Civil Engineering Project Management (4th Edition)

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17.10 Delay claims 217
17.11 Estimating delay costs 218
17.12 Quotations from a contractor for undertaking variations 219
17.13 Time limits and interest payable on late payments 220
17.14 Adjudication 221
17.15 Alternative dispute resolution 222
17.16 Arbitration 223
17.17 Minimizing claims and disputes 223
18 Earthworks and pipelines 225
18.1 Excavating and earth-placing machinery 225
18.2 Controlling excavation 227
18.3 Haulage of excavated material 228
18.4 Placing and compacting fill 229
18.5 Watching fill quality 230
18.6 Site roads 231
18.7 Trenching for pipelines 232
18.8 Thrust blocks and testing pipelines 233
18.9 Handling and jointing large pipes and fittings 234
19 Site concreting and reinforcement 236
19.1 Development of concrete practice 236
19.2 Standards for concrete quality 238
19.3 Practical compliance with concrete standards 240
19.4 Grading of aggregates and their suitable mixing 242
19.5 Workability of concrete and admixtures 243
19.6 Practical points in producing good concrete 245
19.7 Some causes of unsatisfactory concrete test results 247
19.8 Site checks on concrete quality 248
19.9 Conveyance and placing of concrete 250
19.10 Construction and other joints 251
19.11 Concrete finish problems 252
19.12 Handling and fixing steel reinforcement 253
References 256
Index 257