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About the Standards:

The Design & Construction standards presented here are intended to assist architects, engineers, other design professionals, and contractors in understanding the University's preferences in the development, and renovation of its facilities. These standards are intended to be used as guidelines and NOT SPECIFICATIONS, therefore, the legal responsibility for project document preparation shall continue to reside with the Design Professional.

Please Note: These Design and Construction Standards are for use by Carnegie Mellon University, its consultants and contractors and remain the property of Carnegie Mellon University at all times.

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To access the Guidelines, click here:DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION STANDARDS

 

 

 

 

 

 

UNIVERSITY POLICY

By contract with the university, Design Consultants apply university Design and Construction Standards to their work on university projects. 

If Design Consultants identify circumstances which, in their professional opinion, either the university or their internal customers or their projects themselves would be better served by waiving the application of any aspect of the Design and Construction Standards, they must seek  formal approvals to continue with design services that do not apply certain of those Design and Construction Standards to their work.

To obtain such waivers, Design Consultants are asked to put their requests in writing addressed to the Project Manager assigned to their projects.  Project Managers submit written applications for waivers to the Director of Design in the university’s Campus Design Facility Development (CDFD) organization, or to the University Engineer in the university’s Facilities Management Services organization, or to both (depending on the nature of each proposed waiver) for review and response.  Copies of waiver requests also go to the Associate Vice Provost for CDFD, to the Project Manager's supervisor, and to Customer Representatives for the projects involved.

The Director of Design in the University's CDFD organization or University Engineer or both approve or reject waiver applications in writing and transmit them to the Project Manager, with copies to the Design Consultant, to the Associate Vice Provost for CDFD, to the supervisor and to the Customer Representative. Design Consultants or Customer Representatives may appeal rulings on waiver applications to the Associate Vice Provost.

The Associate Vice Provost reviews appeals of proposed waivers and either approves or denies them, with advice from the Project Managers and the supervisor, and from other interested parties not directly involved in the appeal. Associate Vice Provost decisions are put in writing and transmitted to the appellant (Design Consultant or Customer Representative), with copies to the other interested party and to the University Architect, Engineer, to the Project Manager, and to the supervisor.

Waiver requests provide useful insights into the effect of the Design Guidelines. Over time, they may prompt confirmations of, or changes to, the Design Guidelines.

 

 







Last updated May 6, 2008