(a)

1. (1) The DBA provisions should define the authority of the:

   1. (A) Resident engineer;
   2. (B) Assistant resident engineer;
   3. (C) IA; and
   4. (D) OVTI personnel.
2. (2) The provisions should state that the resident engineer will have the authority to enforce the provisions of the DBA.
3. (3) The DBA, in particular the scope of work, should guide the development of the final design.
4. (4) The design-builder, not the Arkansas Department of Transportation, will create the final plans and specifications that become the record documents of the project.
5. (5) The PRT members should be limited in their review role to checking the plans and specifications for conformance with the project design criteria (PDC) and the remainder of the DIT members should limit their review of the constructed work to verification of the constructed product against the final plans and specifications submitted by the design-builder.
6. (6) Changes to the project final plans and specifications should only be required by the DIT if they do not conform to the terms of the DBA.

(b)

1. (1) The PRT should avoid providing preferential type comments during the review of the final design or submittals unless the comments are based on contract requirements.
2. (2) Comments of a preferential type include comments such as how documents are organized or what information is presented.
3. (3) Any department or project-specific plan content or organizational requirements for the submittals must be incorporated into the RFP through the technical provisions as project requirements, otherwise the design-builder will not be obligated to meet those requirements.

(c)

1. (1) During the execution of the DBA, the design-builder must submit many of the same documents required under a DB-B professional services and construction contract, but the completeness and timing of the submittals may be out of sequence from a more traditional DB-B project.
2. (2) Some construction submittals will begin to be submitted to the department soon after the design submittals begin when the design process for that particular element is not complete.
3. (3) Long lead time construction elements will be of primary importance to the design-builder and the design of those elements will have priority over design documents that do not have the same lead time requirements.

(d)

1. (1) The handling of design submittals may be a new issue to the department staff, therefore, DIT members should be trained in the proper procedures to process the submittals prior to the beginning of the DBA execution.
2. (2) The efficient and timely handling of the submittals is an important process managed by the DIT.
3. (3) Timely processing and returning of the submittals is mandatory to avoid potential claims of schedule impact by the design-builder at a later date should the construction schedule fail to meet the intended target date.