Common use of Owner/Design Professional Approval Clause in Contracts

Owner/Design Professional Approval. Contractor shall not employ any subcontractor or other person or organization (including those who are to furnish the principal items of materials or equipment) whether initially or as a substitute against whom the Owner or Design Professional may have reasonable objection. A subcontractor or other person or organization identified in writing to the Owner’s Project Representative and Design Professional by the Contractor prior to the Notice of Award and not objected to in writing by the Owner’s Project Representative or Design Professional prior to the Notice of Award will be deemed acceptable to the Owner and the Design Professional in most circumstances. Acceptance of any subcontractor, other person or organization by the Owner’s Project Representative or the Design Professional shall not constitute a waiver of any right of the Owner’s Project Representative or the Design Professional to reject defective Work or Work not in conformance with the Contract Documents. If the Owner’s Project Representative or the Design Professional after due investigation has reasonable objections to any subcontractor, other person or organization proposed by Contractor after the Notice of Award, the Contractor shall submit an acceptable substitute. Contractor shall not be required to employ any subcontractor, other person or organization against whom it has reasonable objection. The Contractor shall not without the consent of the Owner’s Project Representative and Design Professional, make any substitution of any subcontractor, other person or organization who has been accepted by the Owner’s Project Representative and the Design Professional unless the Owner’s Project Representative determines that there is good cause for doing so.

Owner/Design Professional Approval. General Contractor shall not employ any subcontractor or other person or organization (including those who are to furnish the principal items of materials or equipment) whether initially or as a substitute against whom the Owner or Design Professional may have reasonable objection. A subcontractor or other person or organization identified in writing to the Owner’s Project Representative and Design Professional by the General Contractor prior to the Notice of Award and not objected to in writing by the Owner’s Project Representative or Design Professional prior to the Notice of Award will be deemed acceptable to the Owner and the Design Professional in most circumstances. Acceptance of any subcontractor, other person or organization by the Owner’s Project Representative or the Design Professional shall not constitute a waiver of any right of the Owner’s Project Representative or the Design Professional to reject defective Work or Work not in conformance with the Contract Documents. If the Owner’s Project Representative or the Design Professional after due investigation has reasonable objections to any subcontractor, other person or organization proposed by General Contractor after the Notice of Award, the General Contractor shall submit an acceptable substitute. General Contractor shall not be required to employ any subcontractor, other person or organization against whom it has reasonable objection. The General Contractor shall not without the consent of the Owner’s Project Representative and Design Professional, make any substitution of any subcontractor, other person or organization who has been accepted by the Owner’s Project Representative and the Design Professional unless the Owner’s Project Representative determines that there is good cause for doing so.