Common use of Sub-Contractor Interfacing Clause in Contracts

Sub-Contractor Interfacing. (1)The Construction Manager shall be the single point of interface with all Sub-Contractors for the Owner and all of its agents and representatives including the Architect-Engineer. He shall negotiate all change orders, field orders and request for proposals, with all affected Sub-Contractors and shall review the costs of those proposals and advise the Owner and Architect-Engineer of their validity and reasonableness, acting in the Owner's best interest prior to requesting approval of each change order from the Owner. Before any work is begun on any change order, a written authorization from the Owner must be issued. However, when health and safety are threatened, the Construction Manager shall act immediately to remove the threat to health and safety. He shall also carefully review all shop drawings and then forward the same to the Architect-Engineer for review and actions. The Architect- Engineer will transmit them back to the Construction Manager who will then issue the shop drawings to the affected Sub-Contractor for fabrication or revision. The Construction Manager shall maintain a control system to promote expeditious handling. He shall request the Architect Engineer to make interpretations of the drawings or specifications requested of him by the Sub-Contractors and shall maintain a suspense control system to promote timely response. He shall advise the Project Manager and Architect-Engineer when timely response is not occurring on any of the above.