TQ

Technical Query Definition

Technical Query - Technical query is the formal process of asking a clarification or a question from the concerned departments involved in the execution of the project. The Technical query can be raised between Owner & Contractor, between site operations of the contractor and engineering team of the contractor etc

The technical queries usually have pre-agreed formats including a controlling number for identification and tracking, an approval workflow including the multiparty approval workflow

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A TQ is a document containing a question which is raised by one party [on a construction project] to the other party with whom they are in contract

It is a contractual document which requires a formal [contractual] reply

In order for the receiving party to make a reply, it may be necessary for the receiving party in turn to forward the TQ to other parties [to the receiving party's other contracts] who have a right and or an obligation to reply.The prime example of this is a main contractor who receives a TQ from a subcontractor, and in order to respond to it requires answers from the design team

It is important to note that it is usual for the responses received to the forwarded TQ to be included in the final response to the originator of the TQ

Thus the originator will have one TQ consisting of TWO documents, namely the question raised, and the answer. The original recipient will have at least these two documents, but additionally may also have responses from other parties to whom they forwarded the TQ

Any of these documents may have attachments by way of explanation of either the question or of the answer

In the event of a dispute between the parties, each party will require to have access to the records not only of the document and any attachments, but also to be able to demonstrate the dates these documents were despatched and received