection for Long-lead procurement: it points to Remove switchgear from the project schedule, but.
Memory Technique
Remember long-lead procurement by its jobsite consequence: the correct move points to Escalate the submittal, approval, release, and delivery dates in the procurement log.
Reference Hint
Open Construction Jobsite Management, 5th Ed.; use the index entry or section for "Long-lead procurement control" to confirm that Long-lead risk is controlled by actively managing submittal, approval, release, fabrication, and delivery dates.
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