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SECTION 01 32 00

CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTATION

PART 1- GENERAL

1.1 DESCRIPTION:

A. Construction contractors and A/E design firms, selected by award to perform work at VISN 2 VA facilities, are required to utilize VISN 2

Autodesk Build Construction management platform, also called Autodesk

Construction Cloud (ACC). Access to the platform and training portal will be provided by VISN 2 through project Contracting Officer

Representative (COR) at no cost for the duration of the project.

Autodesk Build is the management and collaborative environment that

VISN 2 uses for all its Non-Recurring Maintenance (NRM), Minor Program projects, Feasibility Studies, Commissioning and Retro-Commissioning contracts. There is no user, license, or subscription fee to the contractor for using this cloud-based platform.

1.2 REQUIREMENTS:

A. Contractor shall accomplish and complete the following tasks upon award of contract:

1. Request access to ACC platform and ProductivityNOW eLearning Site to project VA COR NLT 14 days from contract award.

2. Only staff that shall utilize the platform to be granted access.

Examples: Project manager, sub-contractors POC, Site manager, Safety officer, etc.

3. The access request shall be in writing and include a list of staff.

The list shall include the following information:

• Full Name

• Company Name

• Email Address

• Role/Position on the project (i.e., Project manager, site super)

4. Upon granting access, staff shall complete required ACC training through ProductivityNOW platform within 12 Calendar days.

5. Upon successful completion of training, contractor shall submit certificates of completion to COR NLT 2 Business days.

B. Access to ProductivityNOW eLearning will expire after 12 Calendar days after online access is granted. Contractor shall complete ACC training within that period.

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C. Additional Staff and Subcontractors can be added at any time with a request submission to the project COR as described above.

D. The contractor shall only use the ACC platform for all contract required submissions, official project correspondence to be acknowledged, reviewed, and actioned by the responsible party. No additional time shall be added to the contract, nor an increase in contract amount be provided for the contractor’s failure to utilize the

ACC platform as the project’s official communication and collaboration system. Any correspondence out of platform shall not be the governing authority contradicting direction and will be at the contractor’s expense. Official project correspondence and collaboration includes but not limited to: RFIs, submittals, schedules, shutdown requests, actionable tasks, reports, testing, safety inspections, photos, and site surveys.

E. Contractor must inform the COR of any staff changes NLT 2 business days from the change. Staff changes pertains to staff who was granted access to the ACC platform. Contractor shall request termination of access, replacement of personnel and/or any other action that might impact the contractor ability to maintain required utilization of the platform.

F. Contractor submission requirements cannot be accepted for work to begin without meeting all ACC Platform requirements outlined herein, including completing required ACC platform training.

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