Common use of ELECTRONIC SUBMITTALS Clause in Contracts

ELECTRONIC SUBMITTALS. In addition to all other submittals called for by this Article 7 and elsewhere in the Contract, including but not limited to hard copies and reproducibles of all submittals, the Designer shall submit two (2) electronic copies on compact disks for all required submissions of Deliverables called for by this Contract (“Electronic Submittals”). All Electronic Submittals shall be deemed to be Materials that are subject to all provisions of Article 16. The Electronic Submittals shall be provided on CD electronic format as approved by the Owner and Authority and as follows: (a) All drawings shall be provided in standard AutoCAD software (release number and version to be established at time of contract execution) or in a compatible electronic CADD (.dxf) format or other industry-standard format as approved by the Owner and acceptable to the Authority. Electronic file naming convention shall be acceptable to the Owner and the Authority. (b) All other documents shall be provided in pdf format, Microsoft Word, Excel, Project, or PowerPoint, as applicable to the particular submittal. (c) All submittals shall be labeled identifying project name and number, file name, drawing title, software and release, and layering system. (d) The Owner reserves the right to require the Designer to provide all electronic media as may be required at any time during the duration of this Contract due to technology upgrades and/or changes to the electronic systems used by the Owner or Authority, provided that if such requirement demands that the Designer purchase new software or train existing employees for the application of media or software such costs shall be a Reimbursable Expense but only to the extent that such purchase of new software or training of existing employees is unique or exclusive to the particular requirements of the Owner or the Authority for this particular Project. (e) The Designer’s compliance with the terms of this Article shall be performed as part of the Basic Services under the Contract, and the Designer shall not receive any additional compensation for providing the Electronic Submittals, (including but not limited to conversions or copies of software), except as specified herein. The Designer shall not be responsible for any use of Electronic Submittals on hardware or software for which it was not intended. Creation of a Building Information Model is excluded from the definition of Electronic Submittals; if the Owner requests the Designer to create such a Model, the parties shall execute a separate agreement and Designer shall receive Extra Services for its creation.