This is the fourth and final column on preparation and completing specific consulting engineering tasks that are traditionally covered in the design engineering firm’s consulting fee.
With the construction phase coming to a close, it is the design team’s responsibility to visit the construction site and complete a walk-through of the installation, taking note of completeness of work and producing a final punch list of remaining things to do and/or listing deficiencies in the contract document. It is also the time when the designers (architect and consulting engineers) sign off on requirements found in the contract documents (and more specifically, the contract specification Division 1 and its Supplementary General Conditions).