Common use of Subcontractor Interfacing Clause in Contracts

Subcontractor Interfacing. The Construction Manager shall be the single point of interface with all Subcontractors for the Owner and all its agents and representatives including the Architect/Engineer. He shall negotiate all change orders, field orders and request for proposals, with all affected Subcontractors and shall review the costs of those proposals and advise the Owner and Architect/Engineer of their validity and reasonableness, acting in the Owner's best interest prior to requesting approval of each change order from the Owner. Before any work is begun on any change order, a written authorization from the Owner must be issued. However, when health, safety or the environment are threatened, the Construction Manager shall act immediately to mitigate the threat. He shall stamp and carefully review all requests for information, submittals and shop drawings for general conformance with the plans and specifications before forwarding them to the Architect/Engineer for review and approval. The Architect/Engineer shall take reasonable action and transmit the response to the Construction Manager for coordination with the affected Subcontractors.