When a negotiated agreement cannot be reached on items of extra work or perceived extra work, the contractor will be directed to proceed on a Force Account basis in accordance with SGP 9.02. The RE is responsible for verifying the actual labor, equipment, and material utilized in the work, and is authorized to limit the contractor to only that labor, equipment, and material actually required to complete the work in the most efficient manner. Good communication with the contractor is essential to ensure that the work is performed in the most cost-effective manner.

A monetary value for each unit of the feature can be assigned which will allow for a more detailed breakdown of costs associated with a specific task and better tracking of the individual components of the task.

The RE will typically assign one inspector to track all Force Account work. This is the Force Account’s Primary Inspector and he/she will be required to enter a Force Account Record (FAR) for the Force Account each day. Any other actively-registered inspector or the OE or RE may generate a FAR at any time.

The FAR entry form is similar in look and feel of the IDR entry form, and usage information is entered in the same manner as a regular IDR entry. The only difference is a new menu item, located in the status pane, named Materials. Because the force account is more detailed, there will be more information to enter for each record, but the process and steps to complete are also the same. The user has the ability to add new types for all features. This will eliminate the need to have the OE/RE create the new feature type in the office and add to the tablet via syncing.