Title:
Guidelines for Authorities and Responsibilities in Concrete Design and Construction
Author(s):
ACI Committee on Responsibility in Concrete Construction
Publication:
Concrete International
Volume:
27
Issue:
4
Appears on pages(s):
33-39
Keywords:
design responsibility; construction contracts; building safety; codes
DOI:
Date:
4/1/2005
Abstract:
The ACI Committee on Responsibility in Concrete Construction prepared these guidelines to help ACI technical committees prepare documents. The guidelines will also be useful to those writing contract documents for projects involving concrete and to anyone managing and controlling such projects. Practices for assigning and accepting responsibility in design and construction vary throughout the world and within the U.S. In many cases, confusion about responsibilities of design and construction team members has led to protracted legal proceedings. To address this problem, the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) prepared the document "Quality in the Constructed Project." These guidelines conform in principle with that work but provide more details pertaining to concrete projects.