Contract Change #2- Digital Data in the A201 (law note)

BinaryDataComing in at #2 on our Top A201 Contract Changes is Digital Data.  (Yesterday’s post on Termination for Convenience changes is here.)

Building Information Modeling (BIM) is fast becoming common place on larger construction projects.  However, there are multiple risks associated with using digital formats that can be manipulated by multiple parties.

In the 2017 revisions to the A201, there is now a requirement that data protocols be established concerning the development, use, transmission, and exchange of all digital data, including BIM data.  (See Section 1.7).

The E203 form is the suggested document to create the digital protocol.  Note, however, that if the parties have not established a protocol, the use of any digital data is at that party’s own risk.  (Section 1.8).

Further, revised section 3.11 clarifies that the Contractor can keep contract documents, change orders, construction change directives, and other modifications at the site only in electronic format, if it so chooses.

Again, a common theme about these contract changes– they are small, but they are important.  As the designer of record, it is vital that you play a lead role in determining the who/what/when/where/why of data transmission.

Tomorrow, we finally come to Contract Change #1, dealing with Insurance.  It’s a doozy! Stay tuned!

 

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