Including but not limited to
Including but not limited to
(OP)
"Including but not limited to .........."
The phrase all contractors hate to see on scope documents.
Does anyone have any others?
The phrase all contractors hate to see on scope documents.
Does anyone have any others?





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RE: Including but not limited to
Time is of the essence...
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"Do not scale this drawing. Field verify all stated dimensions."
"...or approved equal."
Nota bene: A manufacturer / installer of control systems named his company "Approved Equal, Inc." He's had fun bidding all sorts of jobs...
This'll be a fun thread I bet!
Best to ya,
Old Dave
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* Taken from the "Sales Conditions" of a pipes and fittings Supplier (no comment...!):
SALE ORDERS - All the orders are assumed a title of reservation and they do not engage our Company to the delivery of articles demanded.
(...)
DELIVERIES - The terms of delivery come agree in contractual phase. Such terms have an indicative value. Our Company is not held to agree a compensation for direct damages which had to delivery delays.
(...)
PAYMENTS - The payments have to be settled terms also in the cases of delay in the arrival of the goods. In case of payment passed the established expiration, we'll apply the interests for delayed payment.
(...)
MODIFICATION - Our Company without any warning can make commercially and technically changes.
* Taken from an Offer issued by a valve actuator Manufacturer:
DELIVERY: 20/22 working weeks ex our works (summer/end of year holiday excluded), from order date, final technical details clarification and customer documentation approval. Delivery shall be also verified against the workload at the time of order placement.
Given the purchase order date, would you be able to say their contract delivery date?
Bye to all, 'NGL
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"Controller and all electronic devices shall be capable of surviving and remaining fully functional after repeated direct strikes by lightning."
I think at least one contractor proposed a really big copper dome over the campus...
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DRWeig: Where was the campus, Transilvania? Electrical upgrades to Professor Frankenstein's laboratory perhaps?
My worst hated specification phrase is,
'item' shall be placed on EITHER end, when the meaning is, 'item' shall be placed on BOTH ends
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"Any contractor seen with a smile on his face after awarding of the contract shall be subject to an immediate review of the bid."
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The plans and specifications shall be considered and used together. Anything appearing as a requirement of either shall be accepted as applicable to both even though not so stated therein shown.
Hydrae
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"Use a contractor from the approved list to plug the well."
Head first or feet first?
Hg
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What I hate to see in contract documents is language saying "follow XYZ" when XYZ is already part of the spec. The intent is emphasis, but it implies that ABC, LMN, and JKL, also already part of the spec, don't apply because they weren't mentioned explicitly. Redundancy causes problems.
Hg
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"Such as..." is so much more succinct and specific than "Including but not limited to..."
Generalizations can cause grief too. "Contractor shall coordinate installation among various trades to avoid interference and insure code compliance." This is actually the job of the design engineer, is it not? Does this phrase not attempt to dump all enginnering liability on an installer?
Oh, well. Good posts above!
Best to y'all...
Old Dave
RE: Including but not limited to
RE: Including but not limited to
But an equivalent to what you mention is "when required by the Engineer". We put that all over the place in our standard specs. It defines areas in which the resident engineer (often as represented by the field inspector) can make a judgement call on the spot. Contractors rely on past experience to guess what those judgement calls are likely to be and bid accordingly.
Hg
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Bung
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