I love the way we’re all in this together until something goes wrong, then the GC starts pointing fingers.
From a consultant’s perspective, the GC is at fault for not submitting an RFI to clarify a conflict in the CD’s. Steve L. From: Sprinklerforum [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ben Young Sent: Thursday, September 08, 2016 8:14 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Drawing orders of hierarchy Kind of strange, but does anyone know where I can find in writing somewhere some common sense info on the hierarchy of contract drawings? Here's the issue: Main floor print shows a particular wall as being 'type g' which is indicated as being full-height in the wall types plans. Also shows the walls as not being 'connected' to the other walls it intersects with, which I know means its normally a different wall material, type, or some other indication of being 'not the same' On the detail drawings for these areas, there's a note that says this particular wall is to only be 6'-6" in height and not going up to the deck. GC is trying to claim that since the drywaller followed the overall plans, and we followed the detail plans, we're both equally at fault for this one. I know that's ridiculous since just like dealing with codes, you can have a broad rule (wall type G) and then all specific exceptions to that rule on a case-by-case basis (a note saying this wall isn't full height) Similar to a note that says 'all walls to be full height unless indicated otherwise.' I'm pretty comfortable defending my position, especially since the overall floor plans have a note to reference the detail drawings. FYI, this is a hotel, and the main floor plans don't show the notes, but the unit plans (plan, finish, interior elevations, etc) do. I'm just wondering if there's some obscure AIA document that says how this is supposed to work, or anything I can fall back on besides common sense, which we all know doesn't exist inside most superintendent's offices on construction projects. For the record, I showed the walls dashed on my plans which indicates a wall that doesn't cross the RCP cut plane, and there's a counter in the room which has the same dashed linetype. Both were not indicated as dashed on the architectural plans, so I changed them on my RCPs for submittal based on the notes on the unit drawings. Yes, this involves a change order over added heads. There's nothing in the specs or drawings that I can definitively point to that says what I'm looking for, so this is a last ditch effort. Also, my plans have already been approved by the A/E team, and the AHJ. We only noticed this when we saw the wall framing going up to the ceiling on-site. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Ben Benjamin Young
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