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I am a civil engineer by training involved in construction management of a wastewater pumping station project. The electrical design has provided a schematic diagram of the electrical requirements and in notes and specifications, indicated the electrical contractor should provide and install all components required by the NEC. The schematic does not include an in-ground pull box that is necessary by code and the contractor is maintaining that this will amount to extra work and additional costs. The position that the electrical designer and I have taken is that the contractor should have realized the need for the pull box when he was preparing his bid and that there is no extra work involved. The cost of the pull box is minor relative the overall electrical portion of the contract. Does the contractor have a legitimate argument?