TALOS Three-Way Match Forensic Audit
DNG Bldg 2900 HVAC — Application No. 6 (real 492-page manual, PDF end-to-end) — Pay Application Audit
Pay application cross-checked against specification and approved submittals · 2 finding(s): 1 high · 1 low
Audit verdict
REJECT
Line 08 bills $88,000 for a premium York/Johnson Controls central-station DX system with a hot water coil and AHRI 430/435 rating, but the approved submittal shows a budget Goodman residential single-stage unit with electric strip heat and no hot water coil, with no credit change order — an unreconciled substitution. Hold the application until the equipment substitution is reconciled with a credit.
Estimated recovery
$26,000across 2 finding(s), conservative
Executive summary. Line 08 bills $88,000 for a premium York/Johnson Controls central-station DX system with a hot water coil and AHRI 430/435 rating, but the approved submittal shows a budget Goodman residential single-stage unit with electric strip heat and no hot water coil, with no credit change order — an unreconciled substitution. Hold the application until the equipment substitution is reconciled with a credit. Each finding cites document, line, and page so it can be verified in minutes.
1 Findings
FINDING 01 · LINE 08
HIGHSUBSTITUTION
The contractor billed a specified commercial central-station York system at full value but got a residential-grade Goodman unit approved for install, and no credit change order covers the difference.$22,000
Pay app claimsPay app G703 line 08 bills $88,000 (100% complete) for a 'Decentralized DX split system... with hot water coil... York/Johnson Controls Basis of Design, AHRI 430/435 central-station rated' per Sections 23 73 14 / 23 73 15 (pay app p.1).
Evidence showsApproved submittal 23-73-14-A (submittal log p.1) shows a Goodman GSX13 residential single-stage condensing unit with a Goodman ARUF air handler, 10 kW electric strip heat, AHRI 210/240 residential (not the AHRI 430/435 central-station program the spec mandates at 23 73 14, spec p.389-391), and no hydronic hot water coil. Net change by Change Orders is $0.00, so no credit reconciles the downgrade.
FINDING 02 · LINE 09
LOWSUBSTITUTION
Part of this line bills for hot water coil connections at a unit that the approved submittal shows has electric strip heat and no hot water coil.$4,000
Pay app claimsPay app G703 line 09 bills $22,000 (100% complete) for 'Refrigerant piping, specialties, and hot water coil connections at AHU-1' (pay app p.2).
Evidence showsThe approved AHU-1 unit in submittal 23-73-14-A (submittal log p.1) uses a 10 kW electric strip heat kit with 'No hydronic (hot water) coil provided,' so the hot-water-coil-connection scope billed on this line does not exist on the approved equipment.
2 Financial summary
| # | Severity | Category | Finding | Exposure |
|---|
| 01 | HIGH | SUBSTITUTION | The contractor billed a specified commercial central-station York system at full value but got a residential-grade Goodman unit approved for install, and no credit change order covers the difference. | $22,000 |
| 02 | LOW | SUBSTITUTION | Part of this line bills for hot water coil connections at a unit that the approved submittal shows has electric strip heat and no hot water coil. | $4,000 |
| Total flagged | $26,000 |