Common use of Equivalent Tonnage Clause in Contracts

Equivalent Tonnage. For applicable steel material furnished under a separate contract item, under a design-bid-build contract, or under a design-build contract the equivalent steel tonnage will be computed as indicate in the following sections. For design-build contracts, provide an itemized breakdown of the applicable steel materials addressed herein incorporated into the work and indicate the quantity of each actually installed. Indicated quantities should be based on field measurements or take-offs from the approved plans or shop drawings and be equivalent to those used to compute payments made against the Lump Sum construction item on current estimates.