(a) The design professional shall be responsible for the professional and technical accuracy and coordination of all designs, drawings, specifications, cost estimates, and other work or materials furnished under the standard professional services contract.
(b)
(1) The design professional shall perform a quality control review of the specifications and drawings prior to making a plan review submittal to the department.
(2) The design professional shall ensure that the plans and specifications being submitted for review meet the MSC submittal requirements and that all elements of the design have been coordinated with respect to function and location.
(3) It is not the responsibility of the department, the Building Authority Division, or the contractor to ensure that the plans have been coordinated from sheet-to-sheet and discipline-to-discipline.
(c)
(1) The cover sheet of all plans and specifications submitted for review to the Design Review Section shall contain the following statement signed by the responsible design professional who is a principal in the firm.
(2) Failure to perform proper coordination or to include and sign this statement may be grounds for rejection of the submittal without review.
(3) This statement may be removed from the cover sheet prior to issuing the plans for bids: “A Quality Control check, including the appropriate coordination among disciplines, has been made on this project’s documents, and corrections related to this check have been made. The undersigned principal/owner states that these plans and specifications as submitted for review are, to the best of his or her knowledge and ability, complete and ready for review.” Signed Date (name and title) This statement need not appear on sets of documents issued to bidders.