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By Bill Schmalz, FAIA, and Yu-Ngok Lo, AIA Most architects know that a substitution, an RFI, and a submittal are distinct things, each with its own relationship to the owner-contractor agreement. Neither RFIs nor submittals should be used to change the design intent. Substitutions can, when approved by the owner, result in changes to the design intent and usually in change orders. This simplified distinction sounds clear, no? And yet substitution requests have ways of disguising themselves as RFIs and submittals, and the on-site architect needs to be on the lookout for this. [Download the PDF to read more]#ConstructionContractAdminstration #WhitePapers #onsitearchitect #CCAWhitepaper #ConstructionContractAdministration #contractor #procedure