Request for Substitute
Request for Substitute
(OP)
I am in MEP field, and although it's not a technical question, I know a lot of you guys know the answer, which is greatly appreciated. When a contractor sends a submittal to an engineer for approval and the item submitted is not in the list of acceptable manufactures then how should the contractor provide the Request for Substitute. Should it go through GC then to PM, or GC to the engineer directly?





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you should be free to allow a product from a not-listed manufacturer as long as it has the equal or better properties. (i.e. in case you didn't list york as equal chiller, but the model they suggest is better than your original ones, your client has an advantage of getting the York chiller).
I only can speak of Public Works project, and there I'm required to approve "equal or better" products. Obviously it is at my digression to way maintenance, efficiency etc. to determine what is equal or better. In case of trade-offs between efficiency and maintenance, you may talk to the owner / operator of the system.
in the end, you are serving the client and are required to find the best system for the client.
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