5.3.3.6 Schedule

A. When a General Contractor is retained, the General Contractor must submit a detailed construction schedule as described in Section 5.3.1.D above. The Needs Assessor must review the schedule and enter the number for “months to complete” for each work item in the CNA e-Tool. The number entered indicates the number of months from the initial closing until scheduled completion of the particular work item. The months elapsed is not necessarily the minimum duration of the construction for that particular item.

B. For all other transactions, the Needs Assessor and Lender, in working with the owner, must develop a construction timeline that reflects the planned completion of the work items and enter in the CNA e-Tool as “Months to Complete.” The timeline should ensure that all the proposed work (repairs and alterations) be completed as soon as possible and within 12 months of closing.

9 The form HUD-2328 was designed to work with a full set of Project Architect prepared plans and specifications which would detail the location and extent of the work. By contrast, the CNA e-Tool relies on a different schema originating from the standard outline for CNAs established by ASTM 2018-08 and then expanded by Mortgagee Letter 2016-26 and the 2016 MAP Guide as the Estimated Useful Life Table. The two different schemes for categorizing construction work are not compatible. In addition, the form HUD-2328 does not contemplate the completion of any Critical repairs prior to endorsement. For this reason, the use of the form HUD-2328 in conjunction with the CNA e-Tool is unworkable.

10In many cases recommended alternatives are most appropriately expressed with "each" as the unit of measure and the bid price for each times the quantity will equal the bid total for the item.

11 The worksheet provides a printable summary of costs best suited to assure that program cost limiting thresholds are correctly applied and that a common report of scope of work and related costs exists for all parties, including HUD reviewers and inspectors. A sample worksheet summary of cost is provided in Appendix 5, Section A.5.12. Editable spreadsheet will be provided for download at HUD MAP Guide Website.

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