Common use of Special Notes Clause in Contracts

Special Notes. 1. Contractors are not to initiate requests for Variance directly to the Local Union. Contractors must route Variance Requests through the N.E.C.A Chapter. 2. The local union will not contact any contractors directly with Variance decisions. The local union will contact only N.E.C.A. with the Variance decision. N.E.C.A. is responsible for notifying the contractors(s). 3. Contractors are entitled to use a Variance for a particular project, only if they have received notification of the Variance from N.E.C.A. prior to the bid time. 4. All Variance Requests must be reduced to writing and signed by the local union business manager or his/her representative and the N.E.C.A chapter manager or his/her representative. A written Variance will be the only Variance recognized by the local union and N.E.C.A. A contractor using a Variance without prior local union approval will be in violation of the Recovery Agreement. 5. All contractors are requested to take whatever precautions are necessary to safeguard the integrity of a Variance. Once a Variance “gets on the street”, it may lose its impact.