of such standard specifications, except as limited to type, class or grade, or modified in contract specifications. Reference to "Standards" referred to in the contract specifications, except as modified, shall have full force and effect as though printed in detail in specifications.

(b) Federal Specification numbers refer to specifications issued by General Services Administration. Such specifications may be seen at the Office of Construction,

Veterans Administration, Washington, D.C., or at the office of the Resident Engineer for this project. An Index to the Specifications may be purchased from the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402. Single copies of specifications may be obtained without charge for bidding purposes, from any GSA Business Service Center provided a copy of the Invitation for Bids is furnished. Multiple copies may be purchased only from GSA Specifications Branch, Building 197, Washington Navy Yard, Washington, D.C. 20407. [43 FR 22033, May 23, 1978]

§ 8-7.650-9 Government supervision.

(a) The work will be under the direction of the Veterans Administration Contracting Officer, who may designate another VA employee to act as Resident Engineer at the construction site.

(b) Except as provided below, the Resident Engineer's directions will not conflict with or change contract requirements.

(c) Within the limits of any specific authority delegated by the Contracting Officer, the Resident Engineer may by written direction make changes in the work. The Contractor shall be advised of the extent of such authority.

[29 FR 9830, July 22, 1964, as amended at 43 FR 22034, May 23, 1978]

§ 8-7.650-10 Daily report of workers and material.

The Contractor shall furnish to the Resident Engineer each day a consolidated report for the preceding work day in which is shown the number of laborers, mechanics, foremen/fore

women and pieces of heavy equipment used or employed by the contractor and subcontractors. The report shall bear the name of the firm, the branch of work which they perform such as concrete, plastering, masonry, plumbing, sheet metal work, etc. Report shall give breakdown of employees by crafts, location where employed, and work performed. The report shall also list materials delivered to the site on the date covered by the report.

[43 FR 22034, May 23, 1978]

§ 8-7.650-12 Subcontracts and work coordination.

The following clause is for use except as provided in § 8-7.650-13.

SUBCONTRACTS AND WORK COORDINATION

(a) Nothing contained in this contract shall be construed as creating any contractual relationship between any subcontractor and the Government. Divisions or sections of specifications are not intended to control the Contractor in dividing work among subcontractors, or to limit work performed by any trade.

(b) The Contractor shall be responsible to the Government for acts and omissions of his/her own employees, and of the subcontractors and their employees. The Contractor shall also be responsible for coordination of the work of the trades, subcontractors, and material suppliers.

(c) The Government or its representatives will not undertake to settle any differences between the Contractor and subcontractors or between subcontractors.

(d) The Government reserves the right to refuse to permit employment on the work or require dismissal from the work of any subcontractor who, by reason of previous unsatisfactory work on Veterans Administration projects or for any other reason, is considered by the Contracting Officer to be incompetent or otherwise objectionable.

[38 FR 5477, Mar. 1, 1973, as amended at 43 FR 22034, May 23, 1978]

§ 8-7.650-13 Work coordination (alternate provision).

For new construction work with complex mechanical-electrical work, the following provision relating to work coordination may be substituted for paragraph (b) of the clause set forth in § 8-7.650-12:

The Contractor shall be responsible to the Government for acts and omissions of his/ her own employees, and subcontractors and

