33 00 00 Utilities: Common Contradictions and RFI Guide
Site utility specs conflict with civil drawings on pipe material, burial depth, and coordination with existing utilities.
Most Utilities 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 33 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
Pipe material vs. civil drawing callout
A frequent utilities 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.
Burial depth conflicts
A frequent utilities 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.
Existing utility coordination gaps
A frequent utilities 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
- Pipe material conflict between spec and civil plan
- Burial depth not meeting spec requirement
- Existing utility conflict not noted on civil drawings