Common use of Schematic Design Approval Clause in Contracts

Schematic Design Approval. The Project Management Contractor shall use its best efforts to cause the design consultant to revise the schematic design so that it reflects the comments received from the Client Agency, the Department and to reflect any approved value engineering ideas. The Project Management Contractor shall review the revised schematic design and advise the Department whether the requested changes and value engineering changes have been incorporated. The Project Management Contractor shall not have the authority to approve the schematic design. The decision to approve or reject the revised schematic design shall be made by the DGS Project Manager. The approved schematic design is referred to herein as the “Final Schematic Design”. The Project Management Contractor shall update the Control Budget to reflect the likely cost of the Final Schematic Design.