The owner's designated representative for construction (ODRC) shall identify all contract documents. When the design drawings and a design model are both provided, the owner's designated representative for design (ODRD) shall specify which document is the controlling contract document. The contract documents shall establish the procedures for communicating changes to the contract documents, permitted use of design and other digital models, and restrictions on the release of these digital models to other parties.
Commentary
There can be many combinations of drawings and digital models used as part of the contract documents, and to transfer information between the many entities in the design and construction processes. The communication of design information to the fabricator through the design model is permitted in this Code. This Code does not designate which of these possible documents takes precedence because of the variation in current practice. The document hierarchy is left to the ODRD and communicated through the ODRC. The ODRC must provide guidance as to which information is to be considered to have precedence if conflicts exist.