The Design Professional as Interpreter. The Design Professional shall act as the initial interpreter of the Construction Documents and shall make decisions within fourteen (14) calendar days after proper presentation of an issue, claim or complaint by either party to the CM/GC Contract. In the event of noncompliance, including omission of work or faulty workmanship, the Design Professional shall recite in the decision the paragraph number or article of the specifications and/or the detail or drawing which has been violated, indicating the deviation from the design. The Design Professional will include suitable specifications and/or drawings indicating the design to be used in executing the correction or remedy of non-complying work in its decision.