their employees. The Contractor shall also be responsible for coordination of the work of the trades, subcontractors, and material suppliers. The Contractor shall, in advance or the work, prepare coordination drawings showing the location of openings through slabs, the pipe sleeves and hanger inserts, as well as the location and elevation of utility lines, including, but not limited to, conveyor systems, pneumatic tubes, ducts, and conduits and pipes 2 inches and larger in diameter. These drawings, including plans, elevations, and sections as appropriate shall clearly show the manner in which the utilities fit into the available space and relate to each other and to existing building elements. Drawings shall be of appropriate scale to satisfy the previously stated purposes, but not smaller than 8-inch scale. Drawings may be composite (with distinctive colors for the various trades) or may be separate but fully coordinated drawings (such as sepias or photographic paper reproducibles) of the same scale. Separate drawings shall depict identical building areas or sections and shall be capable of being overlaid in any combination. The submitted drawings for a given area of the project shall show the work of all trades which will be involved in that particular area. Six complete composite drawings or six complete sets of separate reproducible drawings shall be received by the Government not less than 20 days prior to the scheduled start of the work in the area illustrated by the drawings, for the purpose of showing the Contractor's planned method of installation. The objectives of such drawings are to promote carefully planned work sequence and proper trade coordination, in order to assure the expeditious solutions of problems and the installation of lines and equipment as contemplated by the contract documents while avoiding or minimizing additional costs to the Contractor and to the Government. In the event the Contractor, in coordinating the various installations and in planning the method of installation, finds a conflict in location or elevation of any of the utilities with themselves, with structural items or with other construction items, he/she shall bring this conflict to the attention of the Contracting Officer immediately. In doing so, the Contractor shall explain the proposed method of solving the problem or shall request instructions as to how to proceed if adjustments beyond those of usual trades coordination are necessary. Utilities installation work will not proceed in any area prior to the submission and completion of the Government review of the coordinated drawings for that area, nor in any area in which conflicts are disclosed by the coordination drawings until the conflicts have been corrected to the satisfaction of the Contracting Officer. It is the responsibility of the Contractor to submit the re

quired drawings in a timely manner consistent with the requirement to complete the work covered by this contract within the prescribed contract time.

[43 FR 22034, May 23, 1978]

§ 8-7.650-14 Payments to contractors.

(a) For contracts that do not contain a section entitled "Network Analysis System (NAS), Clause 7, General Provisions, SF 23A," will be implemented as follows:

PAYMENTS TO CONTRACTORS

Clause 7, General Provisions, SF 23A, is implemented as follows:

(a) The contractor shall submit a schedule of cost to the contracting officer for approval. Such schedule will be signed and submitted in quadruplicate. The approved cost schedule will be one of the bases for determining progress payments to the contractor for work completed. This schedule shall show cost by the branches of work for each building or unit of the contract, as instructed by the resident engineer.

(1) The branches shall be subdivided into as many subbranches as are necessary to cover all component parts of the contract work.

(2) Costs as shown by this schedule must be true costs and, should the resident engineer so desire he/she may require the contractor to submit the original estimate sheets or other information to substantiate detail makeup of schedule.

(3) The sum of subbranches, as applied to each branch, shall equal the total cost of such branch. The total costs of all branches shall equal the contract price.

(4) Bonds, insurance and similar items shall be prorated and included in the cost of each branch of the work.

(5) The cost schedule shall include separate cost information for the systems listed below. The percentages listed below are proportions of the cost listed in contractor's cost schedule and identify, for payment purposes, the value of the work to adjust, correct and test systems after the material has been installed. Payment of the listed percentages will be made only after the contractor has demonstrated that each of the systems is substantially complete and operates as required by the contract.

(b) In addition to this cost schedule, the contractor shall submit such unit costs as may be specifically requested. The unit costs shall be those used by the contractor in preparing his/her bid and will not be binding as pertaining to any contract changes.

(c) The contracting officer will consider for monthly progress payments material and/or equipment procured by the contractor and stored on the construction site as space is available, or at a local approved location off the site, under such terms and conditions as such officer approves, including but not limited to the following:

(1) The material or equipment is in accordance with the contract requirements and/or approved samples and shop drawings.

(2) The contractor furnishes satisfactory evidence of possession of title to such material and/or equipment and that it will be utilized on the work covered by the contract.

(3) Only those materials and/or equipment as are approved by the resident engineer for storage will be included.

(4) Such materials and/or equipment will be stored separately and will be readily available for inspection and inventory by the resident engineer.

