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FAR and DFARS › FAR Part 52: Solicitation Provisions and Contract Clauses › Subpart 52.2

FAR 52.236-17 Layout of Work.

The codified text (eCFR, as of 2026-10-02). Under the Revolutionary FAR Overhaul ↗, agencies follow class deviations with new text for many parts while the formal rules go through the Federal Register: check the solicitation and your contract's clauses, which rule.

In plain English

This clause requires the contractor to lay out construction work based on Government-provided base lines and bench marks, and to be responsible for all measurements. The contractor must supply all necessary materials and labor for layout at its own expense, and maintain Government marks until authorized to remove them. If the contractor destroys these marks through negligence, the Government may replace them and deduct the cost from payments due.

Applies to: Contractors under fixed-price construction contracts where accurate work layout and siting verification are needed.

What it requires

  • Lay out work from Government-established base lines and bench marks indicated on the drawings.
  • Be responsible for all measurements in connection with the layout.
  • Furnish, at its own expense, all stakes, templates, platforms, equipment, tools, materials, and labor required to lay out any part of the work.
  • Execute the work to the lines and grades established or indicated by the Contracting Officer.

Key terms: base lines · bench marks · layout · stakes · Contracting Officer

Written by AI from this section's text. A guide, not legal advice: the text below rules.

The text

As prescribed in 36.517, insert the following clause in solicitations and contracts when a fixed-price construction contract is contemplated and use of this clause is appropriate due to a need for accurate work layout and for siting verification during work performance:

Layout of Work (APR 1984)

The Contractor shall lay out its work from Government-established base lines and bench marks indicated on the drawings, and shall be responsible for all measurements in connection with the layout. The Contractor shall furnish, at its own expense, all stakes, templates, platforms, equipment, tools, materials, and labor required to lay out any part of the work. The Contractor shall be responsible for executing the work to the lines and grades that may be established or indicated by the Contracting Officer. The Contractor shall also be responsible for maintaining and preserving all stakes and other marks established by the Contracting Officer until authorized to remove them. If such marks are destroyed by the Contractor or through its negligence before their removal is authorized, the Contracting Officer may replace them and deduct the expense of the replacement from any amounts due or to become due to the Contractor.

(End of clause)

Sections it refers to

Sections that refer to it

← 52.236-16 Quantity Surveys. · 52.236-18 Work Oversight in Cost-Reimbursement Construction Contracts. →

Rule changes for FAR Part 52

Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Plain words for the terms: glossary.

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