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title: Submittal and Quality Procedures
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## Submittal Classification {toc}
−## Every required submittal shall be classified as either an action submittal or an informational submittal. {note}
+## Every required submittal shall be classified as either an action submittal or an informational submittal.
## An action submittal requires the Architect's review and approval before the related Work may proceed; an informational submittal is provided for the record only and does not require approval. {note}
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## Review Periods {toc}
−## AIA A201-2017 §4.2.7 obligates the Architect to review submittals "with reasonable promptness," but that phrase is not a schedulable duration; on any project with a meaningful submittal volume it must be replaced with a stated calendar-day count. {note}
+## AIA A201-2017 §4.2.7 obligates the Architect to review submittals "with reasonable promptness," but that phrase is not a schedulable duration; on any project with a meaningful submittal volume it must be replaced with a stated calendar-day count.
## Specifying a definite review period in calendar or business days is the single highest-value clarification in this section: it converts an open-ended contractual standard into a schedulable commitment for both parties and forecloses the chronic RFI traffic that "reasonable promptness" generates. {note}
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## Delegated design transfers responsibility for engineering a specified system from the design team to a professional engineer retained by the Contractor, typically for performance-specified systems such as cold-formed steel framing, pre-engineered components, and post-installed anchorage. {note}
−## The boundary between what is delegated and what the Engineer of Record (EOR) designs must be drawn explicitly, because an EOR cannot legally review, approve, or take responsibility for engineering outside the delegated scope, and an ambiguous boundary produces sealed submittals no one can properly act on. {note}
+## The boundary between what is delegated and what the Engineer of Record (EOR) designs must be drawn explicitly, because an EOR cannot legally review, approve, or take responsibility for engineering outside the delegated scope, and an ambiguous boundary produces sealed submittals no one can properly act on.
## The contract documents shall state, for each delegated-design system, the precise scope delegated to the Contractor's engineer and the design criteria the delegated design must satisfy.
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## On federal and public projects the plan is mandatory and is typically structured on the USACE three-phase control model: a preparatory phase before each definable feature of work, an initial phase at the start of that work, and a follow-up phase of continuing checks. On VA and large healthcare projects the plan is often required to be ISO 9001-aligned. {note}
−## A QC requirement with no stated consequence for non-submission or non-compliance is unenforceable; the specification must tie the plan to a hold on the affected Work so the requirement has effect. {note}
+## A QC requirement with no stated consequence for non-submission or non-compliance is unenforceable; the specification must tie the plan to a hold on the affected Work so the requirement has effect.
## The Contractor shall submit a written quality-control plan describing the QC organization, the personnel responsible and their authority, the control procedures for each definable feature of work, and the quality records to be maintained.
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## Their competence is established by accreditation rather than assertion: ASTM E329-21 sets the personnel, equipment, and quality-system requirements for construction testing and inspection agencies, and ASTM D3740-19 does the same for soil and rock testing laboratories. Accreditation programs such as AASHTO (AAP), CCRL, AMRL, and IAS provide the independent confirmation that an agency meets those requirements. {note}
−## Whether the testing agency is engaged and paid by the Owner or by the Contractor must be stated, because an unstated arrangement leads contractors either to assume they bear no testing cost or to retain an unqualified low-bid laboratory. {note}
+## Whether the testing agency is engaged and paid by the Owner or by the Contractor must be stated, because an unstated arrangement leads contractors either to assume they bear no testing cost or to retain an unqualified low-bid laboratory.
## Each independent testing and inspection agency shall meet the qualification requirements of ASTM E329-21, and each soil and rock testing laboratory shall meet ASTM D3740-19.
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