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Contracts and who is liable for a missed item in the bid

ArkansasDesign Professional

Hi guys! I am studying for my architectural license exams (the AREs) and I had a question come up that I missed but THOUGHT I got right. Basically, the scenario is: the architect goes out to a site visit and finds some bollards missing on site. When asked, the contractor replies that the bollards were not shown in all architectural drawings, only in the landscape drawings & specifications, therefore, the contractor only ordered what was shown in all architectural drawings. (let's say for example there are 8 bollards shown on landscape and the contractor only ordered 5 because that was shown on the architectural plan & sections). Per the AIA A201, who is responsible for paying for the other 3 bollards? I answered that the owner still has to pay for the bollards, but I got this wrong and the people creating the content told me this was in the A201 that the contractor would have to pay since they missed it in the bid. However, this does not make sense to me because the owner would have paid for the 3 bollards anyways. I also asked a contractor and he said I was correct. I was hoping to get a contractor's perspective on this question and hoping you could point me to the right place in the A201 where this could be answered? The answer description from the question creator was that "A201 states that all drawings are complimentary therefore, the contractor has to pay for what he missed" but that's not what the contract says exactly. It says "all drawings are complimentary and the contractor needs to familiarize himself with the construction drawings and point out any discrepancies to the architect" HELPPPPP!!! (: NIKKI CRANE ncrane@polkstanleywilcox.com

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