12 00 00 Furnishings: Common Contradictions and RFI Guide
Furnishing specs conflict with architectural plans on clearance, power access, and blocking requirements.
Most Furnishings 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 12 00 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
Clearance vs. architectural plan
A frequent furnishings 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.
Power access conflicts
A frequent furnishings 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.
Blocking requirement gaps
A frequent furnishings 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
- Furniture clearance conflict with architectural plan
- Power access not coordinated with electrical spec
- Blocking not shown for wall-mounted furnishings