Specifications include, but are not limited to: a. The contractor shall respond to department requests through the department for clarifications of the construction documents including any inadequacies in the documents. The contractor shall prepare appropriate instructions or modifications to the contract documents for the department to issue to the construction contractor. The contractor shall advise the department on matters that may affect the utilization of the project, extra cost or additional time. Services for change orders necessitated by inadequacies in the construction documents must be provided by the contractor at no additional cost to the department. b. The contractor shall promptly review, approve or disapprove of shop drawings, test results, samples, color selections, and other submissions by the construction contractor for conformance with the design concept of the project and for compliance with the information given in the contract documents. c. The contractor shall maintain a submittal log and shall promptly notify the department concerning any submittals, or lack of submittals, which may delay construction progress. The contractor shall return reviewed submittals to the department within 7 calendar days of receipt. The contractor’s approval of submittals must be in writing to the department. Approvals must contain a recommendation for credit due the department, if appropriate, for construction contractor substituted items. The contractor shall use the following convention when reviewing submittals: • “No Exceptions Taken” – denotes the submittal is generally consistent with the requirements of the contract documents. A resubmittal is not required.
