# 52.236-18 Work Oversight in Cost-Reimbursement Construction Contracts.
Type: Clause
Prescribed in: 36.518
Current version date: APR 1984

## Prescription and Applicability

### FAR Prescription, 36.518

The contracting officer shall insert the clause at 52.236-18, Work Oversight in Cost-Reimbursement Construction Contracts, in solicitations and contracts when a cost-reimbursement construction contract is contemplated.

## Current Text

52.236-18 Work Oversight in Cost-Reimbursement Construction Contracts.

As prescribed in 36.518, insert the following clause in solicitations and contracts when cost-reimbursement construction contracts are contemplated:

Work Oversight in Cost-Reimbursement Construction Contracts (APR 1984)

The extent and character of the work to be done by the Contractor shall be subject to the general supervision, direction, control, and approval of the Contracting Officer.

(End of clause)

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Reference: https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-48/section-52.236-18