7/14/2023 0 Comments Approved stampIt may also be appropriate to indicate the individual’s state and license number. Its utility is obvious: the design professional-in-responsible-charge of the review would be identified and clearly indicated, and such indication may encourage design professionals-in-responsible-charge to exercise appropriate supervisory control over the review. Item “3.(c)”, above, is probably rare on submittal review stamps and, when used, would apply only to submittals of an architectural, engineering, or professional geology nature concerning technical matters. Indication of: (a) the design professional’s company name and (b) the name of the individual who performed the review and (c) the name of the design professional-in-responsible-charge of the review and (d) the date of the review.The disposition assigned by the design professional.Where brevity is desired, the above paragraph may be shortened by eliminating all text following the first comma.Įlements of the Design Professional’s Submittal Review Stampĭesign professionals’ submittal review stamps, whether an inked stamp, an electronic facsimile of a stamp (often part of a memo-style comment sheet), or as generated by online document management systems, usually have three main elements: Accordingly, this Submittal is hereby approved for Contractor by: I hereby certify that Contractor has satisfied Contractor’s obligations under the Contract Documents relative to Contractor’s review and approval of this Submittal, including that I have: (1) reviewed and coordinated the Submittal with other Submittals and with the requirements of the Work and the Contract Documents (2) determined and verified: (a) all field measurements, quantities, dimensions, specified performance and design criteria, installation requirements, materials, catalog numbers, and similar information with respect to the Submittal, (b) the suitability of all materials and equipment offered with respect to the indicated application, fabrication, shipping, handling, storage, assembly, and installation pertaining to the performance of the Work, and (c) all information relative to Contractor’s responsibilities for means, methods, techniques, sequences, and procedures of construction, and safety precautions and programs incident thereto (3) confirmed that the Submittal is complete with respect to all related data included in the Submittal and (4) clearly and expressly indicated all proposed deviations (if any) from the requirements of the Contract Documents both in the Submittal itself and in the Submittal’s transmittal letter. and Review Cycle: _Ĭoordinated by Contractor with Submittal Nos.: _ The following is suggested language of the contractor’s submittal approval stamp, that may be required via a project’s specifications Section 01 33 00 – Submittal Procedures:Ĭontract Designation: _ Because of the contractor’s general warranty and guarantee that all the work shall comply with the contract documents and not be defective, contractors’ submittal approval stamps should not include limitations or disclaimers. Standard general conditions in widespread use in the United States, including AIA A201-2017, Standard General Conditions of the Contract for Construction, and EJCDC C-700-2018, Standard General Conditions of the Construction Contract, require the contractor to apply an approval stamp on all shop drawings, product data, samples, and other submittals before transmitting them to the design professional for review. Such stamps are often a focal point regarding liability associated with review of a submittal. Submittal review stamps are important because they are the means by which the results of a submittal review are presented, indicating the disposition assigned to the submittal and the limits of the review. This blog post presents recommended practices and language for submittal review stamps. Much attention has been devoted to the topic of review stamps (or, in the digital era, facsimiles of stamps) for shop drawings and other contractor-furnished submittals. Forthcoming posts in the series will address submittals with deviations from contract requirements and delegated design submittals. Previous posts have addressed: definition, purpose, and necessity of submittals the various types of submittals and liability associated with submittal reviews. This is the fourth in a six-part series of blog posts on shop drawings and submittals.
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