besides the special inspection is not that much in the big scheme of things (say $500-1000 at most.a day's worth of work more or less for the initial visit). spec it that that the fabricator should be aisc certified and let them submit the request to use an alternate. it's just like the contractor requested a substitution of materials that are cheaper than what was spec'd.the owner receives a credit. technically the special inspector should be paid for and hired by the owner/owner's rep so then just backcharge the contractor. the contractor is going to save money anyways most likely. to avoid getting in to a litigous situation, simply tell the contractor to reimburse the owner for the special inspections. but nothing says that if you have 5 jobs with a fabricator simultaneously that you need 5 different special inspections (although it would be wise to have them spaced out). so if the eor is recently familiar with the fabricator, then it's possible to go that route.just keep in mind what happens should it ever go to court. There is language that says something on the order of "or sufficiently qualified as assessed by the eor or building official" (that's paraphrased). Uncertified and Special Inspections msucog (Civil/Environmental) 6 Nov 09 15:29 Has anyone else dealt with this situation and what were your solution(s)? But if the owner is hiring the special inspector and requiring that the contractor pay for this, wouldn't there be some type of legal issue to this process?Īnother idea was to put language in the spec that "should the Contractor engage a Non-AISC certified fabricator, an additional amount of $# will be included in the Contractor's final bid to cover the costs of the additional special inspection." Again though, the legality of this idea is unknown. One obvious sugestion would be to include language in the spec that the contractor pay for this at no additional cost to the owner. The question now becomes, how do we allow the uncertifed, but qualified (in my opinion), fabricators to bid on a project without incurring additional cost requirements, to the owner, for the special inspector? To address the question of "quality of work", we previously included in our specs, a provision that the fabricator "have a minimum of 5 years experience in similar construction and similar complexity." This is done primarily to reduce any additional cost to the owner.We have worked successfully, in the past, with uncertified fabricators. Therefore, in our specs, we have been calling for an AISC certified fabricator for the steel. As we all know, technically, the owner is supposed to pay for all special inspection. This is going to be kind of long, so please bear with me.Īs I understand it from the IBC 2006, special inspection is required in the steel fabricator's shop unless the fabricator is certified (paraphrased from 1704.2.2). I'm looking for some advice regarding using AISC certified fabricators vs.
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