(5) Such materials and/or equipment will be protected against weather, theft and other hazards and will not be subjected to deterioration.

(6) All of the other terms, provisions, conditions and covenants contained in the contract shall be and remain in full force and effect as therein provided.

(7) A supplemental agreement will be executed between the Government and the contractor with the consent of the contractor's surety for off-site storage.

(d) The contractor, prior to receiving a progress or final payment under this contract, shall submit to the contracting officer a certification that the contractor has made payment from proceeds of prior payments, or that timely payment will be made from the proceeds of the progress or final payment then due, to subcontractors and suppliers in accordance with the contractual arrangements with them.

(e) The Government reserves the right to withhold payment until samples, shop drawings, engineer's certificates, additional bonds, payrolls, weekly statements of compliance, nondiscrimination compliance reports, or any other things required by this contract, have been submitted to the satisfaction of the contracting officer.

(f) [Revoked]

(b) For contracts that contain a section entitled "Network Analysis System (NAS), Clause 7, General Provisions, SF 23A," will be implemented as follows:

PAYMENTS TO CONTRACTORS

Clause 7, General Provisions, SF 23A, is implemented as follows:

(a) The contractor shall submit a schedule of costs in accordance with requirements of section NAS (network analysis system) to the contracting officer for approval. The approved cost schedule will be one of the bases for determining progress payments to the contractor for work completed.

(1) Costs as shown on this schedule must be true costs and should the resident engineer so desire, he/she may require the contractor to submit his/her original estimate sheets or other information to substantiate the detailed makeup of the cost schedule.

(2) The total costs of all activities shall equal the contract price.

(3) Bonds, insurance and similar items shall be prorated and included in each activity cost of the critical path method (CPM) network.

(4) The CPM network shall include a separate cost loaded activity for adjusting and testing of the systems listed below. The percentages listed below will be used to determine the cost of adjust and test activities and identify, for payment purposes, the value of the work to adjust, correct and test systems after the material has been installed.

(5) Payment for adjust and test activities will be made only after the contractor has demonstrated that each of the systems is substantially complete and operates as required by the contract.

(b) In addition to this cost schedule, the contractor shall submit such unit costs as may be specifically requested. The unit costs shall be those used by the contractor in preparing his/her bid and will not be binding as pertaining to any contract changes.

(c) The contracting officer will consider for monthly progress payments material and/or equipment procured by the contractor and stored on the construction site as space is available, or at a local approved location off the site, under such terms and conditions as such officer approves, including but not limited to the following:

(1) The material or equipment is in accordance with the contract requirements and/or approved samples and shop drawings.

(2) The contractor furnishes satisfactory evidence of possession of title to such material and/or equipment and that it will be utilized on the work covered by the contract.

(3) Only those materials and/or equipment as are aproved by the resident engineer for storage will be included.

(4) Such materials and/or equipment will be stored separately and will be readily available for inspection and inventory by the resident engineer.

(5) Such materials and/or equipment will be protected against weather, theft and other hazards and will not be subjected to deterioration.

(6) All of the other terms, provisions, conditions and covenants contained in the contract shall be and remain in full force and effect as therein provided.

(7) A supplemental agreement will be executed between the Government and the contractor with the consent of the contractor's surety for off-site storage.

(d) The contractor, prior to receiving a progress or final payment under this contract, shall submit to the contracting officer a certification that the contractor has made payment from proceeds of prior payments, or that timely payment will be made from the proceeds of the progress or final payment then due, to subcontractors and suppliers in accordance with the contractual arrangements with them.

(e) The Government reserves the right to withhold payment until samples, shop drawings, engineer's certificates, additional bonds, payrolls, weekly statements of compliance, nondiscrimination compliance reports, or any other things required by this contract, have been submitted to the satisfaction of the contracting officer. (f) [Revoked]

[38 FR 15616, June 14, 1973, as amended at 41 FR 48517, Nov. 4, 1976; 43 FR 22034, May 23, 1978; 45 FR 14045, Mar. 4, 1980]

§ 8-7.650-15 Schedule of work progress.

