![]() The one glaring exception to all this is that we sometimes enforce corrective action as a means of training our contractors. I've yet to find that particular clause anywhere however. I've always imagined that contracts should contain a clause that says something to the tune of "the contractor shall be allowed to fix stuff without being caned to death so long as the design team agrees with the fix". It pays to be a team player."Īs an owner's rep, I'd be interested to know what you think of this Greatone76. Even when it's not built into the contract model (DB/IPD), all projects are collaborative. You're getting some good will that you may be able to trade against later on in the project life cycle. That way, as the owner, you are getting something of value. A better strategy is to let the contractor know that you expect better workmanship, will be keeping an eye on things going forward, but are willing to let this deviation slide because you acknowledge that one has to pick one's battles. Word will get around that you're unreasonable to work with and your projects will get priced accordingly. If you go and harass your contractor for financial compensation and/or unnecessary remediation every time that something needs to be repaired or allowed to violate specifications, you're going to find that your costs will increase substantially on your future projects. Good enough meaning that it is reasonable and can be expected to last for the anticipated service life of the building (50 yr or whatever). However, that does not mean that the repaired/tolerated defect is not 'good enough'. In most cases, a repaired / out of tolerance component will not be as 'good' as the same component would have been if it were constructed per spec and required no repair. Therefore they should be compensated somehow, right?". Now that XXX is out of tolerance or XXX has been repaired, they're getting less than what they paid for. PROJECT MANAGER: "The owner has paid for a particular level of quality. Something will either be out of tolerance or field repaired. From time to time, they'll bring issues to me for review on jobs where another firm is the EOR. There is an entire wing of my company that is devoted to project management. The owner's rep perspective is an interesting one. I feel industry standard tolerances apply and feel they should be met, but what do you do when an engineer signs off on something out of spec? Any good specific arguments about this situation that would help my point? RE: Stem Wall Out of Plumb Am I right to use that reference? I can't find anything that applies in the Section 3 Foundation Section. I have also been using ACI 117-06 Section 4 to state that the 1" out of plumb far exceeds the 0.3% allowable. ![]() But it does have significant loads from the weight of the masonry. Am I wrong to be bothered by this wall having such poor craftsmanship and being accepted? This building is a simple 1 story 8" block masonry wall building, so it shouldn't have any unrealistic loads. ![]() I am being told that the designer of the project has approved this. So form the last 12" of height as much as 1" in 12" out of plumb. Where they want to form the slab that extends over the wall back to be in the correct location. The contractor and CM submitted a sketch to the designer. Really crappy supporting of the Symons forms. I have section of wall that are both leaning out and leaning in significantly. ![]() The out of plumb and location of the wall waves in an out along the length. 6 inches out of place, but also the wall is out of plumb by 1" from top to bottom in several areas. After further investigation it was seen that both side of the building foundation are at max. I asked for the contractor and CM to investigate based on it not appearing to meet that spec requirement. Using ACI 117-06 I used 3.2.2 Foundations supporting masonry Horizontal deviation of the as-cast edge shall be the lesser of ☒% of the foundation’s width or ☑/2 in. I measures across the building and got an extra inch and an eighth of width from design on the building. It sits on a 12" thick footing and is 56" tall from the footing to the underside of the slab that goes over the wall. After forms were removed from the foundation wall I noted a significant bow out in the foundation wall. I'm working as an owner's rep on a project.
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