Project Name
Project No. ___________
UFC 4-721-11.1, UEPH Complexes, 26 Nov 01
ATTACHMENT 1
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
GUIDE SPECIFICATIONS MODIFIED FOR DESIGN-BUILD CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS:
Several Guide Specifications, covering contract procedures and execution issues must be modified for
design-build construction contracts to reflect the integrated design and construction aspects, as well as the
non-traditional roles and responsibilities of the parties. Some of these modified Specifications have been
included herein. In addition, we have included a sample Section 01012 "DESIGN AFTER AWARD"
modified to suit a typical UEPH construction project. USACE Design District must review, edit, and taylor
these specifications to suit the particular project.
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\ Current UFGS Specification Sections available through CCB have been edited to include provisions to
address Design-Build contracts.
Design Districts shall take particular care in preparing these
administrative specifications so that the provisions which address Design-Build requirements remain in the
edited sections. /1/
SUBMITTALS (SECTION 01330)
Design submittals are covered in Division 01 General Requirements, Section 01012 "DESIGN AFTER
AWARD". Construction submittal requirements are addressed in, Section 01330, "SUBMITTAL
REQUIREMENTS". In design-build contracts, design and construction submittals are generally reviewed
for conformance to the contract requirements. They are NOT routinely "reviewed for approval". The only
time review for approval is necessary is for totally prescriptive specialty designs for which the Government
desires to assume design responsibility. The requirement for approval should be determined during the
development of the D-B RFP. The design-build project team needs to be explicit as to what needs
Government approval and why the approval is necessary. The team also needs to be explicit as to what
needs Government review and that the review is to ensure conformance to the contract requirements. The
primary principle to remember is that if the Government chooses to approve the submittal, they may be
taking some responsibility from the Contractor on design issues. One of the main advantages of D-B is
the single point of responsibility for both design and construction. The Government shifts the risk of
design adequacy to the D-B by avoiding assumption of the traditional role of "approval" of design and
construction products to the maximum extent possible.
Section 01330 makes the D-B Contractor's Designer(s) of Record responsible for assuring the adequacy
and integration of the design, including written approval for all extensions of design, critical materials, any
deviations from the solicitation, the accepted proposal, or the completed design, equipment whose
compatibility with the entire system must be checked. The Government must concur with deviations to the
completed design and must approve deviations to the accepted proposal and RFP; the latter are
considered formal "changes", unless inconsequential in scope and cost
This attachment provides the location for the placement of the "font end" type specifications which are
used to control contractor overall operations and represent the standards of operation and communication
between the Corps Construction District and the contractor.
The specifications included here should represent the minimum information necessary for the construction
Area Office to adequately administer the contract, it is not the intention of this attachment to include
material specific technical specifications from the Corps of Engineers Guide Specifications (UFGS) or
other similar sources.
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