Civil Engineering Reference
In-Depth Information
Letter 120
To architect, if wishing to substitute materials or goods
Dear
We refer to [
insert a description of the material or goods
] which is included in the
specification/bills of quantities/Employer's Requirements/Contractor's
Proposals [
delete as appropriate
]at[
insert page and item number
].
It may be better not to use [
insert description
] because [
insert brief reasons
].
Instead, we suggest that we should use [
insert description of suggested material or
goods
] and we anticipate there would be a resultant overall saving/additional
cost of [
insert amount
].
We look forward to receiving your written consent [
add 'in accordance with
clause 2.3.1' when using SBC or 'in accordance with clause 2.2.1' when using DB
].
Yours faithfully
