Common use of Additional Requirements for Inspection for Material Completion Clause in Contracts

Additional Requirements for Inspection for Material Completion. No Inspection for Material Completion shall be requested by the Design-Builder until such time as the Design-Builder has provided to the Program Manager the following: 6.3.2.4.1 a copy of the initial test and balance report on the heating, ventilating and air conditioning system; 6.3.2.4.2 a copy of the facility operation and maintenance instructions and any other documents specified by the Program Manager in Division 1 of the Specifications; and 6.3.2.4.3 a certification that all building systems specified in Paragraph 6. 1.1.1 above are operational. The Design-Builder expressly agrees that the manufacturers are solely the agents of the Design-Builder. In accomplishing this certification, the Design-Builder shall obtain the manufacturer’s certificates and coordinate the initial start-up and testing of building systems. In all cases where the equipment of two or more manufacturers ties in and functions together, the Design-Builder shall require the field representatives to perform simultaneously the initial start-up, the testing, and the placing of their equipment into operation. "Start-up" is defined as putting the equipment into action. "Testing" is defined as performing such testing as is stipulated in the Contract Documents to be performed. "Placing into operation" is defined as operating the equipment for a sufficient period of time for the determination to be made that it is performing properly. All building commissioning activities should be completed, with the exception of those designated as “Permitted Incomplete Work.”

Additional Requirements for Inspection for Material Completion. No Inspection for Material Completion shall be requested by the Design-Builder until such time as the Design-Builder has provided to the Program Manager Executive Administrator the following: 6.3.2.4.1 a copy of the initial test and balance report on the heating, ventilating and air conditioning system; 6.3.2.4.2 a copy of the facility operation and maintenance instructions and any other documents specified by the Program Manager Executive Administrator in Division 1 of the Specifications; and 6.3.2.4.3 a certification that all building systems specified in Paragraph 6. 1.1.1 above are operational. The Design-Builder expressly agrees that the manufacturers are solely the agents of the Design-Builder. In accomplishing this certification, the Design-Builder shall obtain the manufacturer’s certificates and coordinate the initial start-up and testing of building systems. In all cases where the equipment of two or more manufacturers ties in and functions together, the Design-Builder shall require the field representatives to perform simultaneously the initial start-up, the testing, and the placing of their equipment into operation. "Start-up" is defined as putting the equipment into action. "Testing" is defined as performing such testing as is stipulated in the Contract Documents to be performed. "Placing into operation" is defined as operating the equipment for a sufficient period of time for the determination to be made that it is performing properly. All building commissioning activities should be completed, with the exception of those designated as “Permitted Incomplete Work.”