General Conditions vs Supplementary Conditions vs Special Conditions
General conditions are found in A201.
Per the AIA's Guide to Supplementary Conditions (A503), I take it "supplementary conditions" are any project-specific amendments or revisions to the AIA's furnished A201. Is this correct? (question 1)
For special conditions... where are these located and what is an example? (question 2)
When in comes to balancing these requirements with those found in CSI masterformat, Ballast says, "Don't confuse General Requirements (Division 01) with General Conditions of the Contract for Construction (A201). The procedures listed in Division 01 must be coordinated with the terms of the owner-architect and owner-contractor agreements used for the project to ensure that the same responsibilities are assigned to each party in both documents." What is the need to have the same requirements in two separate places? (question 3)
I can see where Division 01 dives deeper into the contractor's responsibilities for "construction facilities", "temporary construction", etc. The information pertaining to the architect seems like a simple duplicate and an opportunity to miss conflicting information.
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1. Yes, correct.
2. I have only come across special conditions as a custom rider/exhibit. It was a commercial TI project where the landlord was funding a percentage of it, and they had their own boilerplate conditions for building ops - not interfering with other tenants, coordinating with the building engineer, using certain freight elevators at certain times etc. As far as I know there is no AIA guidance or form because they are intended to be completely project specific.
3. To use an analogy to the construction process as a whole - A201 is the legal "design intent", and Div 01 is "means & methods". I agree that it's not a clear separation (I'm sure it's created many billable hours for a lot of construction lawyers!) but that's the underlying concept. The two examples that are front of mind for me are pencil reqs and lien waivers for the payment process. A201 says little if anything about them, but they're very important for timely payments and proper protection for the owner.
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