Which of the following team members is responsible for ensuring compliance with me contract documents (CD)?

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• AOwner
• BlCT Distribution Designer
• CArchitect
• DConstruction Manager (CM)

• A
  10% (3)
• B
  83% (25)
• C
  3% (1)
• D
  3% (1)

Explanation

In ICT infrastructure projects, the ICT Distribution Designer is the party who creates and owns the contract documents, and is therefore accountable for verifying that the installed systems conform to those specifications. The Designer's professional responsibility is to confirm that what gets built matches what was specified, making compliance oversight a core part of their role - not a peripheral one.

The Owner (A) funds and directs the project at a high level but delegates technical compliance verification to the design and construction professionals. The Architect (C) oversees general architectural and structural compliance but is not the responsible party for ICT-specific contract documents - that domain falls to the ICT specialist. The Construction Manager (D) coordinates scheduling, subcontractors, and execution on site, but CM responsibility is to build per the documents, not to certify compliance with them.

Memory tip: Think of it this way - the person who writes the rules is the one held responsible for enforcing them. The ICT Distribution Designer authored the contract documents, so they own compliance with those documents.

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