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Shop drawings, submittals and RFIs · Lesson 4 of 4

Shop drawings, submittals and RFIs: why they come back

The ways a submittal or RFI is returned, why a stamp does not rescue an unflagged variation, how a limit is caught on the drawing, how revisions are compared, an inspection checklist, a teaching case and the records to keep.

You will be able to: Diagnose why a submittal or an RFI comes back, choose the correction, catch a limit on the drawing before the shop does, and keep the evidence.

13 min · 12 slides · 10 questions

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Ways a submittal comes back

A college specification returns without review a submittal lacking the contractor's approval stamp, or one from a source other than the contractor.

It also says a partial submittal is nonresponsive and returned without review.

A submittal package that comes back and one that goes throughTwo panels. A package that comes back: no contractor stamp, not sent by the contractor, a deviation not flagged, only half the set, related items sent separately. A package that goes through: stamped, signed and dated, sent by the contractor, the deviation encircled and listed on the transmittal, related items together, complete with nothing missing.What the reviewer seesComes backNo contractor stampNot sent by the contractorDeviation not flaggedOnly half the setRelated items sent separatelyGoes throughStamped, signed and datedSent by the contractorDeviation encircled and listedRelated items sent togetherComplete, nothing missingEach flaw above can get asubmittal returned or rejected.

Two panels. A package that comes back: no contractor stamp, not sent by the contractor, a deviation not flagged, only half the set, related items sent separately. A package that goes through: stamped, signed and dated, sent by the contractor, the deviation encircled and listed, related items sent together, complete with nothing missing.

Each flaw in the first panel is one that a specification in this module says can get a submittal returned or rejected.

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Glossary

Nonresponsive submittal
A partial or incomplete submittal that one college specification says is not acceptable and will be returned without review.
Field dimension
A dimension established by measuring the building rather than taken from the design drawings, labelled as such on a shop drawing.
Variation
A difference between a submittal and the contract documents; a federal guide specification warns that failure to point one out can lead to rejection and removal of the work at the contractor's expense.
Revise and resubmit
An action mark meaning the submittal is not in compliance; the contractor does not proceed with the work it covers, and sends a corrected submittal with a new revision number.