(a) The Contractor shall submit with the schedule of costs, as required by "Payment to Contractor" clause a progress curve indicating anticipated work progression against lapsed contract time, for approval of the Contracting Officer. Submission shall be in quadruplicate on VA Form 08-6159, Construction Progress Chart, furnished by the Veterans Administration, and shall be signed by the Contractor. The curve shall start on the date the Contractor receives the "Notice to Proceed" and terminate on the original contract completion date. Both dates shall be indicated on the Construction Progress Chart.

(b) The scheduled percent completion will be compared to the actual percent completion to determine if the contract work is on schedule. Monthly progress reports will be prepared by the Veterans Administration on a Contract Progress Report form (VA Form 08-6001 or 08-6001a, as appropriate). This report will indicate both scheduled percent completion and actual percent completion. The scheduled percent completion will be taken from the approved progress curve. The

actual percent completion will be based on the value of work in place divided by current contract amount.

(c) The progress curve will be revised when additional time is granted for any reason. The curve will be revised only for individual or cumulative time extensions of 15 days or more. Either of the following methods of revising the curve will be used, depending on circumstances.

(1) Where there is additional time granted for reasons which do not immediately affect the job progress, such as changed work, use the following method: The curve is replotted between two points, starting with the point on the original or current curve established by the date when the change was ordered. The second point is the extended contract completion date resulting from the change.

(2) Where there is additional time granted for reasons which immediately affect the job progress, use the following method: The curve is replotted by means of a horizontal displacement to the original or current curve. The point on the original or current curve established by the date when the change was ordered or when job progress was affected is determined. The number of days granted is plotted horizontally from this point to establish the displacement. The remainder of the curve is replotted to the extended contract completion date.

(d) The revised curve will be used for reporting future scheduled percent completion.

[38 FR 5477, Mar. 1, 1973]

§ 8-7.650-16 Supplementary labor standards provisions.

(a) The wage determination decision of the Secretary of Labor is set forth in section GR, General Requirements, of this contract. It is the result of a study of wage conditions in the locality and establishes the minimum hourly rates of wages and fringe benefits for the described classes of labor in accordance with applicable law. No increase in the contract price will be allowed or authorized because of payment of wage rates in excess of those listed.

(b) The contractor shall submit the required copies of payrolls to the con

tracting officer through the resident engineer or engineer officer, when acting in that capacity, Department of Labor Form WH-347, Payroll, available from the Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402, may be used for this purpose. If, however, the contractor or subcontractor elects to use an individually composed payroll form, it shall contain the same information shown on Form WH-347, and in addition be accompanied by Department of Labor Form WH-348, Statement of Compliance, or any other form containing the exact wording of this form.

[38 FR 5478, Mar. 1, 1973, as amended at 41 FR 48518, Nov. 4, 1976]

§ 8-7.650-20 Safety requirements.

(a) In order to protect the lives and health of employees and others, the contractor shall take such safety precautions as are required by insurance underwriters, and shall comply with all applicable provisions of "Safety and Health Regulations for Construction" as set out in Title 29-Labor, Code of Federal Regulations.

(b) The contractor shall maintain an accurate record of, and shall report to the contracting officer through the resident engineer in the manner and on forms prescribed by the contracting officer, all cases of death, occupational disease, and traumatic injury arising out of, or in course of, performance of this contract.

(c) The responsibility for compliance with the "Safety and Health Regulations for Construction," set out in Title 29-Labor, Code of Federal Regulations, is placed on the contractor; consequently, prime contractors or subcontractors, or both, are responsible for compliance with these regulations. Insofar as the Government is concerned, the responsibility for the administration and enforcement of Title 29-Labor, Code of Federal Regulations, in the private sector, is with the U.S. Department of Labor.