Specifications - City of Montpelier, Vermont

Title:Montpelier District HeatingCity of Montpelier, VT019110 – General Commissioning RequirementsIssue Date:October 17, 2012Page #:24 of 30c. If the failure rate of a similar family of equipment or devices isgreater than 10%, then the Owner shall be notified. The mattershall be addressed by the Owner, CM, CxA, and other applicableparties. The failure issue shall be resolved to the Owner’s satisfaction.d. The contractor shall reschedule the test; and the test repeated.e. If there is a dispute about a deficiency, regarding whether or not itis a deficiency:1.) The dispute shall be documented on the noncomplianceform with the contractor’s response.2.) Resolutions are made at the lowest management level possible. Other parties are brought into the discussions asneeded. Final interpretive authority is with the engineer.Final acceptance authority is with the construction manager.3.) The CxA documents the resolution process.4.) Once the interpretation and resolution have been decided,the contractor corrects the deficiency, signs the statementof correction on the noncompliance form and provides it tothe CxA, through the CM. The contractor shall reschedulethe test and the test repeated until satisfactory performanceis achieved.5.) Cost of retesting a performance test is the contractor’s.6.) The contractor shall submit in writing to the CM at least asoften as commissioning meetings are being scheduled, thestatus of each outstanding discrepancy identified duringcommissioning. Discussion shall cover explanations of anydisagreement and proposals for their resolutions.a.)b.)The CxA retains the original nonconformanceforms until the end of the project.Retesting shall not be considered a justified reasonfor a claim of delay or for a time extension by thecontractor.GENERAL COMMISSIONING REQUIREMENTS 01910 24