01 40 00 Quality Requirements: Common Contradictions and RFI Guide
Testing and inspection requirements in Division 01 routinely contradict material-specific testing callouts in technical divisions.
Most Quality Requirements contradictions trace to the same root: the specification and the drawings are produced by different people at different stages, and never fully reconciled before the set goes out. By the time the conflict is found in the field, it is an RFI, a delay, or a change order.
Lintel cross-references section 01 40 00 against your full drawing set, schedules, and the rest of the project manual, flagging every disagreement with a citation to the exact page so it is resolved in review.
Common contradiction types
Testing frequency conflicts
A frequent quality requirements conflict. Lintel reconciles the drawings against the spec to surface it with a page-level citation, so it is caught in review rather than at rough-in.
Inspector qualification requirements
A frequent quality requirements conflict. Lintel reconciles the drawings against the spec to surface it with a page-level citation, so it is caught in review rather than at rough-in.
Acceptance criteria mismatch
A frequent quality requirements conflict. Lintel reconciles the drawings against the spec to surface it with a page-level citation, so it is caught in review rather than at rough-in.
Frequent RFIs
- Concrete testing frequency not matching spec
- Special inspector scope gaps
- Acceptance criteria conflict between Division 01 and technical spec