Common use of Owner Approval Required Clause in Contracts

Owner Approval Required. Upon approval of the Owner, the Design Professional may include deductive alternates in the Bidding Documents. Deductive alternates should not be proposed unless the Design Professional’s Statement of Probable Construction Cost is 95 percent or more of the construction budget. The acceptance of any deductive alternate shall be utilized as a last resort to accomplish the Project without requiring a redesign and rebidding of the Project. The alternates when bid must be accepted in sequential numerical order. Alternates must be arranged in such order that the most important work will be sacrificed last, and all alternates must be deductive.